“This new iMac is the most incredible desktop computer we’ve ever made,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO, in the press release. “Our new design features the innovative use of materials, including professional-grade aluminum and glass, that are highly recyclable.”
Redefining Apple’s signature all-in-one design, the new iMac integrates the entire computer system into a sleek aluminum enclosure for a striking, clutter-free desktop. An elegant glass cover joins precisely to the aluminum enclosure creating a virtually seamless front surface. The new iMac’s 20- and 24-inch glossy widescreen displays provide incredibly crisp images, ideal for photos and movies using the all new iLife ’08 suite of digital lifestyle applications that are included. The new ultra-thin aluminum Apple Keyboard is just 0.33 inches thin at its front edge. A new optional Apple Wireless Keyboard is a compact design that, with Apple’s wireless Mighty Mouse, offers a cable-free desktop.
Packing professional performance into the convenience of an all-in-one design, the new iMac includes the latest Intel Core 2 Duo processors running up to 2.8 GHz with 4MB of shared L2 cache and up to 4GB of 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM memory. The iMac line features ATI’s next generation of graphics with the ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO with 256MB of GDDR3 memory and the ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT with 128MB of GDDR3 memory. The new iMac now offers up to 1TB of internal storage to accommodate a user’s growing library of digital photos, movies and music.
Providing the latest in high-performance connectivity options to quickly and conveniently transfer digital photos, music and video, the iMac includes built-in AirPort Extreme 802.11n Wi-Fi networking, delivering up to five times the performance and twice the range of 802.11g;* Gigabit Ethernet; a total of five USB 2.0 ports (including two on the new Apple Keyboard); and one FireWire(R) 400 and one FireWire 800 port.
The new iMac, with its stunning design, features highly recyclable and durable materials including scratch-resistant glass and professional grade aluminum. The power-efficient iMac also meets the stringent new Energy Star 4.0 requirements.
Every iMac also includes iLife ’08, the most significant update ever to Apple’s award-winning suite of digital lifestyle applications, featuring a major new version of iPhoto and a completely reinvented iMovie, both seamlessly integrated with the new .Mac Web Gallery for online photo and video sharing. The new iMac also comes with the world’s most advanced operating system, Mac OS X version 10.4.10 Tiger, including Safari, Mail, iCal, iChat AV, Front Row and Photo Booth.
The new iMac line is available immediately through the Apple Store, Apple’s retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers. The new Apple Wireless Keyboard will ship by the end of August and will be available as a build-to-order option with the new iMac through the Apple Store for a suggested retail price of US$30 or $50 when purchased along with the wireless Mighty Mouse, and as a standalone purchase for a suggested retail price of $79 through the Apple Store, Apple’s retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers.
The new 20-inch 2.0 GHz iMac, for a suggested retail price of $1,199, includes:
• 20-inch widescreen LCD display
• 2.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processo
• 1GB of 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM expandable to 4GB
• a slot-load 8x SuperDrive(R) with double-layer support (DVD+/-R DL/DVD+/-RW/CD-RW
• ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT with 128MB GDDR3 memory
• built-in iSight video camera
• built-in AirPort Extreme 802.11n wireless networking & Bluetooth 2.0+EDR
• 250GB Serial ATA hard drive running at 7200 rp
• mini-DVI out (adapters for DVI, VGA and Composite/S-Video sold separately)
• built-in stereo speakers and microphone
• the new Apple Keyboard, Mighty Mouse and infrared Apple Remote
The new 20-inch 2.4 GHz iMac, for a suggested retail price of $1,499, includes:
• 20-inch widescreen LCD display
• 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor
• 1GB of 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM expandable to 4GB
• a slot-load 8x SuperDrive with double-layer support (DVD+/-R DL/DVD+/-RW/CD-RW)
• ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO with 256MB GDDR3 memory
• built-in iSight video camera
• built-in AirPort Extreme 802.11n wireless networking & Bluetooth 2.0+EDR
• 320GB Serial ATA hard drive running at 7200 rp
• mini-DVI out (adapters for DVI, VGA and Composite/S-Video sold separately
• built-in stereo speakers and microphone
• the new Apple Keyboard, Mighty Mouse and infrared Apple Remote
The new 24-inch 2.4 GHz iMac, for a suggested retail price of $1,799, includes:
• 24-inch widescreen LCD display
• 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor
• 1GB of 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM expandable to 4GB
• a slot-load 8x SuperDrive with double-layer support (DVD+/-R DL/DVD+/-RW/CD-RW)
• ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO with 256MB GDDR3 memory
• built-in iSight video camera
• built-in AirPort Extreme 802.11n wireless networking & Bluetooth 2.0+EDR
• 320GB Serial ATA hard drive running at 7200 rpm
• mini-DVI out (adapters for DVI, VGA and Composite/S-Video sold separately)
• built-in stereo speakers and microphone
• the new Apple Keyboard, Mighty Mouse and infrared Apple Remote
Build-to-order options and accessories include: a 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Extreme processor, up to 4GB DDR2 SDRAM and up to a 1TB Serial ATA hard drive on the 24-inch iMac; up to 4GB DDR2 SDRAM and up to 750GB Serial ATA hard drive on the 2.4 GHz 20-inch iMac; and up to 4GB of DDR2 SDRAM and up to 500GB Serial ATA hard drive on the 2.0 GHz 20-inch iMac.
Additional options include: new Apple Wireless Keyboard and wireless Mighty Mouse; AirPort Express and AirPort Extreme Base Station (now with Gigabit Ethernet); the AppleCare Protection Plan; and pre-installed copies of iWork ’08, Logic Express 7, Final Cut Express HD 3.5 and Aperture 1.5.
See the new iMacs here.
@ me
Judging from your little temper tantrum, it is easy to see that you were never ‘on the ship’ in the first place, but are simply trolling.
The iMac is, and has always been marketed at Joe and Jane Q. Everymun. It is NOT intended as a pro-level tool. As such, things like sleek design and a contrast-enhancing display are exactly the sorts of things that the AVERAGE computer user loves.
Do you guys really think that this decision was not made after abundant research? I mean, seriously, if Apple wished to continue to increase their market share, then they have to target the largest demographic, and stop catering exclusively to niche players.
To Majikthize, I say… if you can afford a nice $1500 display, then you can save some dough and get a computer that was designed with people like you in mind. That has never been the iMac’s place. Besides, you said it yourself, photogs care more about color accuracy than they do horsepower. Fine.. take you sweet display, and plug it into a new Mac Mini. They are much faster than your G4’s and G5’s you are “limping” around on.
It seems like the same person complaining under different names.
All good except the glossy display. I hate the glossy screen on my iPhone and I would certainly not buy one for my primary computer. This may be Apple’s way of up-selling the MacPro/Cinema Display, but I fear that it may have a negative effect on sales.
Steve may say that “Our customers love glossy displays,” but I honestly don’t know anyone who likes them.
@ Majikthize
Wow, there’s a lot of crazy bitching about all-in-ones and glossy displays… Do you guys know you can plug another monitor into an iMac? And if you’re such a pro, you really should be running AT LEAST 2 monitors anyway. I have a Cinema HD 23 on my ‘old’ iMac 24 and run Lightroom on it with Photoshop on the main. Works like a charm, and it was a lot less expensive than buying a Mac Pro with 2 23″ monitors.
“My ‘new’ baby is officially obsolete.”
Not the latest version? True. Obsolete? No way!
seems a little weird that the mac mini’s, imacs, and mac pros all get the ilife 08 upgrade but the site still shows the macbooks and macbook pros as coming with ilife 06.
maybe they haven’t finished updating everything, or maybe there will be new models coming out soon??
Hey Mr. “Steve’s RDF is in full effect.”
Basically, you are a bitter ass.
Please, jump ship, hope you drown in your Dell / Microsoft sea of asinine comments.
Could it be that the Glossy/Glass screens are being used for a future multi-touch update?
Just a thought.
I have to wait for Leopard as well. Might as well do the whole schmeal of changes all at once.
As to be expected the FUDslingers are out in full force, and they actually think long-time Mac users will believe their empty spewing. Hahahahah.
Sweet looking machine, looking forward to trying out the keyboard. Waiting for Leopard to “have it all”!
MW = art
as in, Apple hardware and software are works of art.
*hello* people, iPhone, glass screen, multi-touch… iMac, glass screen, multi-touch coming in Leopard…? sheesh…
@me:
How does today’s announcement put you off so much that you are “forced” to switch to a Windows PC? They didn’t do something to they iMac that you needed? The machine is such a dog that you are going to find a more powerful Dell of some sort (and for the same price, of course)?
If the iMac doesn’t float your boat, go with a Mac Pro. Pick and choose your monitor, your configuration, your peripherals. Besides, if you were going to switch to a (non-Mac) Windows machine, you are not going to find anything like an iMac out there anyways.
Finally, to shoot that final fatal hole in your argument, if Mac OS X has upset you so much that you are going to switch to Windows, just do it on Mac hardware. It still blows away the competition.
If you are for real and not just a troll (1% chance?), please note that your trip to Windows will be hell after spending time in the heaven that is the Mac OS. I’ve been using both since they came out and no version of Windows has ever been close to what the Mac OS offers.
Guys, the iMac will always have a “chin”. That’s because it’s supposed to look like an iMac. It’s not supposed to look the same as a Cinema Display. Branding is important for this kind of thing.
“AirPort Extreme Base Station (now with Gigabit Ethernet)”
Did I miss something? Did they update the Airport Express as well?
And I bet it won’t even run MacCalc®.
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“…*hello* people, iPhone, glass screen, multi-touch… iMac, glass screen, multi-touch coming in Leopard…? sheesh…”
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Hey I posted this idea first! See my above post…
iMac glass screen = Muti-Touch? Maybe, just maybe.
When the Apple Store comes back online, I hope I’ll be able to buy the keyboard by itself (for my G5 Power Mac).
The iMac chin is more than just a branding decision, it holds some of the iMac’s guts.
Those graphics cards oughta be viable for 6 months – right on cue for the iMac, built to own yesterday’s games.
@ ChrissyOne: Don’t throw the baby out with the bath water! Just repackage it when you can or place it in your very own collectors museum. One day it will fetch you more money than you paid for it.
Ps. I was in deep conversation with a Troll catcher the other day & guess what she told me? Qiuckest way to catch a Troll is to place a copy of M$’s OS in a thin necked jar which has been superglued onto a concrete floor, the Troll will excitedly put its hand into the jar and pick the OS up, but it won’t be able to get it out or get its hand out because……..well, you can guess the rest of the story. Net the Troll, sedate it, then transport it to a hall of mirrors all reflecting a version of M$’s OS. The Troll not knowing which OS to look at will be kept in a permanent state of paralysis! (True Story!!!) You can try it out yourself & don’t worry if the Troll reads this article, apparently, as soon as they spot…
the honey trap, they get suckered in all the time without fail!!
Wish they’d do a full-sized (with numeric keypad) version of the bluetooth keyboard for those of us who need a numeric keypad AND want a wireless keyboard.
I can understand the omission of the keypad on a wireless keyboard that people might be using on their laps and therefore would need something more symmetrically positioned on the top of their laps. But at least give us a full version too!
Also it wouldn’t hurt to have the num lock / virtual keypad function on the compact bluetooth keyboard just like the laptop keyboards have.
I think the new iMacs are gorgeous! Just cannot justify spending yet more $… <sigh>
Does anyone know whether Leopard will ship with iLife 07?
i REALLY wish we could get name registration on this bloody sight so we would have a few less trolls…..
Don’t watch for multi-touch. It doesn’t make sense on a desktop. Besides, Steve J said not to watch for it in today’s press conference.