Apple Store Goes Down, iMacs, Mac Minis, Mac Pros and More Expected
- March 3rd, 2009 - 12.03 pm UTC
- AirPort, Apple Rumour, Mac Pro, Mac mini, Time Capsule, iMac
- Alex Brooks
As online Apple Stores around the world begin displaying the familiar “We’ll be back soon” message, it looks increasingly likely that Apple will introduce minor updates to the iMac, Mac mini, Mac Pro as well as updating the Time Capsule and AirPort Extreme.
As detailed by Mac Rumors part numbers and specs were posted to their forum which correspond with last minute rumours that began circulating yesterday.
The iMac will now be available in one 20-inch model and three 24-inch models, processor speeds are on par with the current line-up but memory and hard drive has been doubled in most cases.
MB417LL/A – IMAC 20″ 2.66/2GB/320GB/SD/MSE/KB-USA
MB418LL/A – IMAC 24″ 2.66/4GB/640/SD/MSE/KB-USA
MB419LL/A – IMAC 24″ 2.93/4GB/640/256/SD/MSE/KB-USA
MB420LL/A – IMAC 24″ 3.06/4GB/1TB/512/SD/MSE/KB-USA
Two Mac mini models will now be available with Mac Rumors speculating that the low-end model will be at a new price point of $499 down from $599.
MB463LL/A – MAC MINI 2.0/1X1G/120/SD/AP/BT-USA
MB464LL/A – MAC MINI 2.0/2X1G/320/SD/AP/BT-USA
Although not originally thought to be updated today the Mac Pro appears to also be receiving a minor update. Of particular note is the adoption of the new ATI Radeon HD 4870 graphics card. The specs for the two Mac Pro models are as follows:
MAC PRO 2.26_8CX/6X1G/640/GT120/SD-USA
MAC PRO 2.66QCX/3X1GB/640/GT120/SD-USA
As detailed yesterday, the release of the FCC filings suggest an imminent update to the AirPort Extreme base station and Time Capsule.
Comments
Elric 3rd March 2009, 13.14 pm
Is there any other site on the great Interweb, that people get EXCITED when it goes down?
gnuga 12th May 2009, 11.53 am
Powered by the latest Intel Dual Core processor, 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor and 4GB of the latest industry DDR3 RAM (max. of 8 GB), Apple iMac MB418LL/A 24-Inch Desktop is the speediest machine from Apple.