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Hard Cider: It's A Lamp! It's A Computer! No, It's ... A Lamp Computer? The New iMac Shown Gracefully In Pictures

Monday, January 7, 2002

Apple pulled two jack rabbits out of the hat during Steve Jobs keynote at Macworld this morning, and one bunny. The biggest, of course, is the radically redesigned iMac pictured below. Not only is it beautiful, classy and powerful, it is also, given its feature set, very reasonably priced. The introductory model with CD-RW drive, 40 GB hard drive and 128 MB of RAM, will set you back only $1,299. The middle model also comes with a 40 GB hard drive, has 256 MB of RAM and a Combo DVD/CD-RW drive. The high-end iMac comes with a 60 GB hard drive, 256 MB of RAM and the SuperDrive - which can read, write and rewrite CDs, and read and write DVDs ... all for the incredibly low price of $1,799. The SuperDrive was previously only available on Apple's high-end professional machines, and you paid a premium for it. The other big news was Apple's new photo editing soft ware, and its attendant online services through Apple. It's great software, similar to iTunes, but for photos, and a very smart marketing move by Apple. The digital hub thing is really taking shape ... but that's another article.

The bunny hop announcement was that the top of the line iBook now has a 14 inch screen ... nice.

Presenting The New iMac (aka the iLamp)
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The new iMac comes with a 15 inch flat panel LCD display

The computer is housed in the 'lamp-like' base, which has a whisper silent fan

The keyboard, mouse and Pro Speakers have all been modified with a white plastic motif to match the new iMac's iPod color

The iPod and headphones are not included with a purchase. The top two models of the iMac come with the Apple Pro speakers though.

On the back of the iMac's base you'll find 3 USB ports and two Firewire Ports and VGA out (for second monitor mirroring only).

What a difference two years make (see below)

 

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