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Just how much more powerful can an Apple iMac be? Every time you see the latest iteration of Apple's famous all-in-one systems, you will be immediately convinced by the ads that their computers are the fastest for professionals to use. But if you take a look at the past reviews of iMacs, iMacs were always responsible and users never had any serious issues with crashes, virus infections, and even performance slowdowns. This is pure evidence that software and hardware can really work together, but it also makes it difficult to see the need for users to make an upgrade to a newer generation which is led by the Apple iMac 27 model. The Apple iMac 27 is more than just the Mac OS X operating system inside an aluminum unibody.
The Larger Screen:
Before the introduction of the Apple iMac 27, the largest iMac was the 24-inch model and it had that title for a little over 2 years. When the aluminum models rolled out, Apple already outfitted these displays with IPS and LED technologies so their performance surpasses many of the other all-in-one PCs so Apple really had the framework going. In order to go with a larger screen, more hardware power was required and since Intel released the successors to the Intel Core 2 Duo processors, the Apple iMac 27 model was born.
The Quad Core Factor:
The Apple iMac 27 is not just an enlarged iMac of the past but it has a really big brain with its quad core Core i5 processor. This may not sound like much and some may quickly conclude that this model is twice as fast as the previous generation but even the slowest Core i3 models of Intel's new microarchitecture are considerably faster than the fastest Core 2 Duo processors. This shows the huge improvement and opens up a huge possibility of running higher depending applications that normally required an Apple Mac Pro. Many applications these days know how to utilize multiple cores to do tasks faster. Those that rely on single threads can utilize the Intel Turbo Boost technology which increases the clock speed by activating a set amount of cores. With this quad core alone, the Apple iMac 27 can be considered as a basic Mac Pro with a gorgeous display. Apple also offers an option to raise the clock speed to a Core i7 class for even faster performance.
The High-end Video Upgrade:
Many people dismissed the iMac as a serious gaming platform because of its weak entry-level NVIDIA GPU. The desktop version of the NVIDIA 9400 was already considered for entry level gaming but the older iMacs used the mobile version. The Apple iMac 27 uses an AMD GPU instead with high-end specs starting with the ATI Radeon HD 5670. Like the processor, there is a higher-end ATI Radeon HD 5750 with more memory. The GPU power is enough to push games to the screens top 2560 x 1440 resolution without serious slowdowns.
The Innovative Accessories and Add-ons:
The Apple iMac 27 is a complete system that comes with the wireless magic mouse that supports touch gestures and the wireless keyboard that is thin and elegant. There are also other upgrade options that can further improve the performance such as adding an SSD or adding additional RAM if 4 GB isn't enough. Combined with the functional Mac OS X Snow Leopard operating system, the Apple iMac 27 simply features many new things to get existing users of older iMacs excited.
