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iMac Touch Finally Shows Up in Patent - And It Runs Both OS X and iOS

There’s this iMac Touch rumor that has been floating around on the internet for quite a while now: back in January Digitimes reported that Apple was working on a 22-inch touch-enabled Mac in addition to the iMac line, then 2 months ago LoopRumors claimed that Apple was developing a touchscreen iMac running iOS. I called that rumor “absurd”, and you know why? Because a desktop computer running only iOS doesn’t make sense.

But a desktop computer capable of transitioning from OS X to iOS depending on the device’s orientation? Now that’s interesting.

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OWC Can Transform your 27” iMac into an eSATA Connecting Beast

eSATA on an iMac? Please. Steve Jobs would never allow something so awesome on his precious machine. Although, OWC might have something to say about such a proposition. For $169, OWC will slice a hole in the bottom of your of iMac to make room for an eSATA connection that’s bound to give your trust worthy companion the power it needs to speedily edit video of an external HDD. OWC’s TurnKey Upgrades and Installation also covers memory upgrades and an SSD boost or two, but only if you’re the most daring of upgrade types.

OWC Turnkey Upgrade Program for: 2010 Apple iMac 27”

[OWC Blog via Engadget]

27-inch iMac Disassembly Reveals Difficult Second SSD Install

You’re interested in a 27-inch iMac, but you’d rather fare for that additional solid state drive from a third party manufacturer in hopes to save money and gain performance speeds. Well hold your horses there Mac guy, we’ve got some disappointing news you’d be interested to hear regarding that bullet proof plan of yours.

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Should You Consider an iMac or a Mac Pro?

Yesterday Apple launched new iMacs, a new Mac Pro, a new Cinema Display and…a Battery Charger. Yes, it was a great day. And yes, many “pro” users still don’t know whether they should out their works in the hands of a Mac Pro beast or just go with an iMac by choosing the highest configuration. I mean, those are powerful machines, right?

Let Marco Arment tell you what you should do.

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New Mac Pros, 27” Display Tomorrow? [Rumor] [Update!]

The Mac community’s own John Gruber predicts we’ll see an awesome update to the Cinema Display line with the unveiling of a new 27-inch, 16:9 Cinema Display, accompanied by new Mac Pros and possibly speedier iMacs tomorrow or at a later date. This all comes at the return of The Talk Show, so Gruber must be in an incredibly good mood to give us this tidbit of info to chew on. Hopefully he’s right!

Update: Now there’s the inclusion of the Magic Trackpad we’ve been hearing about.

[Daring Fireball via Gizmodo]

iMacs to Receive Refresh in Coming Weeks?

AppleInsider reports that Apple is advising its direct and indirect sales channels of iMac shortages, specifically the 21.5-inch, 3.06 GHz model, implying that there will be a refresh  in the coming weeks.

Apple has been plotting the upcoming iMac refresh since last year. At the time, the company was brainstorming a lineup that would include more than one quad-core configuration, according to people familiar with the plans.

Potential configurations included a dual-core Core i5 model, as well as quad-core Core i5 and Core i7 configurations. Also of interest, according to those same people, were indications that new iMacs would be the first Macs to employ Intel’s Core i3 processor at the low-end, which would have the new family of desktops utilize all three flavors of Intel’s mobile Core line of processors.

Unconfirmed is the possibility of a faster FireWire interface and USB 3.0 implementation, which is said to be ten times faster than USB 2.0. Also rumored is that Apple is in advanced discussions to adopt microprocessors from AMD, while Apple a 12-core Mac Pro and 27” Apple Cinema Display remain unseen.

[via AppleInsider]