New iMacs, MacBooks, and Mice! (Oh My!)

Apple's new Magic Mouse is a laser tracking mouse with touch based movements. Here are the touch commands:

• Click

  Magic Mouse is an advanced point-and-click mouse that lets you click and double-click anywhere on its Multi-Touch surface.

• Two-button click

  Magic Mouse functions as a two-button mouse when you enable Secondary Click in System Preferences. Left-handed users can reassign left and right click, as well.

• 360° scroll

  Brush one finger along the Multi-Touch surface to scroll in any direction and to pan a full 360 degrees.

• Screen zoom

  Hold down the Control key on your keyboard and scroll with one finger on Magic Mouse to enlarge items on your screen.

• Two-finger swipe

  Using two fingers, swipe left and right along the Multi-Touch surface to advance through pages in Safari or browse photos in iPhoto.

New iMac's come in 21.5" and 27". Both are LED backlit screens that are glass to the end of the panel. They also have SD card slots built right into the side. The 21.5" supports resolutions up to 1920 x 1080 and the 27" supports 2560 x 1440 HD.The enclosure is unibody aluminum (like macbook pros). It also runs quieter and gives off less heat than the previous generation.

Oh AND it's fast. In fact, it's the fastest Mac to date. The coveted Quad-core i5 or i7 “Nehalem” processors are available. And they START at 3.06 GHz.

The Mac Mini has been updated as well. It's faster and has more memory. It can also be configured to work as a server. It comes with 2GB or 4GB of memory and 2.26GHz or a 2.53GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor.
The low end MacBook has also been updated. Like the MacBook Pro, it also has a unibody enclosure and a built-in (non-removable) battery that lasts 7 hours. It's just over an inch thick and weighs less than 5 lbs. It's also got a LED backlit screen and glass multi-touch track-pad.


Apple also updated their remote control for their Macs. The new remote looks a little weird. [Apple]

17" iMac Coming Soon? For $899?

Leak, leak, leak. Everything leaks these days. Including this image for a 17" iMac for the low low low (for Apple) price of $899.

Meet the New iMac Keyboard

This is the new iMac Keyboard, It's smaller and condensed. They got rid of the numerical keypad on the right and it looks like they just ripped it out of a MacBook. It's smaller and compact. My only problem with it is that it isn't wireless. You can upgrade to a wireless one if you like for $30. The original keyboard with the numerical keypad is also available for no additional cost.

Apple Refreshes Mac's Desktop Lineup

Apple has refreshed their lineup of Mac Mini's and iMac's.

Here are the specs for the Mac Mini:

Mac mini, $599:
2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
1GB memory
120GB hard drive
8x double-layer SuperDrive
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics

Mac mini, $799:
2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
2GB memory
320GB hard drive
8x double-layer SuperDrive
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics

...and the iMac:

iMac 20-inch, $1,199
2.66GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
2GB memory
320GB hard drive
8x double-layer SuperDrive
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics

iMac 24-inch, $1,499
2.66GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
4GB memory
640GB hard drive
8x double-layer SuperDrive
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics

iMac 24-inch, $1,799
2.93GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
4GB memory
640GB hard drive
8x double-layer SuperDrive
NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 with 256MB memory

iMac 24-inch, $2,199
3.06GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
4GB memory
1TB hard drive
8x double-layer SuperDrive
NVIDIA GeForce GT 130 with 512MB memory

...and finally new Mac Pros (these will be available in the coming weeks)

Mac Pro, $2,499:
one 2.66 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon 3500 series processor with 8MB of L3 cache;
3GB of 1066 MHz DDR3 ECC SDRAM memory, expandable up to 8GB;
NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 graphics with 512MB of GDDR3 memory;
640GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s hard drive running at 7200 rpm
18x SuperDrive with double-layer support (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW);
Mini DisplayPort and DVI (dual-link) for video output (adapters sold separately);
four PCI Express 2.0 slots;
five USB 2.0 ports and four FireWire 800 ports;
Bluetooth 2.1+EDR; and
ships with Apple Keyboard with numerical keypad and Mighty Mouse.

Mac Pro, $3,299:
two 2.26 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon 5500 series processors with 8MB of shared L3 cache;
6GB of 1066 MHz DDR3 ECC SDRAM memory, expandable up to 32GB;
NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 graphics with 512MB of GDDR3 memory;
640GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s hard drive running at 7200 rpm
18x SuperDrive with double-layer support (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW);
Mini DisplayPort and DVI (dual-link) for video output (adapters sold separately);
four PCI Express 2.0 slots;
five USB 2.0 ports and four FireWire 800 ports;
Bluetooth 2.1+EDR; and
ships with Apple Keyboard with numerical keypad and Mighty Mouse.

[Engadget]