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Computers

Benchmarked: The QuadCore i7 iMac Is Super Fast

6:00AM Brian Lam and Don Nguyen | Our iMac review included a 3.06GHz Core2Duo chip inside, but we received the top of the line iMac housing the more promising 2.8GHz Core i7 processor. Do more cores make up for lower clock speeds? Yes. Often 2-3 times. More »
Computers

27-inch iMac Benchmarks: Core i7 Vs. Core i5

11:09PM Danny Allen | The Core i5 iMacs are fast, but early benchmarks of the Core i7 model suggest a 35 per cent performance boost, even though upgrade only costs $US200 extra. Timon-Royer’s telling graph uses results from the Geekbench Website. [Timon-Royer via MacRumors]
Computers

First Of The Quad Core i5 iMac Benchmarks

10:32AM Brian Lam | Electronista has benchmarked the new Quad Core i5 chips in the new iMac, and comparing his scores to mine, its pretty clear we’ve got almost two times some scores in some CPU/memory tests. More »
Computers

Apple Shipping Beefier Core i5 And i7 iMacs

12:12AM Mark Wilson | We were impressed by the new Core 2 Duo iMac, but advised that you might want to hold off for the Core i5/i7 versions to ship. AppleInsider is reporting that, well, they’re shipping from Shanghai as we speak. [AppleInsider]
Design

Watch Jonathan Ive’s Segment In Objectified

7:45AM Dan Nosowitz | Objectified, Gary Hustwit’s look at the world of industrial design, featured a lengthy section on Apple Chief Designer Jon Ive — and now that clip is online for impatient Apple fans to see. More »
QOTD

Steve Jobs’ “Blood-Curling” Name for the iMac: What’s Your Guess?

8:00AM Jesus Diaz | The guy who came up with the name iMac said that Steve Jobs had a terrible first name for it. So bad it would “curdle your blood.” However, he won’t say what it was. What could it be? I’ll start… More »
Computers

Steve Jobs’ Original Name For The iMac Was Horrifyingly Bad

2:59AM Matt Buchanan | The iMac revived Apple after a decade of sickly malaise. The name is so obviously iconic. So it’s shocking that Steve Jobs hated it and wanted to call it something so awful it would “curdle your blood”. More »
Design

The iMac Cylon Mask Is Both Trick And Treat

11:40AM Jesus Diaz | Giz reader Gary Katz has definitely fixed his iMac-o’-lantern error with this wonderful and even dorkierer iMac Cylon Mask. It uses an old lamp iMac base and Larson Scan Kit, like the one used in the Cylon Pumpkin. [Thanks Gary] More »
Gadgets

Week In Review: Apple, Microsoft, Nook And More — It Was Nuts

11:00AM Chris Jacob | What didn’t happen this week? We saw the Windows 7 release, new Apple hardware, Barnes & Noble’s eReader, the beginnings of major net neutrality legislation and more. It was so crazy, we thought we’d round up all the highlights. More »
Design

New Apple iMac Bares All For Wallpaper Photo Shoot

3:20PM Rosa Golijan | While tearing down the new Apple iMac, the folks at iFixIt got requests for wallpaper quality images. They most certainly came through with these two stunning shots of full-frontal openness. I’m almost blushing. More »