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4:04PM Nick Broughall | We tend to gloss over a lot of the US posts about Black Friday here on Giz AU. But Apple Australia have confirmed that they’re doing Black Friday in Australia again this year, and it’s this Friday, November 27. More »
Apple Doing Black Friday This Week
4:04PM Nick Broughall | We tend to gloss over a lot of the US posts about Black Friday here on Giz AU. But Apple Australia have confirmed that they’re doing Black Friday in Australia again this year, and it’s this Friday, November 27. More » 
Entertainment
Jerry Seinfeld Upgrades Classic Mac With iMac
12:59AM Jesus Diaz | Sadly, obsolete gadgets have to be replaced. Happily, change is good. This is what happened to Jerry Seinfeld’s ever-present 1984 Macintosh 128K which, after all these years, has been replaced by a new iMac. More »
Computers
Core i7 iMacs Showing Up Dead With Alarming Frequency
5:38PM Dan Nosowitz | There’s a lot of grumbling going on in forums and other blogs about Core i7 iMacs showing up DOA much more often than you’d expect from a brand new computer. We’re not exactly sure what’s going on, but something’s up. More »
Computers
Why It’s Gotten Straight Stupid To Buy A Mac Pro
8:00AM Mark Wilson | Never before has it been so apparent that a power tower – pretty much the laziest design in the computer industry – is being sold by a design-centric company with neither design nor power. More »
Computers
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 »
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
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]
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]
Hardware
Mac Mini Upgrade Kit Installs Blu-ray, Too Bad OS X Can’t Use It
11:59PM Danny Allen | Apple’s recently boosted the speed and storage on its Mac Minis, but they missed out on any Blu-ray love. AMEX Digital’s Upgrade Kit is designed to fix that. One small problem though: OS X still lacks native Blu-ray movie playback. 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]
Software
Orb Media Streaming Finally Available For Macs
1:33AM Rosa Golijan | Orb’s been out for quite a while, but now there’s OS X 10.5 and 10.6 compatibility. You can finally use the app to stream all sorts of media from iTunes to nearly any internet-connected device. Oh and it’s completely free. More »
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