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Apple Unveils 24" iMac
beren12 writes "Apple today announced a new model in the lineup of iMacs, a new 24" HD model. It comes with a 1920x1200 LCD, 2.16GHz or 2.33GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 1-3 GB Memory, 250 or 500GB SATA Drive, NVIDIA GeForce 7300GT or 7600GT with 128MB GDDR3 Video card. Also posted is a new lower end iMac, which looks very similar to the education iMac. Also available is a small speed boost to the Mini line, which now sports a Core Duo 1.83GHz Processor. "
It's great to hear that the price/performance ratio of macs are becoming more competitive but why is apple so slow to adopting to Intel's Core 2 Duo? Apple touts the 'new' xeon mac pro as being x times faster than before, but the xeon hardware is nothing new for 90% of the rest of computer users. It seems that a great deal of hype surrounds Apple's latest products, but no one notices that they're months behind on the latest hardware. I'll put a bet down that once they go with the Core 2 Duo (guessing in 4-6 months), Apple will say it is 40 to 70% faster than any other Apple. All the while, PC users will say, "Welcome to the club. That was half a year ago for us, we're using quad core chips (aka Kentsfield chips) now." Why such the slow development cycle?