Apple outfits iMac with Penryn processors
Written by admin on April 29th, 2008 in Gadgets and Devices.
Everyone’s favorite all-in-one desktop system received slightly bumped up specs after the online Apple store went down for a few minutes this morning. This will come as no surprise to Mac fanboys as there were a number of rumors about the upcoming changes last week.
Apple has a nicely written 1200 word press release about the changes, but what it comes down to is an incremental upgrade to the iMac. The most important move is that the latest Core 2 Duo processors (Penryns) have found their way on to the computers, including ramping all the way up to 3.06GHz on the top-of-the-line 24-inch model. This $2199 system includes NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS graphics with 512MB memory, making it more powerful than most people would expect from something so sleek. All the models can now be upgraded to 500GB of storage and each of them (aside from the entry level unit) start out with 2GB of RAM.
So the iMacs got new processors, a better graphics option, and a bit more RAM out of the box, but no changes to the exterior. It’s a nice step forward considering the 45nm processors along with their 1066MHz FSBs, and 6MB of cache, but nothing too major. The 8800 GS is a capable but not particularly powerful choice, and it’s probably a bit early to ask for this but it would have been nice to see a Blu-ray option…
For more information read Apple’s press release
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