Spring Break
Apple upgrades iMac line with new hardware
Keith Hobin
Issue date: 11/6/09 Section: News
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The biggest announcement was Apple's new "Magic Mouse," successor to the "Mighty Mouse." The Bluetooth-equipped Magic Mouse has no physical buttons, and supports multi-touch gestures like two finger scrolling, pinch zooming and others. Users can also right click by pressing on the top right area of the mouse.
"I think that the Magic Mouse is interesting," Christian Sunseri, a sophomore sports management major, said. "But it's just too fancy for me; I would rather have a basic mouse with physical buttons."
Sunseri also said that he rarely uses a mouse and instead prefers his laptop's trackpad. The $69 price point also deterred him from planning on a purchase.
"If I played with it, I would probably think it was really cool," Amanda Xu, a sophomore biomedical engineering major, said. "But I would never buy it. It's too expensive, and I need physical buttons."
In the iMac line, Apple released two upgraded models with 21.5" and 27" screen sizes. Both of these have a 16:9 aspect ratio and full HD resolution or greater, making them similar to a small flat panel TV compared with a built-in computer. They have faster Intel Core 2 Duo processers for better performance. The 27" model can also be used as an external display when used with a separately purchased adapter. The new Magic Mouse is included with these new iMacs.
"The new iMac's are ascetically pleasing, but still not worth the price," Xu said.
The MacBook line now features a non-slip bottom surface, and has a multi-touch track pad like the MacBook Pro line. The new model still starts at $999, but has upgraded specs of 2.26 Mh Core 2 Duo CPU, 2GB of RAM, and a 250GB hard drive.
Sunseri said he thought that he would get a better performance boost and value out of upgrading his operating system to Snow Leopard (10.6), rather than updating to a new MacBook.
"I'm sure that my next computer will be a MacBook," Xu said, who currently uses a Dell Studio 15. "I don't know when I will upgrade. The updates to the MacBook line aren't drastic enough right now."
Xu also mentioned that although she hates her Dell, it is still a functioning computer, a fact which is deterring her from upgrading to a MacBook. Xu said another reason for not upgrading now is that her Dell is still a functioning computer. She continuously commented about her lust for a MacBook throughout the interview.
Apple Inc., did not respond for requests for comment.
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ishogun
posted 11/07/09 @ 10:48 PM EST
So I see, some deadbeats do not want to part with their money, and that supposedly a jornalism. Get a life.
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