Look what just arrived at CultofMac towers here in San Francisco. Yes, it’s one of Apple’s awesome new Core i5 iMacs.
It’s a $1,999 27-inch i5 model (It’s stock — no build-to-order options. Couldn’t wait a month).
As you can see, it can handily power another 27-inch iMac as an external monitor. (It’s hooked to a 2010 iMac, reviewed here last year). This is going to replace an aging Mac Pro I use for work. It just radiates awesomeness.
I’ll get started on the review as soon as deal with a major plumbing emergency here at home.
Leander Kahney is the editor and publisher of Cult of Mac.
Leander is a longtime technology reporter and the author of six acclaimed books about Apple, including two New York Times bestsellers: Jony Ive: The Genius Behind Apple’s Greatest Products and Inside Steve’s Brain, a biography of Steve Jobs.
He’s also written a top-selling biography of Apple CEO Tim Cook and authored Cult of Mac and Cult of iPod, which both won prestigious design awards. Most recently, he was co-author of Cult of Mac, 2nd Edition.
Leander has been reporting about Apple and technology for nearly 30 years.
Before founding Cult of Mac as an independent publication, Leander was news editor at Wired.com, where he was responsible for the day-to-day running of the Wired.com website. He headed up a team of six section editors, a dozen reporters and a large pool of freelancers. Together the team produced a daily digest of stories about the impact of science and technology, and won several awards, including several Webby Awards, 2X Knight-Batten Awards for Innovation in Journalism and the 2010 MIN (Magazine Industry Newsletter) award for best blog, among others.
Before being promoted to news editor, Leander was Wired.com’s senior reporter, primarily covering Apple. During that time, Leander published a ton of scoops, including the first in-depth report about the development of the iPod. Leander attended almost every keynote speech and special product launch presented by Steve Jobs, including the historic launches of the iPhone and iPad. He also reported from almost every Macworld Expo in the late ’90s and early ‘2000s, including, sadly, the last shows in Boston, San Francisco and Tokyo. His reporting for Wired.com formed the basis of the first Cult of Mac book, and subsequently this website.
Before joining Wired, Leander was a senior reporter at the legendary MacWeek, the storied and long-running weekly that documented Apple and its community in the 1980s and ’90s.
Leander has written for Wired magazine (including the Issue 16.04 cover story about Steve Jobs’ leadership at Apple, entitled Evil/Genius), Scientific American, The Guardian, The Observer, The San Francisco Chronicle and many other publications.
Leander has a postgrad diploma in artificial intelligence from the University of Aberdeen, and a BSc (Hons) in experimental psychology from the University of Sussex.
He has a diploma in journalism from the UK’s National Council for the Training of Journalists.
Leander lives in San Francisco, California, and is married with four children. He’s an avid biker and has ridden in many long-distance bike events, including California’s legendary Death Ride.
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27 responses to “New iMac In The House: Review Coming Tomorrow”
thats cool, how do you get the old iMac to work as a second monitor?
ohh wawoo nice awesome
android.
They’re capable of acting as a standalone monitor via mini-DisplayPort.
ahhh i wish i worked at cult of mac :c
I’m typing my reply on a brand-spankin’ new QC Core i5 27″ iMac, and LOVING IT!!!! Cheers.
Looks good.
yeah, but how does the old iMac know to act as a monitor, rather than the new one acting as one?
OK, so what’s the usual time period between product launch and appearance at Best Buy?
For those that don’t want to wait for Leander’s plumbing problems, Macworld have already lab tested all four standard configuration models. Excellent detailed breakdown of results here – http://www.macworld.com/articl…
I hope ( fingers crossed ) this will be my new Mac, and i will buy it from ?Store.
Mainly for modo and Maya will be great!
Did you call Joe or it is you to do the work?
There’s a function key to switch between its own display and its video input.
Hey, check out the comments on the old iMac Review!
I did the plumbing work myself. Burst waste pipe under the kitchen sink. Most of the work was multiple trips to the hardware store.
I just plugged it in via the Mini DisplayPort cable. The other Mac switches to being a monitor. And it keeps running in the background. Just pull the cable and there it is in its former state. It’s pretty sweet: couldn’t be easier.