Apple Introduces New 27″ iMac, MacBook, Mightier Mini, Magic Mouse, Remote
Apple today announced new 21.5″ and 27″ iMacs, a new line of MacBooks, mightier Mac Minis, and a Magic Mouse (with iPhone-like multi-touch), and new Apple Remote.
- The new iMacs [PR link] include cinematic 16×9 displays, quad-core option,
- The new MacBooks [PR link] have plastic unibody construction, 7-hour non-changeable batteries, LED backlights, and glass multi-touch trackpads (basically like the pros but without the aluminum)
- The new Mac Minis [PR link pending] are now up to 2.66GHz and up to 4GB, and a special version with Snow Leopard Server pre-installed.
- The Magic Mouse [PR link] is wireless and has a seamless multi-track surface, and laser-tracking engine. Click, swipe, and scroll anywhere.
- The new Apple Remote is black and aluminum, with a large 4 way (re: Muero in comments — not sure if it’s a click wheel), and now 2 separate buttons beneath, menu and play/pause (which used to be inside the 4 way).
More as this develops!
October 20th, 2009 at 12:15 pm
ZOMG!!!
October 20th, 2009 at 12:19 pm
This just throws a wrench into my whole plans to buy a new computer. I was about to order the HP Envy15, but now I see that Apple will release a 27 inch Core i5 iMac in November and I’m kinda torn. I would prolly use the envy as a desktop replacement and its nice and portable, but a 27 inch iMac would be real sweet. They both are around ~$2000 but I’m sure once I start customizing the iMac I’ll be in trouble. Decisions, decisions.
Hopefully my 50 shares of Apple I bought yesterday at 189 will be paying for a new iMac or Envy.
October 20th, 2009 at 12:20 pm
Please give mé One now 27″ iMac i’m in love
October 20th, 2009 at 12:21 pm
loven the new mouse
October 20th, 2009 at 12:27 pm
That new mouse looks really cool. However, I have the wireless mighty mouse so I don’t think it really justifies the purchase of a new one.
October 20th, 2009 at 12:50 pm
Has zero to do with the iphone though..
October 20th, 2009 at 12:50 pm
Yawn, laser mice are already old news. Still like buttons and the clicks.
October 20th, 2009 at 12:59 pm
Hey Rene, you forgot info about the spiffy new Remote. It’s in the title and lead paragraph but no details. Does that thing have a Nano-esque scroll wheel or does it just look like one?
October 20th, 2009 at 1:09 pm
Glad to see they’re no longer ignoring the mini (which languished a LONG time without a refresh before earlier this year). The 27″ iMac looks sweet, although I’d probably never get one. And the Magic Mouse looks pretty cool- I wonder if it really does work well.
October 20th, 2009 at 1:10 pm
This is exactly what I’ve been waiting for. I will now be an owner of an iMac when I get out of basic training.
Luckily my friend gets a copy of Windows 7 free along with Parallel Desktop. I’m so in like swimwear. =]
October 20th, 2009 at 1:12 pm
It doesn’t appear that any of the mouse’s finger gestures can move the cursor… which explains why this is still a mouse, rather than the desktop trackpad it should’ve been by the year 2009.
Meh…
October 20th, 2009 at 1:18 pm
I forgot I was on themacblog.com…
October 20th, 2009 at 1:25 pm
Anybody realize they removed the firewire port from the Macbook again? I guess they’re drawing the line between this new model and the pro model.
October 20th, 2009 at 1:40 pm
Ahhhh…it’s a good thing I bought my replacement for the mighty mouse just about 2 weeks ago at Radio Shack! Returning that today and heading to the Apple Store for my new Magic Mouse! Oh wait…wrong blog!
October 20th, 2009 at 1:42 pm
@ Dman and cardfan if you think TIPB is at fault for posting material about Apple, then you are just as much at fault for reading. If you have a problem with content, skip it!
October 20th, 2009 at 1:47 pm
omg!!!!! im getting the new imac for my birthday!!!!
October 20th, 2009 at 2:09 pm
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October 20th, 2009 at 2:21 pm
Well this is where I came first to read about the new iMac stuff. I knew you would have info in it and I tried to go to the apple store on my phone and the damn screen kept locking up. I have the same problem in my desktop for some reason. I was trying to look at the Mac mini and the page just hung there. Couldn’t pinch or zoom. So I came here. Thanks Rene!!
October 20th, 2009 at 2:30 pm
To folks who think the iPhone lives in a bubble and that Apple announcements don’t have some impact on iPhone need to chill
October 20th, 2009 at 2:44 pm
@Rene I must agree
October 20th, 2009 at 3:31 pm
Guess I will be buying my wife the 21.5 inch iMac sometime in the next week.
Chris
October 20th, 2009 at 3:49 pm
@Chris: lucky wife!
October 20th, 2009 at 3:57 pm
I enjoy being able to get any significant Apple updates via this blog. Rene’s articles are always very well written, which isn’t always that common on the Internet these days! It’d be quite a stretch to say this particular post isn’t related to the iPhone, it’s the first time Apple have expanded multi-touch beyond the iPhone/touch – which shows how important they think this technology is to them.
The iPhone is slowly(quickly?) becoming the dominant OSX platform at Apple – and going forward more and more technology is going to be shared between the Mac line and various portable products.
October 20th, 2009 at 4:13 pm
can i get the magic mouse as a replacement for my mighty mouse that doesnt scroll anymore?? or am i gonna have to cough up some dough?? haha either way….im gettin it.
October 20th, 2009 at 4:31 pm
For those who have the new mouse, how is it’s right click sensitivity? My biggest complaint with my Mighty Mouse is that it sometimes (often enough to irritate) registers a press on the right side of the mouse surface as a plain old left click, rather than a right click. Is the new mouse any better in that regards?
October 20th, 2009 at 5:19 pm
Fassy — haven’t seen the new mouse available to buy yet, but reports are saying right click is better than old mouse.
October 20th, 2009 at 7:01 pm
@Fassy – to right click on the Mighty Mouse you have to lift your index off of the mouse where a left click would normally be registered. The mouse can sense your finger and gives you a left click otherwise. Very irritating to me which is why I abandoned the Mighty Mouse and went with a Best Buy Rocketfish Bluetooth mouse that works quite well. Unfortunately, the Best Buys around here discontued the Rocketfish mouse.
October 20th, 2009 at 7:21 pm
I really wish that Apple would design a mouse to actually match their computers designs. A bright white mouse does not match my aluminum and black macbook at all. I have a wireless dell mouse that looks prettier than this mouse. I do want one though. I could actually see myself using it… but the new trackpads are just so useful.
October 20th, 2009 at 7:25 pm
@staff. Include the 400$ price drop for aditional 4 gb ram for macbook pro. Just discovered it and made my day because Im about to buy one mbp and 1k for 8gb ram was way too overpriced. Price drop also saw in the hard drives ( at least ssd). In overall a price drop in customization cost are biggis news
October 20th, 2009 at 7:59 pm
You know, sometimes I lay my iPhone down and open Air Mouse and do the same thing… But I do need one though, it’s really pretty and cool. ( lol )
October 20th, 2009 at 9:06 pm
Just fixing an error.
The new Mac Minis are not up to 2.66ghz.
The low-end is 2.26ghz and the high-end and server models are both 2.53ghz.
October 21st, 2009 at 8:48 am
@31: The minis do go up to 2.66 GHz. But that’s for an additional $150 over the $799 high-end model. The day before, the additional $150 processor upgrade bought you 2.26 GHz over 2.0 GHz, so a nice improvement over the prior gen.
October 21st, 2009 at 1:09 pm
@rr4him
Yes, I find that very irritating about the Mighty Mouse, but mine also does it on occasion when my left finger is not on it. Some reports are suggesting the Magic Mouse has a similar left-the-finger constraint, which would be a deal breaker for me. I’ll have to check for myself next time I happen to be at an Apple store.
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:41 am
i bought one as soon as i got the email… my first mac!!! and quad-core…. im so excited
October 25th, 2009 at 7:26 pm
i had bought the imac 24 about two weeks ago and just happened to go into the apple store and found out that the ‘new’ 21.5 and 27 had just been released and were going on the shelf the next morning. one of the sales persons suggested that i bring mine back in or the receipt for my old one and that i could trade up or get a couple of hundred dollars back off the price on my receipt – i definitely moved up. more computer for the same money that i had spent on the 24″….and i got $53 back for my up-grade wireless keyboard and mouse because the new imac’s come with both. What about that for customer service????
October 25th, 2009 at 7:27 pm
…btw, the new magic mouse is pretty cool
October 27th, 2009 at 12:44 pm
oh man i just got a mac mini like a month ago…now new ones already??? **** me…i totally want the new one right meow damnit! anyway i can upgrade to the new one?