Review - New iMac - part 4

Components

The design reviews can be somewhat subjective, but the same cannot be said about the components chosen by Apple to equip the new iMacs. The Intel Core 2 Duo processors, 2.0 and 2.4 Ghz don’t need any presentations, even less needed for the Core 2 Duo Extreme 2.8GHz, in the build-to-order option. Also the ATI graphic cards (and here a good “Finally” is needed) are modern and up to the challenges that a normal customer would require, but also in the professional area.

The SerialATA hard disks, working on 7200 rpm, also seem to be suitable as for storage space and performances, while for the optical drive, a support to one of the new formats, either BluRay or HD-DVD would have been expected. But in this case, we truly think it was a choice based on the uncertainty about these two formats and which one will be truly established on the market. In any case, there should have been an option to include a BluRay or HD-DVD drive in a built-to-order configuration.