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I ordered my new iMac 27" on Tuesday to replace my current 24" from September 2006. It's not old, I know, but I kind of maxed out the new iMac (except the processor) and all in all, on paper, it's globally 4 times faster or bigger (i.e. 4x the storage, 4x the memory, 8x the graphics, 2x the number of cores, 60% more pixels...)

I'm getting really excited, but mine will ship in November because I took the Quad-Core one. So for all those who will receive it, just for my curiosity and for the curiosity of other Neowinians, please, post your benchmarks!

I'd suggest Xbench and Geekbench, and also recent games like Sims 3, Spore, etc. And obviously, post your specs please. I tried checking on Xbench's website, but unless the user wrote them, they don't show the specs, so this is not a reliable resource at all. It doesn't tell me any valuable information.

As soon as I receive my iMac, I'll contribute to this thread by posting my benchmarks once my things are pretty much installed :)

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i havent even seen the new 27in iMacs. the 24s look sweet though so i can only imagine the 27's are even sweeter.

The new 27" display have an aspect ratio of 16:9 instead of 16:10 which is something I don't really like.

It's a shame displays are moving towards the 16:9 standard.

27" and 24" next to each other.

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WOW, amazing! It doesn't look THAT much bigger, Apple did a nice job making the chin smaller and the 16:9 monitor also doesn't look like it's exaggerated compared to the 24". It's just perfect.

Is it too hard to read on that screen though? According to my calculations, things are going to be 33% smaller on my new 27", but I did this in a hurry and am hoping for a mistake somewhere. Or I'm hoping for Resolution Independence very soon :p

Also, what's the distance between the aluminum base and the beginning of the chin? It wasn't anywhere on Apple's site, and maybe I could put my M-Audio piano right in that spot.

I thought this thread would get more attention, maybe I started it too early. But a lot of people should have received their new iMac now, they've been out for a week and the shipping time for most of the models is less than 24 hours, unless you take the Quad-Core or customize it.

So, anybody? I'm being benchmarks-hungry :p

I thought this thread would get more attention, maybe I started it too early. But a lot of people should have received their new iMac now, they've been out for a week and the shipping time for most of the models is less than 24 hours, unless you take the Quad-Core or customize it.

So, anybody? I'm being benchmarks-hungry :p

I'm still waiting for mine.... the UPS tracker hasn't been updated in a while for my imac....last time was when it left Alaska for Kentucky 2 days ago....hopefully it should be here this week

Well the benchmarks of all the Core 2 Duo models can't be that much higher than the 2008 and 2009 models. The Core i5 and i7 iMacs won't ship until next month according to the Apple Store.

They might be a bit higher since the core2duo chips used in the new iMac are the desktop version.....but it won't be a big increase like the i5 and i7 are going to give :)

  • 2 weeks later...

Wow, I didn't know those were desktop components, that makes me even happier :)

But I just realized last week that they gave me my money back on my credit card, like a complete refund. At first, I thought it was a problem at my bank, but I'm reading things about iMac orders with Core i5 processors being cancelled. When I go to Apple's Online Store though, it says "Not Yet Shipped", and I can still cancel the order.

Does anybody know what's wrong with that!?

From what I know Apple hasn't made an official statement as of yet. There have been talks about some update, but nothing concrete as of yet.

Edit This showed up: http://www.macrumors.com/2009/11/09/intel-...egins-shipping/

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Wow, I didn't know those were desktop components, that makes me even happier :)

But I just realized last week that they gave me my money back on my credit card, like a complete refund. At first, I thought it was a problem at my bank, but I'm reading things about iMac orders with Core i5 processors being cancelled. When I go to Apple's Online Store though, it says "Not Yet Shipped", and I can still cancel the order.

Does anybody know what's wrong with that!?

I dunno. I cancelled my Core i5 iMac and decided to buy a few upgrades for my MBP for now.

Maybe the representative I talked to at Apple cancelled all Core i5 iMacs by accident? :laugh:

I dunno. I cancelled my Core i5 iMac and decided to buy a few upgrades for my MBP for now.

Maybe the representative I talked to at Apple cancelled all Core i5 iMacs by accident? :laugh:

It may have been a clerical error - they don't generally take the money until they ship (they just withhold the funds), so they may have accidentally taken it early. Does seem a bit odd though :s.

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