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First Impressions: 27-inch iMac and Magic Mouse. October 23, 2009

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I went to the Apple Store earlier today to help a friend buying a MacBook Pro earlier today. While waiting, I had a chance to play around with the new 27-inch iMac and the Magic Mouse.

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The new 27-inch iMac looks really nice with its 16:9 screen ratio. The black borders now extends to the edges of the body. The screen itself looks spectacular. One of the best large computer screens I have ever seen. The iMac lines now sport SD/SDHC card slot positioned below the Optical Drive slot.

The new iMac initially ships with Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.1 build 10A2155 that includes the Magic Mouse support.

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The Magic Mouse itself is surprisingly small and low-profiled. It feels a little bit heavy for its size and yet light enough to move around. Using the two-finger swipe takes a bit to get used to. I found out for me it is easier to use the thumb and index finger to swipe instead of using the index and middle finger.

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I will be buying this Magic Mouse for review purpose. Unfortunately it was not available in stock at the local Apple Store today.

New Apple Products: iMac, MacBook, Mac mini, Apple Magic Mouse, Apple Remote, Time Capsule and AirPort Extreme Base Station. October 20, 2009

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Apple unveils a barrage of product updates today.

iMac

MacBook

Mac mini

Apple Magic Mouse

Apple Remote

Time Capsule – 1TB

AirPort Extreme Base Station

Mac OS X Updates for September 10, 2009. September 10, 2009

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Along with Mac OS X 10.6.1, Apple also releases security updates for Mac OS X Tiger and Leopard.

2009.09.10

Mac OS X v10.6.1 Update | 71.47MB
 The 10.6.1 Update is recommended for all users running Mac OS X Snow Leopard and includes general operating system fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility, and security of your Mac.

Mac OS X Server v10.6.1 Update | 71.57MB
The 10.6.1 update is recommended for all servers currently running Snow Leopard Server version 10.6 and includes general operating system fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility and security of your server.

Security Update 2009-005 (Leopard) | 93.14MB
Security Update 2009-005 is recommended for all users and improves the security of Mac OS X. Previous security updates have been incorporated into this security update.

Security Update 2009-005 Server (Leopard) | 93.14MB
Security Update 2009-005 is recommended for all servers and improves the security of Mac OS X. Previous security updates have been incorporated into this security update.

Security Update 2009-005 (Tiger Intel) | 169.75MB
Security Update 2009-005 is recommended for all users and improves the security of Mac OS X. Previous security updates have been incorporated into this security update.

Security Update 2009-005 (Tiger PPC) | 77.95MB
Security Update 2009-005 is recommended for all users and improves the security of Mac OS X. Previous security updates have been incorporated into this security update.

Security Update 2009-005 Server (Tiger Univ) | 206.43MB
Security Update 2009-005 is recommended for all users and improves the security of Mac OS X. Previous security updates have been incorporated into this security update.

Security Update 2009-005 Server (Tiger PPC) | 132.53MB
Security Update 2009-005 is recommended for all users and improves the security of Mac OS X. Previous security updates have been incorporated into this security update.

iMac Graphics FW Update 1.0.2 | 872KB
This update is for iMac computers with an ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro or ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT graphics card installed, running Mac OS X 10.5.2 or later.

Apple RAID Card Firmware Update | 26.12MB
The update is recommend for all Mac Pro (Late 2006, Early 2008) and Xserve (Late 2006, Early 2008) systems with the Apple RAID card.

The updates are available through Software updates and Apple Support Downloads page.

Apple releases new iMac, Mac mini, Mac Pro and Time Capsule. March 3, 2009

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Apple releases new iMac, Mac mini, Mac Pro and Time Capsule on Tuesday morning. It seems that Apple has been “letting” their guard down when it comes to their product launch.

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The new iMac line sports new chipset, DDR3 Memory and Mini DisplayPort. The 20-inch and lower-end 24-inch model are sporting nVidia Geforce 9400M with 256MB DDR3 SDRAM shared with the main memory. The mid-range and higher-end 24-inch iMac are sporting nVidia Geforce GT 120 (256MB GDDR3) and nVidia GT 130 (512MB GDDR3) respectively. Radeon HD 4850 with 512MB GDDR3 memory is available as configure-to-order option on the mid-range and higher-end 24-inch iMac. All iMac can accommodate up to 8GB of DDR3 SDRAM.

Apple iMac Technical Specifications.

Mac mini

The new Mac mini comes with nVidia GeForce 9400M chipset, one Mini DisplayPort, one Mini-DVI port, one FireWire 800 port and five USB 2.0 port. In addition to that, the new Mac mini supports up to 4GB of DDR3 SDRAM. Mac mini comes in two base models with the difference of graphics processor memory, system memory and hard-drive capacity.

http://www.apple.com/macmini/specs.html

Mac Pro

New Mac Pro are armed with Quad-Core Intel Xeon “Nehalem” Processor, maximum of 32GB DDR3 SDRAM and Mini DisplayPort alongside dual-link DVI port.

http://www.apple.com/macpro/specs.html

Time Capsule

The new Time Capsule gains a slight but significant upgrade, simultaneous dual-band (2.4GHz and 5GHz) 802.11n Wi-Fi operation.

http://www.apple.com/timecapsule/specs.html

AVG Free 8.0, New iMac, and then some April 29, 2008

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While I was busy doing many things away from this blog:

April 24th, 2008

AVG Free 8.0
Available for Windows Vista and Windows XP.
Get it here.

April 26th, 2008

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Flock 1.1.2
I launched Flock, and was notified about the update.
Read the release notes here.

April 28th, 2008

New iMac from Apple
1066MHz Front Side Bus, and up to 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo.
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS graphics processor with 512MB of GDDR3 memory is available for 24-inch model.
No Intel Core 2 Extreme anymore.