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iMac Intel 27"  Teardown
iMac Intel 27" Teardown
We're doing a teardown of the newest (and largest) iMac in Apple's line-up -- the 27" Intel iMac! We disassembled this iMac on October 21, 2009. Want up-to-the-minute updates? Follow @ifixit on twitter. Check out the super-fast video slideshow of the teardown! It has banjo ...
Apple Unveils New iMac With 21.5 and 27-inch Displays
apple.com — 21.5-inch 1920 x 1080 LED-backlit display; 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 3MB shared L2... cache; 4GB 1066 MHz DDR3 SDRAM expandable to 16GB; NVIDIA GeForce 9400M integrated graphics; 500GB Serial ATA hard drive running at 7200 rpm; a slot-load ... (more) Apple Unveils New iMac With 21.5 and 27-inch Displays
Apple iMac Hands On [Apple]
Apple iMac Hands On [Apple]
gizmodo.com — The new iMac comes in two sizes, 21.5 and 27-inches. The screens are 16:9 with the same... edge to edge glass of the Macbook Pro and they'll come out with both Core2Duo and new i5/i7 quadcore chips. And Unibody. The first thing I noticed when playing ... (more) Apple iMac Hands On [Apple]
Apple's New iMac, MacBook Grow Better, Brighter
Apple's New iMac, MacBook Grow Better, Brighter
ptech.allthingsd.com — Apple is rolling out new versions of its iMac and MacBook this week. Though both new Macs... sport important improvements, they are evolutionary, not revolutionary, writes Walt Mossberg. (more) Apple's New iMac, MacBook Grow Better, Brighter
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Come and see inside the new 27-inch iMac, thanks iFixit
9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence — ... They’ve torn apart the MacBook, looked inside Apple’s new Mighty Mouse, now those ever-busy tech elves over at iFixit have ripped apart an iMac so that we, the public, can take a little look inside. ...

27-inch iMac torn into tiny bits for the greater good
Engadget — ... You've seen the outside of what the new iMacs look like, but do you know what's inside them? If you guessed "lots of tiny components," you win! The folks at iFixit are always on the bleeding edge when it comes to taking big things and turning them ...

iMac Teardown Reveals What Apple Hides Behind Its Logo [Apple]
Gizmodo — ... And one piece of disappointment: the iMac's mini DisplayPort is run through its logic board, meaning the computer needs to be on if you want the iMac to serve as a second monitor. [iFixit] ...

A look inside Apple's new 27-inch iMac (teardown photos)
AppleInsider — ... features a large 2560 by 1440 pixel LED-backlit display. The model disassembled by iFixit sports a 3.06GHz Core 2 Duo processor. The high-end model can be outfitted with a quad-core processor i5 or i7 processor, which uses a different socket. The LG-manufactured screen weighs in at nearly 11 pounds, with a resolution identical to a 30-inch Apple Cinema Display. It was noted that the panel is very glossy. The new hardware features edge-to-edge glass, which is a change from the 4mm aluminum bezel that surrounded the screen of the previous iMac. In their disassembly of the ...

Magic Mouse: Oh my God—it's full of capacitive sensors!
Infinite Loop — ... an HID profile and full Bluetooth communications stack. Broadcom brags that the chip allows wireless input devices to "approach the price points of legacy-wired mice and keyboards," but this is Apple here—paying a slight premium for a "better" mouse is par for the course. Besides, what is the standard price for a wired multitouch mouse? (Answer: there isn't one!) Of course, after discovering all the magic Apple could stuff into a $69 mouse, though, you can hardly blame iFixit for " taking apart the iMac that came with our Magic Mouse." The new 27" iMac (the lower-end Core 2 ...

New iMac, MacBook, Mac Mini and Magic Mouse Teardowns
World of Apple — iFixit has posted complete galleries of tearsdowns for all the Apple products released earlier this week. As with most teardowns, iFixit has discovered some key points about the products released this week. 27-inch iMac ...

iFixit tears apart newly released Macs
MacFixIt — ... component or replace it. To satisfy these curiosities, various sites such as iFixIt and PowerBookMedic have extensive take-apart guides with pictures and video. The newly released 27" iMac has made its way over to the folks at iFixit, where they show the full internals of the new systems and some information and comparison with older models on how to access components such as the RAM, hard drive, DVD drive, motherboard, and the display. The full teardown for the 27" iMac is available here , and the new Magic Mouse has been gutted ...

Sexy 27-inch iMac torn apart for your perusal
APC — ... that the glass was not aligned correctly before it started the teardown, which I wouldn’t expect given Apple's notoriety for quality. After gutting the machine, the panel was found to be made by LG for Apple. It seems that the only thing you can upgrade yourself without getting into major surgery is the RAM on the new machines. It is worth noting that while the screen has a 1080p capable resolution, the adapter needed to play your Blu-ray through the machine is not included. Hit the link for all the teardown shots.

New Apple iMac Bares All For Wallpaper Photo Shoot [Image Cache]
Gizmodo — While tearing down the new Apple iMac, the folks at iFixIt got requests for wallpaper quality images. They most certainly came through with these two stunning shots of full-frontal openness. I'm almost blushing. You can get the above wallpaper right here and one that's even more up close and personal, right here. [iFixIt] ...

Inside the new 27-inch iMac
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) — ... , it's only a matter of time before someone gets their hands on one only to rip it up and tear every little piece out to see what's in there. And that's exactly what iFixit did with the brand new iMac -- most of us would kill to get one and keep it, and they got one and killed it. But at least we can learn from their destruction: the LCD panel is the same resolution as ...

27-inch iMac: Best Cinema Display that Apple sells?
Seth Weintraub's blog — ... .  From iFixit's breakdown , we know it is an 11lb. 2560x1440 pixel behemoth made by LG with the model number LM270WQ1.  Before iFixit's breakdown, this display hadn't been mentioned anywhere before.  The Display in the iMac is likely an Apple exclusive at least until LG can make enough of them to outpace demand for the new 27-inch iMac –which might be awhile.  This exclusive likely stems from ...

Apple iMac 27-inch Disassembled
iTech News Net — Apple’s another new product, the 27-inch iMac, has also be disassembled. The new iMac gets a large 27-inch LED-backlit display with 2560×1440 resolution and is available with Core i5 or Core i7 options. More photos of 27-inch iMac Teardown. Details of Apple’s new iMac 27-inch. ...

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