New iMacs!

Today Apple announced greatly updated iMacs. They featuring brand-new Extreme 2 Duo Intel processors (up to 2.8GHz), a boldly refreshed pro design featuring 20” or 24” glass displays encased in aluminum, an all-new keyboard and iLife ‘08 (more on that above!)

Standard configurations are:

20” iMac with a 2.0GHz processor, 250GB hard drive and ATI Radeon HD 2400XT video card – $1199

20” iMac with a 2.4Ghz processor, 320GB hard drive and ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro – $1499

24” iMac with a 2.4Ghz display and 320GB hard drive and ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro video card – $1799

All models come standard with 802.11n and Bluetooth 2.0 wireless capability, an 8x Superdrive, 1GB of RAM, and the new Apple Keyboard. They can be customized with up to 4GB of RAM, and up to a 1 TB hard drive.

The new iMacs feature three USB 2.0 ports, a Firewire 400 port, a Firewire 800 port, a gigabit ethernet port, mini-DVI port, an audio-in and audio-out port. All models also continue to feature a built-in iSight camera and microphone. You can run a second display up to 23” from the mini-DVI port.

The new glass displays are glossy, and the resolution appears to be the same as current 20” and 24” iMacs – 1680×1050 and 1920×1200 respectively. More details to come soon…

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