

I put the iMac to work right away, installing Aperture and Final CutĮxpress HD, as well as a few games. Of a good wireless option here from Apple hurts the wireless movement Greatly prefer a mouse with a scroll wheel and right button. Not that the Bluetooth mouse isn’t a capable device-far from it-but I Mighty Mouse instead of the Bluetooth Mouse as an in-box option. Had the option been available, I would have ordered a Myself wishing for a Bluetooth version of its more capable brother, the Setup with theīluetooth keyboard and mouse was fairly straightforward, though I find Sitting or standing, and as it’s the same resolution as a 20″ Cinemaĭisplay (1680 × 1050), it ought to look this good. The feel of this machine is just about perfect. New feature that was touted at the release, however, is an iSightĬamera built into the facing of the iMac, allowing for seamless videoĬhatting with other iMac or webcam users. Subtle but important changes from the previous generation: the opticalĭrive is vertically centered, making for a more symmetric design.

Revision of the iMac form, a floating screen with ports along theīottom and a slot-loading optical drive along the right edge, has However, has a 500 GB S-ATA drive and 1.5 GB of 533 MHz DDR2 SDRAM. Of 533 MHz DDR2 SDRAM, a 250 GB S-ATA hard drive, and the ATI Radeon The baseline iMac G5 20″ ships with half a GB With the latest revision, and the release of Aperture, I was helplessīefore its 20″ screen. Over the past few years, since the iMac made the transition from CRT toįlat panel, I’ve looked at the iMac and come close to buying each time. To be an iPod-like interface for your movies, TV shows, and music. The showstopper, though, was Apple’s new Front Row interface, designed Including a new video card, faster RAM, and a built-in iSight camera. The flat panel iMac received a significant upgrade inside,

When the new iMacs were announced this summer, much of the world took
