Apple Magic Mouse and new Macs

Apple has refreshed its line up overnight with revised iMacs, MacBook, Mac Mini and a new “Magic Mouse”.

The Apple Magic Mouse is a buttonless design using a multi-touch surface that covers the device. The multi-touch design allows similar controls such similar to the Trackpad on a Mac laptop. You can use the surface to scroll up and down, left and right and use gestures to swipe. It is only available as a wireless mouse, with the old Mighty Mouse as a configurable option. The Magic Mouse comes as standard with the new iMacs.

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The iMacs have been redesigned in 21.5-inch and 27-inch 16×9 widescreen ratios with LED backlit dsiplay. Performance of the iMac has been increased with faster CPU’s, including a new 2.66GHz Quad core i5 CPU in the high-end 27-inch model. You can take the new iMacs up to 16GB of RAM and 2TB of disk storage. And to make it more attractive prices have been reduced, with the entry level model being $1999.

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The white MacBook has been given a bit of a face-lift with new tapered edges and modest performance upgrades. The new model has a 2.26GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor and can use up to 4GB of RAM. The MacBook also has a LED backlit display, 7 hour battery life and no longer has Firewire ports, but does have two USB ports.



The often neglected Mac Mini has been given a modest performance upgrade as well. You can choose between a 2.26GHz, 2.53GHz, or 2.66GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor and can use up to 4GB of RAM. Curiously there is an option to turn the Mac Mini into a mini server. It drops the SuperDrive in favour of another hard drive and comes with Mac OSX Leopard Server. As the Mac Mini uses slow 5400RPM drives often found in laptops it would not suit as a file server for graphic studios or as a Mail Server. Both areas require fast hard drives to keep everything running smoothly.