Apple announces new hardware, updates iLife
New iMac
The much awaited and the fairytale like new aluminum iMac was indeed truth and not fiction. The new look is new age and sci-fi and definitely will look good on your work desk. The aluminum look gives it a very professional and sleek look.
• New glass screen enclosure
• Pricing starting at $1199
• 17? model was trashed. Now only 20? and 24? models are available
• Up to 2.8 GHz Core 2 Extreme Processor
• Up to 4GB of memory
• Up to 1TB of storage space
New Keyboard(s)
The new keyboard has also been released along with the new iMac, which is again a new aluminum finish and fits the line just launched. This aluminum dominated look salso include MacBook Pro, Macmini, iMac etc.
They features of these are that they are definitely thinner than all the previous keyborads by the company, and the even sleeker wireless keyboards coming in at just 0.33 inches!!
The new keys have better finger response and are otherwise almost identical to the MacBooks.
iLife
The last time that apple got to updating to this tool was approximately 2 years ago, making the latest of this gadget to be iLife ’06. Now with the latest version the latest gadget in the series is on with iLife’08.
As was needed, all the major applications have had complete makeovers. iMovie is completely remade and now has a very stylish look.
Notable Features:
• iPhoto - Organizes photos by Event automatically
• iPhoto - New book and calendar printing
• iPhoto - Web gallery creation lets you creating extremely interactive photo galleries
• iMovie - Has a completely new interface that lets you create movies much more quickly and easily
• iMovie - .Mac web gallery and YouTube integration.
• iDVD - Better encoding and new themes
• GarageBand - New “Magic GarageBand” lets you create your own virtual band to jam with
• iWeb - Now you can upload to your own custom domain
• iWeb - Easier template and design creation
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