Hi Dane, "Thunderbolt" is Apple's next-generation I/O Technology. It works with high-resolution displays and high-performance devices through a single port on the back of the iMac. MacBook Pros, MacBook Airs and even Mac Minis have these now. It has a connection of 10GB/S both ways, but you'll never see it measure exactly that when using a hard drive using this port and using a utility to measure read/write speeds.
I've only had one Thunderbolt drive, and it was actually awesome, but a friend has it now. Also, I don't think a lot of devices support it yet. Regards, Nicolai On Mar 16, 2012, at 1:57 AM, Dane Trethowan <d.tretho...@me.com> wrote: > 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. 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