New iMac 20" Review

The new line of iMac’s are now out for 2009 and below I put together a video to review the new 20″ imac from apple, which goes for $1,199. I also show you in the video how to upgrade the ram on this computer which can be upgraded up to 8GB.

As always below are all the links pertaining to the video and technical details on this computer. One thing I wanted to mention is that if you order the imac from the apple website you can customize the features and add for example a 1TB drive, more ram up to 8GB.

Technical Details:

• Height: 18.5 inches (46.9 cm)
• Width:  19.1 inches (48.5 cm)
• Depth:  7.4 inches (18.9 cm)
• Weight: 20 pounds (9.1 kg)
• One FireWire 800 port; 7 watts
• Total of six USB 2.0 ports: four ports on computer, two ports on wired keyboard
• Built-in AirPort Extreme Wi-Fi wireless networking (based on IEEE 802.11n draft specification);² IEEE 802.11a/b/g compatible
• Built-in Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR (Enhanced Data Rate)
• Built-in 10/100/1000BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet (RJ-45 connector)
• Built-in stereo speakers
• Internal 24-watt digital amplifier
• Headphone/optical digital audio output (minijack)
• Audio line in/optical digital audio input (minijack)
• Built-in microphone
• Support for Apple Stereo Headset with microphone
• Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard (includes iTunes, Time Machine, Quick Look, Spaces, Spotlight, Dashboard, Mail, iChat, Safari, Address Book, QuickTime, iCal, DVD Player, Photo Booth, Front Row, Xcode Developer Tools)
• iLife ’09 (includes iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD, iWeb, GarageBand)
• Built-in 20-inch (viewable) or 24-inch (viewable) glossy widescreen TFT active-matrix liquid crystal display
• Resolution: 1680 by 1050 pixels
• 2.66GHz processor
• NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics processor with 256MB of DDR3 SDRAM shared with main memory
• Mini DisplayPort output port with support for DVI, VGA, and dual-link DVI via adapter⁴
• Built-in iSight camera
• Support for extended desktop and video mirroring modes
• Simultaneously supports full native resolution on the built-in display and up to a 30-inch display (2560 by 1600 pixels) on an external display
• 320GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA hard drive
• 2GB (two 1GB SO-DIMMs)
• Slot-loading 8x SuperDrive (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)

LINKS:

LINKS FOR MENU to use with Bootcamp: http://refit.sourceforge.net/

Here is a good step by step tutorial on how to install and configure the menu: http://www.simplehelp.net/2008/07/03/overview-installation-refit-an-os-x-boot-manager/

Online Backup recommendation which works really good for windows or the macos: http://www.carbonite.com

Check out the iLife 09 Tutorials which cover iMovie, iPhoto, iWeb, and Garageband: http://www.apple.com/ilife/tutorials/#iphoto