What's "Thunderbolt"?
On 16/03/2012, at 11:43 AM, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: > Hi, > > The iMacs are 17.75 inches tall, have a width of 20.8 inches, depth of 7.42 > inches and weigh 20.5 pounds. You can still get the iMacs with 21.5 inch > screens too. Of course, the 27 inch is slightly bigger in width and depth, > and even height. > > In which position this is I'm not quite sure, but that's what the specs on my > papers say for the 21.5 inch. > > The iMacs come with 4 USBs, Thunderbolt and Firewire 800. > > Right now you get the Apple Wireless Keyboards and the Magic Mouse. They both > worked out of the box in my case, so all I had to do was switch them on and > they were already ready to use. > > Regards, > Nicolai > On Mar 16, 2012, at 1:26 AM, Dane Trethowan <d.tretho...@me.com> wrote: > >> Thanks for this, good to know that my 5 year old Mac doesn't literally sound >> any different from yours <smile>. >> >> The built-in speakers are excellent as you say, the best built-in speaker >> sound I too have heard from a computer though I don't tend to use them for >> music if I can help it, I use a set of Altec Lansing speakers connected to >> an Airport Express which iTunes can access through "Airplay" or I can have >> other applications access the speakers through airfoil. >> >> I haven't seen a modern-day Imac so I only have other people's word to go on >> with what I'm about to say. >> >> I believe that the Imac machine of today is far thinner than my model, i >> just ask the question why does it have to be so thin? My model is in itself >> less than half an inch thick, probably closer to a third of an inch. >> >> My Imac has a 20 inch screen, did you end up getting the 27 inch screen? I >> think that's the only size you can get now. >> >> When I bought my Imac I got a USB keyboard and mouse set, I think you get a >> Bluetooth keyboard and a Magic Mouse, the keyboard can be used okay but I >> don't think the Magic Mouse is compatible with Voiceover in any way so you >> may wish to get the Magic Trackpad at some time to enhance your Voiceover >> experience. >> >> My Imac model has 3 USB ports, 1 Firewire port and 1 Firewire 8 port, have >> they done away with the Firewire ports in the later models? >> >> And finally, I think the modern Imac comes standard with an Intel Quad Core >> Processor, my model just uses an Intel II Duo Core running at 2.4GHZ >> >> On 16/03/2012, at 11:03 AM, Courtney Curran wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> I just got my imac two days ago. So far, I really like it, it seems a lot >>> faster than all of the other macs I have, (the white macbook, macbook air, >>> and mac mini). I got it because I need to work with protools for college, >>> and protools works best on imacs. Also, the speakers on the imac are >>> absolutely incredible, I've never heard such good sounding built-in >>> speakers on any computer. I just thought I'd share my first impressions of >>> my new imac. >>> Courtney >>> >>> >>> Sent from my macbook air >>> >>> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> >>> >>> To reply to this post, please address your message to >>> mac-access@mac-access.net >>> >>> You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum >>> at either the list's own dedicated web archive: >>> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> >>> or at the public Mail Archive: >>> <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. >>> Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: >>> <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> >>> >>> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus >>> and worm-free! >>> >>> Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting >>> the list website at: >>> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> >> >> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> >> >> To reply to this post, please address your message to >> mac-access@mac-access.net >> >> You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at >> either the list's own dedicated web archive: >> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> >> or at the public Mail Archive: >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. >> Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> >> >> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus >> and worm-free! >> >> Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting >> the list website at: >> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > mac-access@mac-access.net > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> > > The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free! > > Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting > the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. 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