Monthly Archives: July 2010

The 2010 iMac Value Equation

Daniel Knight,  Low End Mac, The Value Equation - 2010.07.28 -

To quote the Beatles, “It’s getting better all the time.” While much of the focus will be on the new high-end 12-core Mac Pro, the iMac has seen its share of significant improvements as well. All iMacs now use Intel’s Core “i” technology and support HyperThreading, which means they can function as though they have […]

The 2010 Mac Pro Value Equation

Daniel Knight,  Low End Mac, The Value Equation - 2010.07.28 -

The amount of processing power in the top-end 2.93 GHz 12-core Mac Pro boggles the imagination – as does the price. There are two audiences for the Mac Pro, those who need the most power possible in a Macintosh computer and those who need more expansion options than the iMac and Mac mini offer.

iMac (Mid 2010)

LEM Staff,  iMac, Intel iMac, Low End Mac, Tech Specs - 2010.07.27 -

Apple has now moved the entire iMac line to Intel’s Core “i” family of CPUs, including the dual-core i3 and i5 as well as the quad-core i7. All CPUs used in the 2010 iMac support Hyper-Threading (on last year’s model, only the i7 versions supported Hyper-Threading). CPU speeds start at 3.06 GHz for dual-core models […]

Mac Pro (Mid 2010)

LEM Staff,  Low End Mac, Mac Pro, Tech Specs - 2010.07.27 -

It’s been over 15 months since Apple rolled out the 2009 Mac Pro, and the 2010 Mac Pro is yet another big step forward: every configuration uses quad-core Intel Xeon Nehalem or quad-core and even hex-core Westmere CPUs for even more power. Each core has its own 256 KB Level 2 (L2) cache, each quad-core […]

27″ iMac (Mid 2010)

LEM Staff,  iMac, Intel iMac, Low End Mac, Tech Specs - 2010.07.27 -

Apple has now moved the entire iMac line to Intel’s Core “i” family of CPUs, including the dual-core i3 and i5 as well as the quad-core i7. All CPUs used in the 2010 iMac support Hyper-Threading (on last year’s model, only the i7 versions supported Hyper-Threading). CPU speeds start at 3.06 GHz for dual-core models […]

21″ iMac (Mid 2010)

LEM Staff,  iMac, Intel iMac, Low End Mac, Tech Specs - 2010.07.27 -

Apple has now moved the entire iMac line to Intel’s Core “i” family of CPUs, including the dual-core i3 and i5 as well as the quad-core i7. All CPUs used in the 2010 iMac support Hyper-Threading (on last year’s model, only the i7 versions supported Hyper-Threading). CPU speeds start at 3.06 GHz for dual-core models […]