Apple Unveils New iMac, Magic Mouse, New Mac Mini, and New Macbook

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After announcing their most profitable quarter ever on Monday due to a surge in iPhone and iPod sales, Apple Inc. followed up with the unveiling of new designs of iMac, Mac Mini, Macbook, as well as Magic Mouse, an update to the Mighty Mouse.

The new iMac, Apple’s sleek and radically designed desktop starts at $1,199, and it sports the fastest Intel chips on the market and two separate display options, a 21.5 inch, as well as the largest in the iMac series so far: a 27 inch backlit widescreen display with a resolution capable of a massive 2560x1440 pixel display.

Both screens feature an edge-to-edge display, which essentially eliminates any black outline around the frame of the screen.

The new iMac also features a Bluetooth wireless keyboard and the Bluetooth wireless Magic Mouse which mirrors the multi-touch functionality that was unveiled with the last major revamp of the Macbook Pro, allowing the user to perform multiple navigation and operational functions through intuitively swiping your finger(s) various directions on the flat-topped mouse.

The Magic mouse also improves on the limitations of traditional optical mice, with a laser tracking engine that move consistently across most surfaces.

It also comes with the previously built-in iSight video camera, and a built-in AirPort Extreme 802.11n, apple’s wireless modem operating at fastest levels of wifi technology.

The 27 inch iMac is also available with Intel’s newest workhorse, the Quad-Core, a 2.66GHz Core i5 or i7 that will leave designers and video editors in Granny-Smith heaven.

New Macbook and Mac Mini

The alternative to the iMac-unified desktop is the more economical Mac Mini starting at $599. The Mini, despite having the smallest footprint of any Mac computer device, comes available with a 2.53GHz Intel Core 2 Duo with 4GB memory. Of course you will have to float a couple more bills for a monitor—an Apple or Apple-alternative—however, all in all, the final ticket price could potentially be much lower than competitors for an ergonomic, powerful, yet fashionable Mac preloaded with the newest OS, Snow Leapard.

Apple also unveiled the newest Macbook, which comes with the ever bright 13.3-inch backlit display model, and an infusion of the multi-touch platform, the unibody design, and a 7-hour built in battery.

Nevertheless, one could say that Jobs and company have left many opportunities for shoppers come this holiday season.