Apple Announces New iMacs, Plastic Unibody MacBook and “Magic Mouse”
11:35 am, October 20th, 2009, Pete Mortensen

Though the Apple Store isn’t back up yet, Apple has officially confirmed the announcement of new iMacs, a plastic unibody MacBook and the Magic Mouse, a stunningly proportioned wireless multitouch mouse. The iMacs include an awesome-looking 27-inch widescreen model; the high-end machine comes with quad-core processors, which Apple says boosts performance 2x over the previous generation.
The unibody MacBook is a nice consumer take on the new design language first established by the MacBook Air and then refined in the unibody aluminum MacBook Pro.
The Magic Mouse is…interesting. Will have to use one to get a sense for how well it handles gestures. I’ll be back with more analysis once the store’s back and I have more time for reading, but it looks like a solid refresh a day ahead of Windows 7.
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magic mouse video looks awesome! also might think about getting a mac mini depending on how much of an upgrade it is.
also windows 7 launch is on the 22nd
Kyle, on October 20th, 2009 at 11:38 am
new apple remote
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC377LL/A?fnode=MTY1NDA2OA&mco=MTMzNzc0ODE
Guido, on October 20th, 2009 at 11:44 am
The plastic unibody MacBook;Oh no, no FireWire port!
No Name, on October 20th, 2009 at 12:11 pm
Pete, it is very clearly not a unibody MacBook. It’s a redesigned MacBook, that’s all. You can see a seam running around the base of the computer in all of the apple.com gallery shots.
B.deR.West, on October 20th, 2009 at 12:21 pm
i would have liked to have at least 3 finger gestures to activate expose or spaces, its kind of pointless to have only these standard features. i would rather buy a logitech mouse with several buttons to activate expose and spaces
Namhar Udba, on October 20th, 2009 at 12:24 pm
@B.deR.West
It pretty clearly is a unibody, at least as Apple defines it. Aluminum Macbooks have the same seam, it’s just more visible in plastic.
See the actual unibody:http://www.apple.com/macbook/design.html
Pete Mortensen, on October 20th, 2009 at 12:32 pm
@Pete
I see, and agree with you. Looking more closely the “seam” seems to be a non-slip pad screwed onto the bottom of the case… Which is… weird.
B.deR.West, on October 20th, 2009 at 12:37 pm