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iMac firmware update adds Lion Recovery over the Internet

by Kenny Hemphill on 27 October 2011 in News

The current crop of iMacs, released earlier this year, can now take advantage of OS X Lion’s over-the-air recovery, thanks to a firmware update made available yesterday.

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New Mac Pros next week would be a welcome signal to professional users

by Kenny Hemphill on 12 July 2011 in Comment

While the leaking of part numbers for new MacBook Airs may not have told us anything we didn’t already strongly suspect. The fact that they were accompanied by part codes for what looks like a new Mac Pro series was something of a surprise

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Tests show iMac hard disk performance can vary by 100%

by Adam Banks on 11 May 2011 in Analysis

Apple has confirmed that it reserves the right to change the supplier and specification of the hard drives built into the latest iMac models, announced last week. In MacUser’s tests, undocumented variations between the drives fitted in different models resulted in transfer speeds ranging from 76 to 164 megabytes per second (MB/sec), making the quickest [...]

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Apple announces faster iMacs with Thunderbolt and FaceTime HD

by Kenny Hemphill on 3 May 2011 in News
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Apple has updated its iMac range with faster quad-core processors, improved graphics, and the Thunderbolt connector which first appeared in the MacBook Pro. The iMacs also have the new FaceTime HD camera.

‘Our customers love the iMac’s aluminum enclosure, gorgeous display and all-in-one design,’ said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. ‘With next generation quad-core processors, powerful new graphics, Thunderbolt technology and a FaceTime HD camera, we’ve made the world’s best desktop even better.’

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Brought to you by the letter ‘i’

by Nik Rawlinson on 5 January 2011 in Editorial
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Everything – and nothing – has changed in seven years. The first editorial I ever wrote for MacUser, back in the autumn of 2003, didn’t include any words that featured the letter ‘i’. I wanted to make the point that Apple’s i-devices weren’t the be-all and end-all of the company.

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Apple packs more punch into iMacs

by Simon Aughton on 27 July 2010 in News
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Apple has revamped the entire iMac range, adding the latest Intel Core i3, Core i5 and Core i7 processors and more powerful graphics.

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