Early this March, Apple refreshes its 2009 desktop line with to be more competetive. Mac Mini, iMac and iMac Pro upgraded with new and more powerful hardware and software as well as slight modification on its external looks.
PsyStar, one of the Mac clone maker that currently in legal tussle with Apple over the legality of its Mac clone, apparently doing the hardware refresh from their end as well, with new Mac in mind.
Open(3) and OpenPro are the 2 models that received an enhancement in software and hardware. Open(3)(direct compete to Mac Mini/iMac) which priced from $599, run on Mac OS X Leopard v10.5 OS and now powered by 2.8 GHz Core2Duo E7400 processor, 2GB DDR2 800 RAM and 500GB 7200RPM SATA hard drive.
While Open Pro(direct compete to Mac Pro) also run on Mac OS X Leopard v10.5, powered by 3.16GHz Core2Duo E8500 CPU, 4GB DDR2 800 RAM and 1TB 7,200RPM SATA2 w/32MB CACHE.
With impressive specs priced lower than Apple’s , Psystar is hopeful to grab more market share from Apple, who work hard to defend its ‘territory’
Open(3)
OpenPro
Planning to get yourseld new iMac or Mac mini, or impatiently waiting your new Mac shipment? Tease yourself with this work. Genius folks at iFixit and Macminicolo has done some remarkable job of unboxing and disassembling these beauties.
They’re pro and well-trained, so don’t try this at home, or you’ll be the first to break brand new Mac apart.
Click on each photo to go to the original site.
Half disassembled iMac 20 inch
Mac Mini - The beginning of disassembling work
source Macrumors, Via iFixit, Macminicolo
Who said gloomy economy and recession is not suitable to unveiled new and shiny devices from being released? Either Apple is recession proof, or these model refresh has been planned long ago, I guess this release will please Apple fan out there.
After notebooks, it is now the desktop turn to be refreshed with new looks and more powerful hardware. All models from iMac, Mac Mini and Mac Pro are included on this round refresh. I don’t know if this is cheap, but some model such as iMac 24″ is said cheaper now. But Mac Mini has quite dramatic price increase from RM2199 to RM2999.
Good thing when Apple release new product, it will available immediately for sale at their local online store. They have stock up each store with this latest model even earlier. As you can see, iMac and Mac Mini is ready to shipped in 24hours for any order placed. Isn’t that great?
But be ready to dig deep to your pocket to own one of these beauties.
Read the press release.
iMac
20-inch: 2.66GHz
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24-inch: 2.66GHz
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24-inch: 2.93GHz
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24-inch: 3.06GHz
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| 2.66GHz Intel Core 2 Duo |
2.66GHz Intel Core 2 Duo |
2.93GHz Intel Core 2 Duo |
3.06GHz Intel Core 2 Duo |
| 2GB memory |
4GB memory |
4GB memory |
4GB memory |
| 320GB hard drive1 |
640GB hard drive1 |
640GB hard drive1 |
1TB hard drive1 |
| 8x double-layer SuperDrive |
8x double-layer SuperDrive |
8x double-layer SuperDrive |
8x double-layer SuperDrive |
| NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics |
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics |
NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 with 256MB memory |
NVIDIA GeForce GT 130 with 512MB memory |
| Estimated Ship: Within 24hrs |
Estimated Ship: Within 24hrs |
Estimated Ship: Within 24hrs |
Estimated Ship: Within 24hrs |
| Free Shipping |
Free Shipping |
Free Shipping |
Free Shipping |
| RM 4,499.00 |
RM 5,599.00 |
RM 6,699.00 |
RM 8,199.00 |
Mac Mini
2.0GHz : 120GB
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2.0GHz : 320GB
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| 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo |
2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo |
| 1GB memory |
2GB memory |
| 120GB hard drive1 |
320GB hard drive1 |
| 8x double-layer SuperDrive |
8x double-layer SuperDrive |
| NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics |
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics |
| Estimated Ship: Within 24hrs |
Estimated Ship: Within 24hrs |
| Free Shipping |
Free Shipping |
| RM 2,299.00 |
RM 3,099.00 |
Mac Pro
Quad-Core
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8-Core
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| One 2.66GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon “Nehalem” processor |
Two 2.26GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon “Nehalem” processors |
| 3GB (three 1GB) memory |
6GB (six 1GB) memory |
| 640GB hard drive 1 |
640GB hard drive1 |
| 18x double-layer SuperDrive |
18x double-layer SuperDrive |
| NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 with 512MB |
NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 with 512MB |
| Estimated Ship: 6 business days |
Estimated Ship: 6 business days |
| Free Shipping |
Free Shipping |
| RM 9,299.00 |
RM 12,299.00 |
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credit to Apple Malaysia for all product info
