Razor thin new iMac on sale on Friday!
Starting on 30 November – or Wii U launch day in the gadget fiend’s diary – you can pick up one of the new 21.5-inch iMacs that measures just 5mm thin at the edges. The larger will go on sale at Apple’s online store then also, with delivery in December.
Along with a waifish new look, the new iMac models pack some serious kit under the bonnet. There’s up to 8GB of memory, as well as your choice of the latest Intel Core i5 or i7 super speed processor. Then there’s Apple’s smart Fusion Drive, which keeps important files on a fast 128GB solid state drive, and everything else on the slower (but much larger) 1TB hard drive.
The 21.5-inch new iMac starts at £1,099, while the 27-inch model kicks off at £1,499. We’ll have a full review for you soon, but in the meantime, let us know in the comments below: is this the new machine for you?
Microsoft is just getting started with Windows 8, and over the next few months you can expect to see the new operating system popping up in all sorts of form factors, from tablets to desktops and everything in between. Up next to show off its new wares is Lenovo, which has whipped the covers off two very tasty affordable machines that promise the same experience as an Apple iMac or Mac mini at a mere fraction of the price.
Up first are the Lenovo C240 and C245 all-in-ones,18.5-inch desktop machines packing Windows 8, and the more powerful 20-inch C340 and C345 models powered by Intel’s top of the line Core processors. They’re all sporting 720p HD displays, and can squeeze in up to a huge terabyte of storage – thousands of albums and movies.
Just as tantalising is Lenovo’s new Mac mini killer, the Lenovo IdeaCentre Q190. It’s just 22mm thick, but full powered, with options for a speedy Core i3 processor and up to 8GB of memory for monster multi-tasking, as well as optional 3D Blu-ray
support.
It also comes with a multimedia remote with a keyboard and mouse you can use in the dark – making it perfect for plugging into the telly