New iMac Price in Ringgit Malaysia... it's great!!

iMac 20" 2.4GHz - MB323ZP/A @ RM4,299

* 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
* 1GB memory
* 250GB hard drive1
* 8x double-layer SuperDrive
* ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT with 128MB memory

iMac 20" 2.66GHz - MB324ZP/A @ RM5,299

* 2.66GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
* 2GB memory
* 320GB hard drive1
* 8x double-layer SuperDrive
* ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO with 256MB memory

iMac 24" 2.8GHz - MB325ZP/A @ RM6,399

* 2.8GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
* 2GB memory
* 320GB hard drive1
* 8x double-layer SuperDrive
* ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO with 256MB memory

With these new prices , now everyone can own an iMac.. there's no reason not to get it anymore... :)

New 3.06 GHz iMacs released...

Apple announced the new iMacs yesterday night... well.. not much upgrades unless you're going for the high end custom-to-order unit... as for the basic unit , the upgrade is a bump up for the processor to 2.4GHz... it still comes with 1GB ram (800MHz DDR2 SDRAM; supports up to 4GB) ... the second 20" is running on a 2.66GHz , 2GB ram , 320Gb HD... and lastly for the 24" , is running at 2.8GHz ... the specs in general is the same as the previous imacs..

but if you do customize the 24" imac , you can go up to 3.06GHz , 4GB ram (you can do the same to the rest of the iMacs..) , 1TB HD and the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS w/512MB GDDR3 graphics card....

interesting?? not so... not that exciting... no wonder there's not much 'hype' over the new iMacs upgrades...

after hearing out some 'rumours' floating around , i think June will be an interesting time for Apple products... 3G iphone?? imac-looking MacBook Pro?? , aluminium MacBooks?? ehehe... can't wait for that..

Apple's New iMac - unboxing... pictures... :)

I got in to work sleepy today (come on... who doesnt.. ahaks ).. but my colleague and I got to setup a customer's iMac. That got us all excited. :) (we don't have any demo units at the moment) ... So I took some pictures of it to show you guys.. oh yeah... this iMac is the 20'' 2.4GHz (standard specs)

I'll start it off with this..





This is the newly designed protective 'foam' as the top over.. the 'accesories box' is inserted vertically now... more info on that later..




Finally out of the box... still wrapped up..



A bit more on the accessories box before i move on.. there's the Mighty Mouse and on the right is a piece of linen-free cloth.. i guess it's for you to wipe the glass finishing on the iMac..



The manual/softwares/dvds ... the Apple Remote...




That's how reflective the glossy screen will be...

*throughout the whole 'testing' , there'll be a sheet of 'screen protector' on the iMac.. it's already there.. provided by Apple...



System startup... forgot to time the initial boot up time.. (too excited to take pictures...)



I'm just so amazed with the design Apple managed to come out with... the aluminium enclosure on the iMac is just so sleek... and combine that with black details.. hmmm... elegant.. this is the Apple logo in black located below the display..



This is how the back of the iMac looks like... the logo is reflective... the finishing is matte on the other area..



That's the ventilation port above the power cable port on the back..



A side view comparison between the new 20" iMac and the previous 17" Intel iMac. The new iMac is so thin... :)



This is nice... previously there's like 6 screws at the bottom.. now there's only 1 screw.. didn't open it.. but it should be like the previous design where you slot additional Rams in there.. talking about the Ram , the 1GB default configuration is a 1 piece So-Dimm.. that means , there's additional 1 slot for further upgrading.. (previously it's configured as a default 2 pieces)

I didn't do any software performance test on it .. again.. this unit is a customer's unit.. so we didn't install additional softwares in it.. and didn't really played around with it much... when we do get a demo unit , I'll do a review on it..

And if you've read my previous post on the release of the iMac , you'll know how much I love the new keyboard design.. here's more pictures..



Still wrapped up..



It's thin...



It's bloody thin... love it.. :)



The 'fn' key is located above the arrow keys now.. previously only available on the laptops..



Easy access to the transport bar.. not sure if it will sync up with other softwares of not.. it should be able to.. this looks like what's available on my Creative Prodikeys



There's easy access for 'expose' and 'dashboard' .. it's not that it's not available before this.. but now it's printed on the keys.. :)





Standard sized hand on the keyboard..

ok.. that's about it... i'll post more on the softwares once I get my hand on iLife '08 or iWorks '08..



I know alot of you will start to hate your normal looking PC... well.. I know I do.. ahahah.. don't worry , you're not alone..btw , Apple machines are not expensive anymore.. it's reasonable.. but please compare an apple to an apple.. specs to specs..

here's something for you PC users... ahhaha..

Why you can't hate Apple's products... No matter how hard you try to hate , Apple will make you fall in love again...

Just less than 2 months after the launch of the most talked about phone of the century , iPhone , Apple has got the world talking again.. this time it's about the newly redesigned iMac.. I stayed up yesterday just to check out what's new from Apple ... and the moment i log in to Apple's webite , I can't say how much I love the new design.. the sleek finishing.. the slim body.. the black border frame.. it just oozes elegance and sophistication ... oh yeah... the new keyboard!!!! it's just so sleek!!!





There's no more iMac 17'' .. it's only 20'' and 24''... 2 models of 20'' running on 2.0GHz or 2.4GHz and the 24'' with 2.4GHz.. the max configuration for Ram is 4GB (1gb is standard - one piece of so-dimm!! no more 2 pieces of standard crap - thank god).. the 24'' 's harddisk can be upgraded to 1TB of space.. 1TB man.. that's just crazy.. and there's new graphics card as well .. more details on here...




Other than the iMac , the Mac Mini finally got an upgrade... so they are running on Core2Duo now.. and if you want to do some spreadsheet work on a Mac but you don't like Microsoft... well... Apple came out with Numbers.. it's something similiar to Excel , you can even import and export excel compatible files using Numbers '08.. how cool is that ... too damn cool...




Another interesting upgrade is iLife '08... and I'm only interested in Garageband... well.. it has got visual EQ now.. and also the very useful Arrangement ... i'm guessing that it'll be like how you will use Ableton Live ... there's also multi-take recording.. and automation for not only volume and stereo imaging.. but for effects as well... with these few new features , it really gives you the Pro-audio application features... more info here...





Microsoft might still be monopolizing the market.. but looking at how Apple is doing for the past 2 years , Apple Inc is taking over the world one step at a time... and I'm loving every second of it... :)

APPLE

Here's some keyboard pictures... I'm really in love with the new keyboard... it's just sooooo coooooool... especially the wireless one... the smaller one is the bluetooth wireless keyboard..there's even a power button on the side... niceeeeeeeeee... the longer one is the USB2.0 version...

Random Apple iMages taken with my Phone..

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The reddish ones are taken from the bottom of the Mighty Mouse... damn nice colour..