New Imac Archive

  • iOS to make its desktop debut with next iMac revision?

    iOS to make its desktop debut with next iMac revision?

    Posted on June 23, 2010 | No Comments
    IOS on the next iMac? That's the rumor going around this morning. The deal is that Apple wants to bring touch controls to its desktop offerings, and will use the next iMac revision to test the waters a bit. So, you'll have your standard Mac OS X installation, but then when you activate “touch screen mode,” you'll switch over to iOS.

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  • Open ye 27-inch iMacs while ye may

    Open ye 27-inch iMacs while ye may

    Posted on October 22, 2009 | No Comments
    iFixit has torn up the new iMac to reveal the delicate inner workings of both the machine and its attendant Magic Mouse. Obviously the biggest issue here is removing the massive piece of glass on the front, a process that requires a spunger, suction cups, and a sense that life is futile and electronics [...]

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  • The new Mighty Mouse is the Magic Mouse

    The new Mighty Mouse is the Magic Mouse

    Posted on October 20, 2009 | No Comments
    Here it is: the new Magic Mouse, a single button mouse with touch sensitive top surface that allows you to touch the mouse to pinch, scroll, and drag, just like a trackpad. The battery is built-in and lasts four months on one battery change. It costs $69 and is available at the end of October. RIP Mighty [...]

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  • It shouldn’t be this difficult to upgrade a hard drive

    It shouldn’t be this difficult to upgrade a hard drive

    Posted on September 14, 2009 | No Comments
    You know what's a little more difficult than I first imagined? Upgrading the hard drive in my late 2006 iMac. I had initially wanted to upgrade the hard drive so I could finally dual boot between Mac OS X and Windows 7, since the old drive, a 250GB model, was pretty much filled to capacity. (Trying to run Mac OS X with only ~5GB of free space isn't ideal.) And even though the iMac user manual clearly states that the only user-replacabable parts are the RAM, I figured, “Bah! I think I can handle a simple hard drive replacement.” I did, but not before wishing I had never so much had broken out a screwdriver.

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  • A “bag of hurt” coming to Apple’s iMacs after all?

    A “bag of hurt” coming to Apple’s iMacs after all?

    Posted on August 7, 2009 | No Comments
    And the award for the most long winded piece of dribble goes to AppleInsider! Thanks for the informative article on purported new features for Apple’s upcoming iMac refresh in which Kasper Jade says absolutely nothing about those new features. Why not just say, “Apple will unleash a “bag of hurt” on the upcoming iMac refresh,” [...]

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