Wednesday, February 10, 2010

About Macs: 27-inch iMac: Simply Gorgeous

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From Tom Nelson, Your Guide to Macs.
We finally got a 27-inch iMac installed permanently here at our home. It was quite an undertaking. We had to return the model we originally received, because of the screen flicker issue, and wait for a brand new one. Now that we have had time to use the 27-inch iMac on a day-to-day basis, here is our review.

Also this week, the Reader's Choice 2010 Awards are underway. Don't forget to vote for your favorite Mac applications!


Review: 27-inch 3.06 GHz Core 2 Duo iMac (Fall 2009)
The 27-inch iMac sporting the Intel 3.06 GHz Core 2 Duo processor may be the best value in the current iMac lineup. Offered at $1699, the 27-inch model has a gorgeous display that may well be the best display Apple has produced so far. Paired with the huge display is a well-designed and well-performing iMac, with plenty of features and enough oomph to handle almost any task you throw at it... Read more

Review: Parallels Desktop 5.0 for Mac
Parallels Desktop 5.0 for Mac improves on what was already one of the leading desktop virtualization applications available for the Mac. Parallels Desktop 5 offers improved support for the Windows Aero interface in Windows Vista and Windows 7, support for multiple monitors, gesture support, and a few interface tweaks... Read more

Reader's Choice 2010: 1Password Opens a Wide Lead
Reader's Choice Awards 2010 voting has been open in 8 Mac categories for just over a week. We have seen lots of voting activity, especially in the System Utility category, where 1Password is making an impressive showing.

Be sure to stop by and vote for your favorite applications.

The Reader's Choice Awards encompasses all of the About Technology Channel. You can vote for the best smartphone, Mac and PC hardware, web design software, and much more... Read more


Macs and Home Theater: Connect Your Mac to Your HDTV
One of the first things you may notice about your new big-screen HDTV is that it has more connections for video than your old TV ever dreamed about. It probably has two or three HDMI connections, maybe a DVI connector, a VGA connector, and at least one component video connection. And those are just the connections most commonly used for high definition.

It's a shame to let all those connections go to waste. Your Mac just happens to be sitting nearby; why not hook it up to your new HDTV?... Read more


 


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