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today Apple has launched a bevy of new products including a new iMac Mac Mini and a new plastic macbook let's sort through what all has been upgraded and see what's really brand new let's get this one started first let's start with the new iMacs the iMac has been given a substantial makeover growing in size from 20 inch and 24 inches sizes to respectively a 21 and a half inch and a 27 inch along with the much larger screens they already sleek all in ones and have gotten all aluminum enclosures one of the biggest changes to come to the resolutions the standard 21 and a half inch model comes with a huge 1920 by 1080 resolution while the 27 inch model comes with a ridiculous 2560 by 1440 resolution pricing hasn't changed much but the specs have been bumped up nicely the entry-level 21 and a half inch model is 1199 dollars with a three gigahertz Intel Core 2 Duo processor nvidia 9400 m graphics four gigabytes of ram and 500 gigabytes of hard drive storage from there you can go to the $1,499 model which includes the terabyte of storage and some impressive ATI Radeon graphics the base 27 inch model is $1,699 with the same specs lastly cons what could be a real powerhouse the 27-inch model with a quad-core 2.6 gigahertz Intel Core i5 processor for just shy of $2,000 for an additional $200 on top of that you can get it with the new core i7 2.8 gigahertz processor which should certainly give even the mac pro run first money not too bad considering it's a very sleek and thin all-in-one computer the IMAX has received a substantial upgrade without a substantial rise in price which is always a good thing I'm not entirely convinced the 27-inch display is really needed nor such a massive resolution which will invariably make windows look far too small but I'm going to wait and see before passing judgment one thing I can say for certain is that the new IMAX were going to be fast no matter what model you get and the fact that for $2,200 you can get an iMac that is like faster than a much more expensive MacPro should definitely raise some eyebrows next is the new plastic MacBook it has been neglected from Apple's lineup for a while now but it has finally gotten a decent refresh while rumours that price would drop weren't true it has remained at 999 dollars it has got a nice spec bomb and a redesign it now has an LED backlit display which isn't saying that much as that can be found in Windows laptops less than $500 it gains a new glass multi-touch trackpad as well as a built in battery just like the MacBook Pro with supposedly 7 hours of battery life inside you'll find a 2.2 6 gigahertz Core 2 Duo processor with 2 gigabytes of RAM an NVIDIA GeForce graphics processor 250 gigabyte hard drive and the tried and tested super drive the outside of the new MacBook has been redesigned with a different polycarbonate as well as a rubberized bottom however it looks very much like the previous model and it's still easily traceable back quite a few years to the original iBook which isn't necessarily a good thing when paying $1000 for a new computer however it was at ease an upgrade and it should keep the MacBook alive for at least in another year or two before a major refresh lastly but certainly not least we had the refreshed Mac Mini no price cuts on it either but it has gotten a spec bump as well as a new dedicated server model the cheapest model at $599 has new 2.2 6 gigahertz core 2 duo 2 gigabytes of RAM and a 160 gigabyte hard drive up from a miserly to 120 gigabyte hard drive bump up to paying seven hundred and ninety nine dollars and you could add a 2.53 gigahertz core 2 duo four gigabytes of RAM and a 320 gigabyte hard drive however the most exciting thing has nothing to do with the standard models it's about the new Mac Mini server the biggest difference between the normal Mac Mini and the server model is the lack of an optical drive in the server model instead there is an extra hard drive Bay allowing it to ship with two 500 GB drives it also ships with snow leopard server and keeps with the rest of the specs as the upgraded $799 Mac Mini not entirely unreasonable for $1000 so that's it the major refreshed of the iMac MacBook and Mac Mini there was also a new Apple remote in Magic Mouse unveiled as well but for the most part it was all about the new iMac personally I'm really liking the 21 inch iMac myself it's nice to see a refresh for the Mac Mini in macbook as well so what do you guys think planning on buying any of the new models or had your eye on something else be sure to post in the comments what you think about all this anyway thanks for watching guys