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Apple iMac MB950LL-A 21.5-Inch Desktop specifications:

• Ships in Frustration Free Packaging
• 3.06GHz Intel Dual Core Processor
• 500GB Hard Drive, DVD SuperDrive, 4GB 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM
• 21.5″ LED backlit display with a widescreen 16:9 part percentage, 1920×1080 HD resolution, NVIDIA GeForce 9400M
• Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard, will include new wireless Magic Mouse

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Apple iMac MB950LL/A 21.5-Inch Desktop Description:
Updated with a smart 21.5 inch LED backlit widescreen display in a new edge to edge glass design and seamless all aluminum enclosure, the new Apple iMac is ideal for watching high meaning movies and TV shows from iTunes, or editing and watching your videos or photos using iLife. The iMac now also comes standard with a wireless keyboard and the new Magic Mouse, which features Apple’s Multi Touch technology. And it is faster than ever with a 3.06 GHz Intel Core two Duo processor.

The 21.5 inch iMac features a smart LED backlit display with widescreen 16:9 part percentage.

The iMac declutters your desktop with a wireless keyboard and new Magic Mouse the world’s 1st Multi Touch mouse. The iMac’s display offers a 1920 x 1080 pixel resolution for native 1080p high definition viewing, and it uses IPS technology to deliver consistent color across an super large 178 degree looking at angle. This 21.5 inch model includes improved graphics with the NVIDIA GeForce 9400M integrated graphics processor. It is powered by a 3.06 GHz Intel Core two Duo processor, which gives an optimized, multithreaded architecture for improved multitasking, video, and gaming performance. It comes pre loaded with Apple’s Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard operating system an operating system custom designed for the advanced technology inside and it also comes with the iLife ‘09 suite of applications, as well as iPhoto, iMovie, Garageband, and iTunes. Key Features 21.5 inch LED backlit glossy widescreen display with IPS technology, a 1920 x 1080 pixel resolution, 16:9 part percentage, 320 cd/m2 light ranking, and 178 degree looking at angle horizontal and vertical 3.06 GHz Intel Core two Duo processor with three MB shared L2 cache for excellent multitasking 500 GB Serial ATA hard drive 7200 RPM 4 GB installed RAM 1066 MHz DDR3, supports up to 16 GB NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics processor with 256 MB of DDR3 SDRAM shared with major memory for an remaining everyday graphics experience 8x slot loading SuperDrive with double layer DVD support DVD&plusmn,R DL/DVD&plusmn,RW/ Built in iSight camera for video chatting Wi Fi wireless networking based on 802.11n specification, 802.11a/b/g compatible Gigabit Ethernet wired networking 10/100/1000BASE T Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR Enhanced Data Rate for connecting with peripherals like keyboards, mice and cell phones Side loading SD card slot Four USB 2.0 ports, one FireWire port Mini DisplayPort video output with optional adapters for DVI and VGA output Built in stereo speakers with two interior 17 watt high efficiency amplifiers with fitted microphone, optical audio output/headphone out, optical audio input/audio line in Dimensions: 20.8 x 7.42 x 17.75 inches WxDxH Weight: 20.5 pounds Included Apple Wireless Keyboard and Magic Mouse What’s in the Box
IMac, Apple Wireless Keyboard, Magic Mouse, cleaning cloth, power cord, install/restore DVDs, printed and electronic documentation Limited Warranty And Service
The iMac comes with 90 days of free telephone support and a one year restricted warranty. Buy the AppleCare Protection Plan to extend your service and support to three years from your computer’s buy date. Only the AppleCare Protection Plan gives you with direct telephone support from Apple technical experts and the assurance that repairs will be handled by Apple authorized technicians using real Apple parts. Key Features Big, Beautiful Display joint with All In One Simplicity

The evolution of the Apple iMac. The new iMac has come a long way from the 1st 15 inch iMac. The all in one design of the 1st flat panel iMac cleaned up the desktop, and put everything you need display, processor, graphics card, hard drive, optical drive, memory, and more inside one simple enclosure. New technology inside and out makes the new iMac a respectable addition to the all in one dynasty. This 21.5 inch model features an edge to edge glass display that covers almost the complete front of the enclosure. When all you see is the display, nothing gets between you and what is onscreen. Movies, TV shows, websites, photos everything looks stunning on the new 16:9 widescreen iMac display. And the LED backlighting in the new iMac helps push more light through the pixels with extraordinary light and efficiency. And because the LED backlight does not take up much space, the iMac enclosure stays thin even with all the high performance parts inside. The iMac display is intended to look great from nearly any angle. A technology called in plane switching IPS makes this possible. If you are sitting in front of the display or standing off to the side, you will get a perfect picture with superb color consistency and no loss of detail. The wider iMac display lets more room to separate the two hottest parts, the CPU and the GPU. This keeps things cool inside the iMac enclosure. Apple engineers also implemented an intelligent control system that monitors temperatures and delivers just the right total of airflow to important parts. And the three fans inside iMac have been tuned to be ultraquiet. While you will find a group of ports on the back of iMac, you will not find much else. A seamless, precision forged enclosure makes the back one uninterrupted aluminum surface. And there is only one cord: the power cord. Wireless Magic Mouse and Keyboard
Forget the mouse as you know it. Every iMac comes with the wireless Magic Mouse: the world’s 1st Multi Touch mouse. Use it once and you will wonder how you ever used anything else. There is no scroll ball, no clunky wheel, no cord, and no observable button. Instead, the Magic Mouse uses Multi Touch technology to let you control everything with simple gestures. Give them a attempt and you will find that Magic Mouse changes the way you interact with your computer. Fitted software allows you to configure Magic Mouse any way you want. Its smooth, seamless design is ambidextrous, and it supports two button clicking without buttons. The iMac banishes desktop clutter totally with a wireless keyboard to go with the wireless Magic Mouse. This low profile keyboard takes up less desk space 24 less than bigger keyboards. There is no numeric keypad, so you may be able to place your mouse comfortably beside the keyboard. And fitted Bluetooth means there aren’t cables to connect. Built in Wi Fi
High speed 802.11n wireless technology is built into iMac. And with Time Capsule or the AirPort Express Base Station, every computer in every room can wirelessly connect to iMac, the Internet, and each other. Over this network, everyone can print, surf the web, and play music on iTunes through your home stereo wirelessly. ISight Webcam
Hidden behind the glass display at the top of iMac is an iSight camera. Use it with iChat, and you may be anywhere without really being there. Video chat with up to three of your friends, share a video with a colleague, or present to a client. Use iSight with Photo Booth for fun photo effects. And there is no have to waste valuable primping time installing software or configuring the camera. Pre Loaded with Mac OS X Snow Leopard and iLife ‘09 Every Mac comes with Mac OS X Snow Leopard, the world’s most advanced operating system, and iLife, Apple’s groundbreaking suite of applications for managing photos, making movies and creating and learning to play music. Snow Leopard builds on a decade of OS X novelty and success with hundreds of refinements, new core technologies and out of the box support for Microsoft Exchange. ILife features iPhoto, to easily manage and manage photos, iMovie with powerful easy to use new features like Precision Editor, video stabilization and advanced drag and drop, and GarageBand which introduces a whole new way to assist you learn to play piano and guitar. Installed software
Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard includes Time Machine, fast Look, Spaces, Spotlight, Dashboard, Mail, iChat, Safari, Address Book, QuickTime, iCal, DVD Player, Photo Booth, Front Row, Xcode Developer Tools iLife ‘09 includes iPhoto, iMovie, GarageBand, iWeb, iDVD Environmentally Friendly Design Because Apple designs both hardware and software, we can decrease our environmental footprint in ways others can not. For starters, a greatly economical power supply decreases the total of power wasted when bringing electricity from the wall to your Mac. Unlike many of PCs, a Mac uses energy efficient hardware parts that work hand in hand with the operating system to conserve power even between keystrokes. A Mac also does not contain many of toxic materials. All Mac displays are mercury and arsenic free, and the interior parts are free of polyvinyl chloride PVC and brominated flame retardants BFRs. Efficient Power Supply
The iMac will include a greatly economical power supply that decreases the total of power wasted when bringing electricity from the wall to your computer. Lower power intake decreases energy bills and lessens the environmental affect of greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. Advanced Power Management
Unlike many of Windows based PC systems, iMac uses energy efficient hardware parts that work hand in hand with the operating system to conserve power. Mac OS X spins down hard drives and activates sleep mode on already energy efficient LED backlit displays. And it balances tasks across both central processors and graphics processors. Mac OS X never misses a power saving opportunity, no matter how small. It regulates the processor between keystrokes, decreasing power between the letters you type. That is just one of many ways Apple manages small amounts of power that add up to big savings. ENERGY STAR Qualification
The iMac meets the stringent low power prerequisites set by the EPA, making it ENERGY STAR qualified. ENERGY STAR 5.0 sets considerably higher efficiency limitations for power supplies and violent limitations for the computer’s common yearly power intake.

Apple iMac MB950LL/A 21.5-Inch Desktop Reviews:

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31 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of five stars
Elegant and powerful, it simply works,
November 18, 2009

By&nbsp,James Peterson “YMMV” Savannah, GA See all my reviews
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Verified PurchaseWhat’s this?

I have been a PC users since the PCXT days. Now I have a mac. I really have been suprised at how easy it’s to learn the mac way of doing things.

I’m a programmer by trade not a desktop coder, but mainframe/database and I really decided to purchase the iMac because of my want to create apps for my iPhone. I has been shocked to learn that I could keep my windows environment. I may have both worlds.

So far, everything was easy to install and use. I had the windows/vmware setup and the iPhone SDK install the 1st day. Coming from a PC, I am happy at how elegant the interface is, the mouse and keyboard are elegant. The screen is nice. Colors seem good, but I have not done any photo editing and color correction/matching so you will have to get the pros opinion on that one.

Windows runs well on it and I have had no problems with it.

I can not see changing back to a PC for my uses not a gamer. This iMac was the best value IMO, in comparison to the other mac’s and macbooks. In comparison to the new mac mini if you add in the extra cost of a good monitor, bluetooth keyboard and magic mouse, the mini closed in on the iMac price. I’d recommend this iMac for any deveoper to use as a base system. Power looks more than enough add to that the capability to run windows also and you have one of the best values in a development system I have seen.

All this and lets face it the mac experience is nice, and it does not hurt to develop your development into the mac arena.

After one week, I am already a satified mac user.

I’ll update after a year or so of use and abuse.



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43 of 50 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of five stars
Worthy substitute for the 20″ AND the 24″,
November 2, 2009

By&nbsp,Paul C. Huang “Paul Huang” Arcadia, CA See all my reviews
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The trouble began when the aluminum bodied 20″ iMac replaced the white polycarbonate 20″ iMac. Not only does it have a highly reflective albeit high quality, plane glass, it has a TN screen that’s 6 bit per channel. The TN screen found in the 20″ iMac was inferior to the IPS panel found in the 24″. Those who demand image quality had two choices: purchase the 24″ iMac or purchase the 20″, turn it toward the wall and make the wallpaper white so it lights up the user environment, and purchase a quality IPS screen. This back to back solution may seem humorous, but it does work. The TN screen displays different colors at different looking at angles Unless the user moves his/her eyes directly over the pixel, the looking at angle variation relative to the pixel position causes the color to differ largely.

The 21.5″ is a big leap forward, because the entry level iMac has the same GHz ranking as the old top of the line model, has a new two AA bluetooth keyboard, and a wireless mouse. They are the added value that used to be extra before, and the Magic Mouse was not available.

With the new 21.5″, the users not have to decide a bigger screen simply for better image/color quality. The glass, but, continues to be greatly reflective and uncoated no anti reflective covering, as you may find on camera lenses, MacBook Air, and Audi TT’s speedometer/Tachometer.

Those who don’t use the numeric keypad could certainly welcome the small footprint wireless keyboard. It lets the user to bring the mouse closer to the keyboard and decrease wrist, forearm, and shoulder stress.

The Magic Mouse has done away with the problem prone scroll ball found in the Mighty Mouse. I wish the top surface of this mouse were more matte/velvety than the glossy surface it’s. The glossy surface is nothing more than cosmetic. Imagine if the trackpad on all the Mac portables turn glossy. I’m sure there could be lots of complaints. The glossy surface on the predecessor was OK because the fingers did not have to glide over the glossy surface. Though the glossy surface isn’t a problem for me, because I do not use a mouse at all Kensington Expert Mouse and WACOM, please, those with sweaty fingers could find it problematic.

Those familiar with the round iMac mouse will find this familiar: Its symmetrical form lets the user easily lose orientation, because there isn’t a cord attached to it. Consequently, the user must look at the logo 1st to recognize which direction is supposed to be pointing up.

The integrated nVidia 9400M is more than good enough for informal users. Those who may need 3D or gaming potential should decide the other models with independent video cards.

NOW, THE $500 QUESTION. How does this screen compare to the 24″ in physical dimension? This screen has 1920 pixels across, which is the same as the 24″. The 21.5″ is 18.7″ large, which is somewhat narrower than the 20.25″ width found on the 24″. That means the 21.5″ has higher pixel density. What about the height? 12.75″ for the 24″ iMac and 10.5″ for the 21.5″ iMac.

I forgot to talk about that in the past, the power switch has a different shiny surface while the complete back is matte and has a concave surface. But, this one is perfectly flush to the back and is hard to detect. It takes many poking around. Another thing: they new wireless keyboard is observably noisier than the USB or last three AA aluminum wireless keyboard. Seemingly the system isn’t the same as the other aluminum keyboards.



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20 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of five stars
Two years of lovin’ my imac, two weeks of ecstasy with this new imac.,
November 21, 2009

By&nbsp,J. Parkes Fl USA See all my reviews
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I have twenty years of Microsoft PC experience, OK so I was a slow learner. Ten years ago I bought my 1st Mac. Over those ten years I rode the Mac technology wave into the future by upgrading when it made sense, or after a quantum leap in tech or design changes that made me envious.

I will not go into my hatred for Microsoft, but I’ll tell you that my life changed since I went to Mac. Learning Windows took years, primarily what to do when bad things happened, but also following the convoluted logic involved in operating windows. Repairs usually were beyond my capability to deal with and service was costly.

With Apple computers there’s about a one week learning experience, but you may be able to do it without reading the manual, it is that user friendly.

I owned five different Macs, all but one was in perfect condition when I replaced it for a much more advanced model, to my surprise was the way they held resale value. Each used mac I sold went for a surprising total of money so the investment is good as compared with a three year old PC which are sold at pawn shops for pennies on the dollar and typically have hidden issues.

Macs aren’t 100 perfect, but they come close. In ten years I had one hard drive failure, it was recent on my 2007 imac so for 99.00 I installed a WD caviar black one terabyte drive that I installed in thirty minutes by following a you tube video on how it was done. My 2007 imac starts in under twenty seconds and never glitched or locked up. It’ll run with the wind, and though I do not run graphic intensive programs I have every reason to believe it’ll fare well. There are Macs made for that kind of intensive work but 90 of us will never need that level of machine. I run my iMac eighteen hours a day, share it with my kids and never worry about failures.

On to my new 21.5 inch iMac. I considered the 27 inch model but sitting in front of it at the store I do not need that much screen, it seemed too much, a space problem requiring changes to my desk and honestly you do not really need anything so big when you sit two feet from it.

The advances in technology, the best available quality parts as opposed to PC’s lowest bidder policy gives great dependability, and worry free years of use make the Macs a sound investment, and the longevity that make PC manufactures cringe. Both businesses started in the same basement with really smart minds, the separation was a godsend, you see competition is good for the buyer and the advancement in technology.

The clear results are that over the years one company built an cheap PC that appealed to the masses, while the other insisted that quality, craftsmanship, and dependability could outlast the short term gains of an inferior product. Apples plans were lasting, and word of mouth, with a superior product has come out into the light, and many PC holders are now making the switch. Apple was generally ahead of its time, but the time has come, the time is. The success of the iPod, and the domination of the iPhone are clear road signs telling the market what Apple was doing, what their equipment is about, and it’s changing the market.

My new iMac is everything I had hoped for and more, and when governments, business, and the people at home learn how far superior the Mac is in comparison to the PC, well.. I am going to be purchasing Apple stock.

Microsoft is in big damage control mode, the commercials are the evidence of that if the PC itself isn’t enough evidence in itself.

Windows 7, while an improvement over Vista, is still a buggy patch job on an inferior product.

Apple is gaining new changes and the word is spreading, the numbers do not lie. As those numbers rise the cost for Apple computers will fall. This is the beginning of a snowball effect that Microsoft does not have a hope of slowing, and over the next two or three years we’ll see Microsoft in desperate tries to stop the losses by redesigning their complete product line and hardware prerequisites by 3rd party PC manufacturers.

I love my new iMac, and greatly recommend to those sitting on the fence considering a new computer to do your homework, visit an Apple seller and sit down for an hour with one of these new machines before purchasing into an “Edsel” Microsoft PC type product. It is a big buy, think it through, and do not let your inexperience with the Mac scare you, you will be up and running before you figure out how to set up an e mail account on windows 7.

On a budget? The Mac mini is an amazing computer, and you may be able to use your PC’s monitor. I think they cost around 599, so do not let money be the issue.



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2. Luis N Says:
   May 2, 2009 at 5:20 pm

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3. Sylvia Says:
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4. Theron Says:
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   Does Bestbuy offer free shipping?

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7. Kevin80 Says:
   May 7, 2009 at 10:54 pm

   It’s one of the better desktops out there. Good Pricing.

8. Vincent Says:
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9. Julie B. Says:
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   Compare online prices, dont bother with store price

10. Cristopher Says:
    May 10, 2009 at 1:14 pm

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11. Jesse M Says:
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12. Eugene G Says:
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13. Kyle C Says:
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    Is online price generally better than store price?

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    You break you buy

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17. Diana N. Says:
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    i buy it at Amazon store that had a lowest price, but usually online deals are better

18. Stanley J Says:
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    Very good value for the money.

19. Martin N Says:
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