New iMac

2009-10-21 Thread Adrian Skehan
Good morning all, Looking at the latest iMac I notice that the 27-inch: 3.06GHz list price is $2,199 and the 27-inch: 2.66GHz is $2,599 that is an extra $300 for a seemingly slower machine. Have I missed something or is 2.66GHz quicker than 3.06GHz? Regards, Adrian

Re: New iMac

2009-10-21 Thread Daniel Forsdyke
Hi Adrian I believe the 'slower' machine has a quad core processor rather than the dual core on the other one. Regards Daniel Forsdyke -- An Apple iPhone creation On 22/10/2009, at 9:13, Adrian Skehan adrianske...@mac.com wrote: Good morning all, Looking at the latest iMac I notice

Re: New iMac

2009-10-21 Thread Ronda Brown
On 22/10/2009, at 9:13 AM, Adrian Skehan wrote: Good morning all, Looking at the latest iMac I notice that the 27-inch: 3.06GHz list price is $2,199 and the 27-inch: 2.66GHz is $2,599 that is an extra $300 for a seemingly slower machine. Have I missed something or is 2.66GHz quicker

Re: New iMac

2009-10-21 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi again Adrian, A good description and Video here shows how the Intel® Core™ i5 Processor functions. http://www.intel.com/Consumer/Learn/Desktop/corei5-detail.htm Cheers, Ronni On 22/10/2009, at 9:24 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: On 22/10/2009, at 9:13 AM, Adrian Skehan wrote: Good

Re: New iMac

2009-10-21 Thread Craig Bruce
Indeed the 2.66 is a core i5 quad core rather than a core 2 dual core it can also be build with the core i7 as a custom build -- Craig Bruce Director M 0403 040 088 P 08 9367 4691 F 08 9367 4692 E craig.br...@maxstyle.com.au W http://www.maxstyle.com.au Twitter Maxstyle_com_au Facebook

Re: New iMac

2009-10-21 Thread Martin Hill
The Turbo-boost feature of the quad-core Core i5 and i7 chips can shut down unused cores and boost the clock speed of the remaining cores to much faster clock speeds depending on usage: The 2.66 GHz Core i5 has a Turbo Boost speed of up to 3.20 GHz the 2.8 GHz Core i7 can go up to 3.46 GHz

Re: New iMac

2009-10-21 Thread Daniel Kerr
One of the other cool new features with the 27 iMac I read, is that with a third party cable (coming out soon), you can actually use the 27 iMac as a monitor on another machine (as long as it has miniDisplayPort). Can see that as being useful in some instances. But yes, the new top of the range

RE: New iMac

2009-10-21 Thread Toby Oldham
2nd Hand iMac prices on ebay suggest I'd get about $1000 for my current 2.4Ghz iMac. So I just need another $1600... Right ho, the game begins. I was thinking about the display(port) in feature. I think the demographic it appeals to would be dorm room university students who want to use the iMac

Re: New iMac

2009-10-21 Thread Severin Crisp
That's really cruel, Martin, sounds like sweated slave labour to me! Severin Crisp On 22/10/2009, at 12:01 PM, Martin Hill wrote: The Turbo-boost feature of the quad-core Core i5 and i7 chips can shut down unused cores and boost the clock speed of the remaining cores to much faster clock