Foreword:

Apple iMac is the latest designed computer from Apple to cater to users who require high performance desktop with the stylish eco-friendly design. The complete aluminum body and wireless accessories such as magic mouse & keyboard gives a clean and trendy look to iMac.

The iMac comes with 21.5 inch and 27 inch display option. Their display has high HD resolution of about 1920 x 1080 and 2560 x 1440 respectively, which are backed by LED lights. Also in-plane IPS technology allows a user to look at display from any angle; thereby users can operate iMac even by not sitting exactly in front of the display.

To get a total multimedia experience, lots of options for video cards are available from industry leaders like ATI and NVIDIA. The best option available for killer graphics application is ATI Radeon HD 4850. For faster performance, the highest options available for processor are 2.8 GHZ quad-core Intel Core i7 processor with 8MB shared L3 cache for 27 inch and 3.33GHZ Intel core 2 Duo Processor with 3 MB Shared L2 Cache for 21.5 inches, which are latest and quite fast in terms of processing power for any kind of application.

On the communication front, the Apple iMac comes with all the required basic options like Ethernet, Wireless-N, Firewire, SD card slot and Bluetooth capabilities, which are good enough for normal basic communication and networking. This PC comes with built-in stereo speakers with 17 watt-high efficiency amplifiers and built-in microphone. The operating system comes with this PC is Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard, which is the latest innovation from Apple on the operating system front. At last on the energy front it meets all the requirements for Energy Start 5.0 and rated as EPEAT Gold.

+Ves:

• Stylish design with wireless accessories (Magic mouse and Keyboad)
• Advanced graphics option of ATI Radeon HD 4850
• High display resolution of up to 2560 x 1440 with backed LED and IPS technology
• Built in speakers with 17 watt high-efficiency amplifiers, microphone and in-sight camera
• Runs Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard
• Up to 2 TB storage space expandable with ATA Hard Drives
• 4 SO-DIMM memory slots
• Up to 16GB DDR3 memory option
• Wireless 802.11-n option with built-in Bluetooth
• Bluetooth optionally available
• Advanced cooling system for monitoring temperature of the components
• Less fan noise
• 5 Energy start rated, more energy efficient
• Display glass and Aluminum body, both are easily recyclable for environmental benefits

-Ves:

• Runs Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard which is latest from apple but not desired for Windows lover, they have to either spend to get virtualization software to run windows or need to go with Mac OS
• No BluRay Disc support

Final Word:

Apple iMac comes with all the design, high resolution display, and performance qualities to entice any user. The high resolution display is backed with LEDs that add the brightness and quality to the display screen. Also this display has IPS technology. Apple iMac comes with the latest option of Intel® CoreTM2 Quad 2.88 GHZ with Up to 16GB DDR3 SDRAM expandable memory, which offers high resolution and processing power required to run application fast enough. Also options for Graphics card from ATI give the edge on the gaming and multimedia front. The operating system of Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard is the latest improved OS from Apple. Also environment friendly and energy saving features lists high on normal user’s desired features list. Overall, this is the fantastic option available for Apple lover for their multimedia to business processing application needs.