An Ultimate Beauty from Apple - iMAC Desktop

The latest offering from Apple-the iMac desktop-which has a 27-inch panel with a 2560 x 1440 16:9 display and is 1.5-inch thick, promises to give you ultimate viewing pleasure. The LED backlight is vibrant and the viewing angles offer you to read even when standing side-on. With the speakers placed under the bottom edge, it manages to put out commendable amount of sound, similar to the 24-inch Apple Cinema Display. The widescreen makes it ideal for movie content.


You have the option of using a 3.06GHz dual-core processor or one of Intel's latest quad-cores. The quad-core iMac also benefits from Turbo Boost. If you're using an application that doesn't need every core, Turbo Boost shuts off the idle cores while simultaneously increasing the speed of the active ones. On the side there's the same 8x SuperDrive as its predecessor, while graphics are courtesy of an ATI Radeon HD 4670 with 256MB of dedicated memory.

Another striking feature is that it is one of the quietest computers ever, in spite of being loaded with heavy electronics. There is only a faint hum of the fans, even with a DVD drive, which gets drowned by sound of typing. Sadly, the desktop is still not height adjustable and has no Blu-ray option but has got a SD card slot this time on.

Also as with Apple's recent desktop and mobile range, their choice of panels keep getting better. In fact, the 27-inch model, particularly, would make for the perfect HD workstation, both for consuming and producing high-definition content. With a Wi-Fi network connection and the included Bluetooth keyboard and Magic Mouse, the iMac can truly be a one-cord computer.


With a hard drive of 1TB and 4GB RAM, the product is priced at Rs. 89,900. Although not a cheap purchase, but Apple's recent financial report has shown that there are plenty of people willing to pay a premium for high-end design and the aesthetic ease of OS X.