Apple's new iMac is computer inside a display

Unfortunately for Mac fans around the world, it was reported in early July that Apple would be discontinuing sales of the second-generation iMac - the company's first desktop computer line to come with flat screen display. This week Apple surprised its fan base, and once again the focus is on the display. The brand new iMac G5 brings what Apple calls "modern living": the entire computer, including the G5-based logic board, rest inside the machine's widescreen.

Last Tuesday, Apple announced the launch of new iMac models. The so-called iMac G5 is anything but ordinary, as the whole computer is nested inside the display. The machines, which are being marketed by Apple as "computers as fun and useful as an iPod", come with G5-based logic board, slot-loading optical drive, hard disk, speakers, and power supply inside the display.

Apple is already offering consumers models with a 1.6 or 1.8GHz G5 processor running 64-bit applications under the company's own Mac OS X operating system. As expected, the new processors are said to speed up Mac OS X and all the other included software. Truth be told, what steals the attention in the end is always Apple's distinctive design. The machines have a two-inch thick body, more precisely 1.99 inches in the 17-inch model and 2.2 inches in the 20-inch.

Moreover, the iMac G5 has a new headphone jack that’s also a mini-optical plug, allowing users to watch DVDs and listen to them in 5.1 surround sound. USB 2.0 and FireWire 400 connectors are also available, as well as a mini-VGA port. The iMacs' graphics processing capability is provided by Nvidia's GeForce FX 5200 Ultra graphics processor with 64MB of DDR SDRAM.

The new iMac G5 is selling at Apple's eStore with prices starting at US$1,299 for the 17-inch, 1.6GHz model, US$1,499 for the 17-inch 1.8GHz, and US$1,899 for the 20-inch display with 1.8GHz processor.

(Sources: Apple)

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