Apple announces refreshed iMac, Mac Pro and Mac Mini

By on Mar 3, 2009 at 9:09 AM
General March 3, 2009

There you have it folks — done and done. The Apple Store is back up, new gear is live and credit card portals are wide open. Keeping things nice and simple, Apple has taken one of its two standard routes and simply tossed out a bunch of refreshes sans-hullabaloo. Here it is, now buy it. So what have we got?

iMac:

  • $1199 (only 20″ model) – 2.66 GHz, 2GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce 9400M, 320GB HD
  • $1499 (24″) – 2.66 GHz, 4GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce 9400M, 640GB HD
  • $1799 (24″) – 2.93 GHz, 4GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GT 120, 640GB HD
  • $2199 (24″) – 3.06 GHz, 4GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GT 130, 1TB HD

Mac Mini:

  • $599 – 2.0GHz, 1GB 1066 MHz DDRS SDRAM, GeForce 9400M, 120GB HD, 8x SuperDrive, Mini DisplayPort, mini-DVI, 5 USB Ports, FireWire 800 Port
  • $799 – 2.0GHz, 2GB 1066 MHz DDRS SDRAM, GeForce 9400M, 320GB HD, 8x SuperDrive, Mini DisplayPort, mini-DVI, 5 USB Ports, FireWire 800 Port

Mac Pro:

  • $2499 – 2.66GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon 3500 processor, 3GB of RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GT 120, 640GB HD
  • $3299 – Dual 2.26GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon 5500 processors, 6GB of RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GT 120, 640GB HD

Apple definitely gave its desktop lineup a bit of an adrenaline shot, though it really didn’t come through with anything too Earth-shattering. What do you guys think? On a completely overshadowed note, Apple is now offering a 1TB Time Capsule for $500 (500GB for $299) and the AirPort Extreme Base Station, now capable of running two networks simultaneously, will run you $179 (old model is going for $159).

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  • levander

    @RON, interesting note. But, the thing is, few people need specs that high. Just give me a basic box for $500 plus a 22″ monitor for another $250 like you can get at DELL, and put MacOS on it.

    And no, that 22″ monitor ain’t a cheap TN Panel one. The 2209wa is a eIPS panel that is getting good reviews for color accuracy and input lag.

  • STEAMNUT

    At least Apple have the decency to upgrade outstanding orders on iMac and time capsule. What other supplier does that?

  • Phil

    Wow…how innovative…overpriced and overhyped crap.

    Ok fanboys – let the bashing begin.

    Zach: you are the worst fanboy of them all. Quit gushing over all that is apple and write a decent review once in a while. My grandmother could write a better tech review for crying out loud, and she still has a turn dial TV.

  • Maximilian

    Apple products are totally worth it. I’ve had 5 different PCs in 6 years, and they all crashed, froze, and eventually broke. So I decided to switch to one of the new Macbooks, and I am so glad I did. It has not let me down once( it did not freeze or crash on me once in 5 months) The iMac looks really good. I can’t recommend Mac OS X enough.

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