Category: New Products

UPDATE: iMacs now in stock! Just a couple of minutes ago, Apple announced new, updated and upgraded iMacs. With faster processor speeds, more standard RAM, upgraded video cards (and the option for a powerful new video card, which Apple calls “the greatest graphics option yet”) , Apple can accurately say “iMac takes it all on.”…

Apple announced revs (Mac speak for “revisions”) of the MacBook and MacBook Pro models today! Both take advantage of Intel’s Core 2 Duo Penryn processors, which are reported to be 40% faster than their current Core 2 Duo chips. Here’s an overview of the MacBook refresh: They include the faster processors, at 2.1 and 2.4GHz…

If you haven’t yet gotten hands-on with the MacBook Air, you can do so now at either of our retail locations. I first saw the MacBook Air on a Macworld San Francisco Keynote live blog and lusted after it while pouring over tech spec pages and reading early reviews. The blogosphere has been ablaze with…

Head over to Flickr to see our unboxing photos of the MacBook Air. It is definitely as light and thin as Apple portrays it to be; very exciting. Despite some initial negative reviews (we can all agree it doesn’t fit everyone’s needs), MacBook Air is selling well, and with seeing it firsthand, now we know…

Apple preempted a potential Macworld keynote topic by announcing new Mac Pros this morning. PROCESSOR The new machines are the fastest Macs ever, thanks to eight-core processing power. The Mac Pros include 2 quad core Intel Xeon processors dubbed “Harpertown” processors. RAM The Mac Pros can now support up to 32GB of RAM (that’s right,…

Our retail team prepares for the launch of Mac OS 10.5 Leopard tonight at 6PM! We’ll be demonstrating Leopard in-store on our demo machines so you can see what the excitement is all about. We have a limited number of copies of 10.5, so be sure to get there early to reserve yours!

QUICK LOOK View and read the contents of a file before you open it! As I move through the list, I’m trying to concentrate on the features of Leopard that will prove to be very useful to the user, rather than just an “eye candy-type” feature. While I LOVE the improvements to the interface and…

MAIL Take notes, use personalized stationery within your emails and create to-do lists. Ah! I bet you can guess why I would love this feature. I enjoy being organized (or at least trying to be), and of course, I love to personalize my space. With the new version of Apple Mail, my inbox is headed…

SPACES Quickly switch between groups of windows to make your desktop much less cluttered. I’m a fan of this, because I tend to work with certain groups of applications at the same time, while ignoring the others. It will be so nice to have separated sections such as a “design group,” which could consist of…

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