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New Peripherals for Mac desktop

As I mentioned in previous entry, on July 27, Apple updated its Mac and used to launch new accessories for use with them. Without further ado, I happened to tell what they are and what features in each one.

LED Cinema Display

New LED Cinema Display 27 "

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years without updating the old Apple Cinema HD Display which had an active matrix LCD screen of 30 inches, Cupertino finally decided to upgrade your monitor star. As part of one of the biggest updates in your catalog of products that are recalled, the company Apple has unveiled a new LED Cinema Display 27 " with 60% more pixels than its 24 inches. This means that the new display maintains the incredible resolution of 2560 pixels wide despite its three inches less, increasing pixel density, while reducing the vertical resolution of 1440 pixels (instead of 1600 pixels) because of 16: 9.



addition, following the footsteps of his 24-inch version, the display includes an iSight camera, speakers, 49 watts, microphone, three USB 2.0 ports and a MagSafe connector to power and charge the MacBook. It also has an ambient light sensor that automatically adjusts the brightness of the monitor depending on the ambient light. All this makes the LED Cinema Display an interesting option for users of the new Mac Pro, or for those who want a secondary display for 27-inch iMac. And last but not least, can also be used as a monitor of the MacBook.

Case unfortunate thing is that while the glossy finish that has the monitor is ostentatious is going to be pretty annoying having to go juggling to prevent light reflections disturb or interfere with vision. Once again, Apple suggests the primacy of aesthetics over functionality is in the development of their products.

Trackpad Magic

The Magic Trackpad, Apple's new multitouch device.

presented as a new feature Apple Trackpad Magic, who moved to the desktop the advantages of multi-touch trackpad of laptops from the company. By their own state, the Trackpad Magic is like the MacBook Pro trackpad, just bigger. Is made of a durable glass that is soft to the touch and its size is 80% wider than the MacBook Pro trackpad, offering plenty of room for all kinds of gestures. To this is added that as the whole touchpad is a button you can click anywhere. It works wirelessly using Bluetooth by two AA batteries and supports the classic gesture scroll, swipe, and rotate among others controlled by the same preference pane that appears on the Macbooks Pro

preferences panel Trackpad Magic

However
Is it really the same as the trackpad of a Macbook Pro? TiPb Rene Ritchie, says yes. Accustomed as is the use of your Macbook, the Magic Mouse and the iPad, gestures trackpad found in the Magic were not a surprise. However, what explains in his article is that the iPhone user who never used a Mackbook get used to its use as multitouch gestures while sharing with the mobile device, has others that are quite different. On the other hand, it also compares the Trackpad Magic with the Magic Mouse and says that the former has many more gestures available to the second. Although, of course, for which there is used to manage without the Mouse, the Magic Mouse may be the intermediate step would be needed.

And speaking of intermediate steps, it is inevitable return to the question about the merger of IOS and Mac OS. To do this I will quote * a article written by for Applesfera Salva Castro.

"Limiting ourselves to Apple's description, it seems the idea is to bring the multitouch gestures of laptops to desktops. To me, this is a declaration of intent. Currently, the potential use of multitouch gestures in existing applications are scarce. However, I think the key here is the adverb: now, that is today. However, thinking ahead, let us go and try to imagine what it would be Mac OS X 10.7.

is very clear to me that Apple is looking at ways that the user purchases a new user experience, different, which is different from the rest. One way of achieving this goal is to provide a new operating system on which the multitouch experience is the key. "

And in my opinion, Apple is already moving toward that end. We saw in the Magic Mouse, and now it becomes even clearer with the emergence of Magic Trackpad. In addition, he says Jesus Diaz in his article for Gizmodo, the success that Apple had with the sales of its Touch devices made them realize that people are already ready for a change in the way they interact with their devices. This would take a big step forward and abandon the desktop metaphor (a stew of folders and files) as we know it today. To that end, Apple plans to make all your devices are handled through multitouch gestures. Perhaps the Macbook to see a hybrid that has a physical keyboard and touch screen, but the desktop would be impossible, or at least impractical. Why? Well, Jesus Diaz explains that moving the hands on a monitor 24 or 27 inches would uncomfortable and tiring. While it may sound interesting as a concept, the reality is that the end of the day, end up with a sore neck and arms. Then, if we accept this reality, we realize that the problem arises in the field of hardware. The solution, however, was available for some time: a device that allows us to interact with programs without touching the screen. A peripheral, as in the time it was the mouse, but can accept multi-touch gestures. Looking to the trackpad of the MacBook Pro, the solution presented itself: to do something similar, but larger.

addition, returning to the Salva Castro said, Apple is adapting its computer programs to the touch interface. I quote again his words:

"iMovie for iPhone 4 is one of the strongest bet for Apple to bring a desktop application to the realm of multi-touch interface: The iPhone 4. And it seems to have done a good job, they have adapted throughout the interface of the application to use finger gestures. "

it is questionable after seeing such a movement, is: What would happen if you start to adapt other Mac programs to the touch interface? What if he really iMovie for iPhone was the first step a slow but imminent transition to multi-touch interaction on the part of programs that manage today's keyboard and mouse? Salva Castro writes:

"I think the bet is ambitious but we need an accessory for this: a trackpad, rather than curved like the Magic Mouse, something large enough to support all gestures to which we are accustomed to use an iPhone every day. "

However, a transition will be slow as well. It is likely that the next Mac OS and bring programs that exploit the multi-touch interface but it will not peel off too much from its predecessor. Dramatic changes take time, and especially if you want to get good results.

* While most of the appointments made are those of the author, I took the liberty of editing some few words for the idea there would be more rounded.

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Update Mac desktop

On Tuesday 27 July, Apple decided to update the technical specifications of its Mac computers and provide new peripherals * on the same wave. While the Mac Mini had been updated on June 15 with a unibody design smaller, HDMI port and new graphics card; the Mac Pro and iMac were still waiting for an improvement.

Although not yet known when they arrive in Argentina, or what price they will have, happened to mention what are the improvements to these teams that really deserve to be taken into account:

Mac Pro

now comes with up to 12 processing cores.

As I was saying before, the exterior design is not changed: all changes come from the hand of their services. Broadly, the improvements are: "You can choose from two options for advanced Intel processor. The series Xeon Nehalem, which is available as a single processor quad-core at speeds up to 3.2 GHz, or Westmere series is available in both four and six cores, being that the Mac Pro may incorporate one or two processors. So you have a Mac Pro six-core to 3.33 GHz, a system eight cores at 2.4 GHz or a set of twelve cores to 2.93 GHz

-processors Intel Xeon processors support Hyper-Threading, which allows two processes to run simultaneously on each core. For example, the 12-core Mac Pro features 24 virtual cores Mac OS X recognizes.

-Increased memory bandwidth, compared to previous generations, thanks to an integrated memory controller is added to the fast DDR3 SDRAM ECC or 1,333 to 1,066 GHz

"The computer comes standard with the ATI Radeon HD 5770 with 1 GB of GDDR5 memory, perfect for motion graphics, 3D modeling, rendering and animation. If you need more graphics power, can go a step further with the ATI Radeon HD 5870 with 1 GB of GDDR5 memory. This card differs from the previous because it has a larger memory bus and a GPU that offers better performance .

-The graphics card of the new Mac Pro comes with three ports for monitors, two Mini DisplayPort ports let you connect two monitors to Apple Cinema Display LED very easily, while a dual-link DVI port connects a Cinema Display Apple HD Display 30-inch or DVI monitor. Furthermore, as the Mac Pro supports up to two cards ATI Radeon HD 5770, you can connect up to six monitors.

"Now comes equipped with four internal hard drive bays for 3.5" that offer a large internal storage capacity: up to 8 TB to install four units of 2 TB SATA 3 Gb / s. But if you need speed over the storage capacity can be added up to four units of 512 GB solid-state memory or a mixture of hard disks and memory drives solid.

While it is undeniable that the specifications and much promise, it is best to wait until reviews come out and see as users say. That, and seeing arrive at what price. Because if previous versions were expensive and I do not want to imagine the numbers are going to have this monstrosity of a computer.

iMac

The all-in-one final time with faster graphics and new processor architecture.

No touch screens, without a striking design, without a finish worthy of NASA, it's new iMac: a minor update of the key points of the desktop Apple's best-selling. Based on the same basis, it added some improvements on the computer. The main changes are:

"Now the full range of Intel processors has new technology, from i3 to the base model, through the Core i5 until the Core i7.

"The new iMac includes 4 GB of DDR3 RAM that works at 1333 MHz for all models, plus four SO-DIMM slots that can expand capacity to 16 GB.

"As for storage, you can get an iMac with a SATA HDD up to 2TB of space. In addition, Apple offers the option of combining the traditional HD disc a 256 GB SSD to install the operating system and other critical applications that can open them faster.

-In the graphic, the 21.5-inch iMac offers integrated graphics ATI Radeon HD 4670 with 256 MB of dedicated memory, or ATI Radeon HD 5670 with 512 MB of memory. With the 27-inch iMac, you can opt for the ATI Radeon HD 5670 with 512 MB of memory or the ATI Radeon HD 5750 offers 1 GB of GDDR5 memory.

For those not familiar, the series is iMac computers whose CPU is built into the monitor. So it does not hurt to mention your screen with LED backlight, which comes in sizes of 21 and 27 inches (as mentioned earlier), with a contrast of 1000:1 and the screen comes with a widescreen in 16:9 (the same as of high-definition televisions). It also has Wi-Fi and an integrated iSight camera.

However, the most interesting thing is that now the iMac, and offer new features, it must be sold with the slogan "Magic Mouse and Trackpad Magic. Multi-Touch yes or yes. "Both are wireless technologies, and both are handled by exploiting Muti-Touch gestures. What does this mean? That the union between Mac OS and IOS is coming, and is increasingly closer.



* In the next post I will talk about "new periphery" of Apple for the Mac desktop, released the same day with updates from these two computers that I talked about today.