Apple Releases New Sandy Bridge Quad-Core iMacs with Thunderbolt

[acidfast7]

Excellent news!

I'm looking to spend some grant money and 4 x 27" iMacs and a couple 2 TB Time Capsules sounds like a great idea!

 

[BillyBobBongo]

It doesn't even get above the fold on Apple's homepage.

The fold is an old concept...you sound like my boss!

 

[travistaylor]

Does anyone know how these iMacs will perform with StarCraft 2? I have no experience with these GPUs.

 

[colmaclean]

UK Store has no price on the iMac and the links are dodgy. It took them 3 hours to do that???

 

[sketchy]

store's up - also - the macbook pro's are listed as new. Not sure if they were bumped recently, or if they slid them in with the imacs

 

[thogs_cave]

Time to retire my Mac Pro?

The previous-gen i7 iMac was tempting me to replace my 2008 8-core Pro, as the 27" I have at work is pretty fast. Since I want to save space and was planning on a new screen, I'm right on the edge. Thunderbolt really eliminates my need for PCIe slots, and I would love to regain some desk space.…

I'll never say, "too fast", but for the audio work I do, these are plenty fast enough.

 

[laserbeam273]

Anybody got geekbench results yet?

Australia store has been updated, but won't go through to "buy it now". I want to check the BTO prices on it!

EDIT: also glad to see that the AUD price has dropped a bit. Still, the base item is AUD 1399 so that's over USD 1,500 - how does that compare for you Americans?

 

[Hwangsta]

I was hoping for i7...c'mon apple WHY!

oh, BTO option, I hope they have i7 in stores

 

[mofo-x]

Intel QuadCore i%?

 

[Mherm88]

UGH why can't there be a 128GB SSD+1TB 7200RPM, comon now.

 

[Umbongo]

Not really sure why Apple can't bring themselves to put an i7 by default in a $2,000 machine. That's kind of ridiculous.

Because it would cost them another $100 in parts without increasing sales. This way they make more money per sale and will make even more from those who want it. There would be no processor upgrade path if they put the i7 as default.

 

[CJM]

Lol at the comparison specs... HL2, CoD4, Portal..

The only recent game there is SC2.

 

[Westyfield2]

Mac Mini: Core2Duo

 

[Frosticus]

Anyone got UK prices yet? Page errors when I click the "Select an iMac" button on the store..

 

[mrfoof82]

No 512GB SSD option. I would've gladly paid the premium for it (+$1200 instead of +$750), considering how much of a PITA it is to get at that (full logic board removal).

Choosing any SSD brings shipping time up from 1-3 days to 4-6 weeks.

 

[thirumalkumaran]

Trackpad or mouse.. Now a choice...

Have you noted the mouse or trackpad is a choice now..
IIRC mouse was compulsory and trackpad was additional...

 

[DeaconGraves]

Throwing in an SSD drive bumps the ship time to 4-6 weeks!!!!

Not cool, Apple. Not cool.

 

[thatisme]

still no return to the 24"... the perfect screen size for a good chunk of potential buyers, IMO

 

[Michaelgtrusa]

Looks good.

 

[Gold89]

Looks like a solid update, shouldn't be long before a Mac Mini and Mac Pro update to complete the lineup.

 

[JS77]

Really good to see the update (finally)... but I am disappointed they didn't bring the 24" back

The 27" is too big, and the resolution on the 21.5 is laughable for an upgrade of this magnitude.

Still, quad core across the range is nice.

 

[systole]

Broken Link

Select an iMac lands here

Edit: Link up!

 

[Rogue.]

Anyone got UK prices yet? Page errors when I click the "Select an iMac" button on the store..

27-inch: 3.1GHz

3.1GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5
2560 x 1440 resolution
4GB (two 2GB) memory
1TB hard drive1
AMD Radeon HD 6970M with 1GB

Dispatched: Within 24hrs - In Stock
Free Delivery
£1,649.00

27-inch: 2.7GHz

2.7GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5
2560 x 1440 resolution
4GB (two 2GB) memory
1TB hard drive1
AMD Radeon HD 6770M with 512MB

Dispatched: Within 24hrs - In Stock
Free Delivery
£1,399.00

 

[iDemiurge]

They're probably facing some shortage of SSD drives. If you want a BTO with SSD it says 2-3 weeks for the 21" and 4-6 weeks for the 27". Crazy

 

[rjheys]

two external displays?

So with two thunderbolt ports can the 27" iMac now have two external displays?