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What’s New in Mac.
iLounge.com’s new section iLounge + Mac looks at more than a dozen cool
Mac-related products every week. Here are a handful of our recent favorites.
Apple iMac (Early 2011)
Apple’s customers always have a tough choice: buy
now, wait for the next minor upgrade, or wait for the
next major update. The latest iMac ($1199+) clearly
falls into the “minor upgrade” category, preserving
the aluminum and glass chassis introduced in late
2009 while making a series of tweaks under the hood:
every machine now has a four-core Intel Sandy Bridge
processor, a FaceTime HD camera, and a ThunderBolt
I/O port - the 21” iMac has one, the 27” iMac has two.
Because of these changes and new AMD graphics
cards, the new iMacs are 30-70% faster than last year’s
models for apps and up to 3 times faster for games. So
should you buy in now, or instead hold off until Apple
releases a more radically redesigned model?
Our editors split on that question. Two of us owned
the 2009 and 2010 versions of this machine and love
them - they’re plenty fast, with gorgeous screens
and big hard drives inside. One decided to upgrade
for the extra speed. A third editor saw the new iMacs
and decided to buy a refurbished 2010 model. Your
personal choice will depend upon your budget and
your need for more horsepower. Whatever’s coming
next will be great, too, but for now, a faster iMac at last
year’s prices is a welcome update. We’d be willing to
bet that you’ll love whichever model you buy.
Verizon 4G LTE MiFi 4510L
Last year, the best cellular data connections
in the United States fell well behind the
speeds of wired broadband service, but
thanks to Verizon’s new 4G LTE network,
that’s about to change. Using the MiFi 4510L
Wireless Hotspot ($100 on contract, $270
off contract), up to five Wi-Fi devices - Macs,
iPads, iPhones, and iPod touches - can
simultaneously access the Internet at 10
times prior cellular speeds: in a city with 4G
service, you can get download speeds of
5-12Mbps and upload speeds of 2-5Mbps,
falling back to roughly 1Mbps and 0.5Mbps
in areas with older 3G coverage. MiFi works
for up to 5 hours on a single battery charge.
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