Apple unveils new iMac, MacBook, Mac Mini, and Magic Mouse

Today Apple announced refreshed iMacs, MacBooks, and Mac Minis. The new iMac offers a gigantic 27″ 16:9 HD LED display, but it also comes in a 21.5″ model. The processor comes standard with a speedy 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo. Standard memory is a whopping 4 GB, with a 500 GB hard disk. The 21.5″ iMac starts at $1200. That’s aggressive pricing, considering what you get.

The new iMac has a brilliant LED widescreen display.

Next up, the MacBook. Like its MacBook Pro counterpart, the new MacBook features a precision unibody polycarbonate enclosure, as well as a 7 hour battery life and NVIDIA GeForce 9400M integrated graphics. It also has a multitouch glass trackpad. The price is the same at $999 for a 2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 250 GB hard disk, and 2 GB of RAM.

The MacBook now looks almost like a MacBook Pro.

The Mac Mini was also refreshed. It now boasts more memory (up to 4 GB) and a faster processor (up to 2.66 GHz), and it also has an option for Snow Leopard Server preloaded, making it a viable, affordable option for a home server. The Mac Mini starts at $600.

The Mac Mini is just a little faster.

And finally, the very most awesomest thing of all…the wireless Magic Mouse. It’s Apple’s replacement to the Mighty Mouse, and it features multitouch gestures. Click, swipe, pan, zoom. It’s all there. It’s now shipping with every new Mac, and you can buy it for $70. At the moment, however, there is no Windows support.

The new Magic Mouse supports multitouch gestures.

Pixelmator for Mac

It’s been a while since I last blogged. Like many other students who have recently returned to school, I’ve been caught up in a bunch of work. Anyway, today I bring you the ultimate Photoshop replacement: Pixelmator. What makes Pixelmator so special?

Pixelmator version 1.5 "Spider"

Well, first of all Pixelmator’s only $60. That’s compared to Photoshop CS4, which is a whopping $700. Greedy pigs, Adobe is, right? Pixelmator is OS X only, letting it take full advantage of all the native Core Image APIs in Leopard and Snow Leopard. Pixelmator has almost all the functionality of Photoshop, including full read and write of PSD files. A free trial is available, so go check it out!

Crazy Car for Mac

Do you like crazy stuff? Do you like cars? And do you use a Mac? Then…Crazy Car for Mac is the perfect app for you! Here’s a short trailer for the amazing game that we’ve made.

Want it? Well, we are sorry to say that Crazy Car for Mac is not currently available to the public.

WWDC 2009 in 3 minutes

Don’t have time to watch the WWDC 2009 Keynote? Then WWDC 2009 in 3 minutes is just for you! This video summary covers the iPhone 3G S, new MacBook Pros, Snow Leopard, and iPhone 3.0 software.

New Apple Announcements

Phil Schiller just finished with his WWDC keynote, and we have a brief lowdown on what’s new.

A new iPhone. The iPhone 3G S is twice as fast as its predecessor, has a 3 megapixel autofocus camera with VGA video capture, allows for voice control of the phone and iPod, contains a digital compass, and runs iPhone OS 3.0. It comes out on June 17.

New MacBooks. Apple has revamped the MacBook line. The only MacBook is the white polycarbonate one, and it sells for $999. Where did the 13″ aluminum one go? It has been promoted to a MacBook Pro. It features Firewire, a backlit keyboard, an SD card slot, and a 7 hour battery life. And it’s only $1199! The 15″ MacBook Pro also got a SD card slot and 7 hour battery life. It goes for $1699. The 17″ model remains unchanged except for the new lower price tag, which is $2499. The MacBook Air sports a slightly faster processor and is cheaper at $1499.

Safari. Safari 4 dropped the Beta tag today. For those who don’t know, Safari 4 has a new Top Sites page similar to Google Chrome’s New Tab page, Cover Flow, and History search. Apple claims that it is the world’s fastest browser because of its revamped Nitro Javascript engine. It’s available for Windows and Mac OS X.

Mac OS X Snow Leopard. Scheduled for a release this September, Snow Leopard has refinements to Finder, Exposé, Stacks, Time Machine, Airport, installation, QuickTime, iChat, and Bonjour, among other things. All key applications in Snow Leopard are 64-bit, use Grand Central Dispatch to take advantage of multi-core processors, and support Microsoft Exchange for use in corporate environments.