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James Martin 10/23/2012 5:25:42 PM
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Scott Stein 10/23/2012 5:25:55 PMThose thicker Pros are sticking around...and with the price differential, for good reason.
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James Martin 10/23/2012 5:26:40 PM
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Josh Lowensohn 10/23/2012 5:26:41 PMSchiller going over specs real quick. USB 3 now, now with dual or quad-intel Core i5 or i7 Ivy Bridge, with Intel HD Graphics 4000, and up to 16GB of RAM. Starts at 2.5Ghz dual-core i5 w/4GB of RAM and 500GB HDD for $599.
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James Martin 10/23/2012 5:26:55 PM
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Josh Lowensohn 10/23/2012 5:26:58 PMThere's also a server edition for $999 that had two 1TB hard drives. Ships today.
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James Martin 10/23/2012 5:27:13 PM
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Josh Lowensohn 10/23/2012 5:27:13 PMSchiller moved through that entire product in about a minute, yeesh.
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Josh Lowensohn 10/23/2012 5:27:22 PMOne more Mac. The iMac.
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James Martin 10/23/2012 5:27:32 PM
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Scott Stein 10/23/2012 5:27:37 PMThat 2TB Mini server tempting for a home computer/storage hub.
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Josh Lowensohn 10/23/2012 5:27:47 PMSchiller talking up the iMac's design, saying it's the flagship of the product line.
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Josh Lowensohn 10/23/2012 5:27:51 PMI smell a redesign...
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Scott Stein 10/23/2012 5:28:12 PMI've been smelling a redesign since I boarded that plane
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Josh Lowensohn 10/23/2012 5:28:14 PMSchiller puts up an image of the original iMac, up through the generations. All seven of them.
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James Martin 10/23/2012 5:28:23 PM
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Josh Lowensohn 10/23/2012 5:28:28 PM"The next-generation of iMac."
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James Martin 10/23/2012 5:28:38 PM
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Josh Lowensohn 10/23/2012 5:28:58 PMSuper thin design. Looks a whole lot like the current iMac, but without a computer in the back.
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Scott Stein 10/23/2012 5:29:02 PMNew design looks like a giant iPad on a stand. Razor-thin.
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James Martin 10/23/2012 5:36:16 PM
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James Martin 10/23/2012 5:36:41 PM
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Josh Lowensohn 10/23/2012 5:36:59 PMUsers can also move apps and files over between the two sides of the drive to tweak performance. Schiller pulls up a chart to show how this can help with something like app speed. "You get near the performance of Flash," he says "without having to do anything else."
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Scott Stein 10/23/2012 5:36:59 PMAll base apps and OS elements stay on flash. Other hybrid hard drives often have more like 32GB or 64GB of SSD.
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James Martin 10/23/2012 5:37:25 PM
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Josh Lowensohn 10/23/2012 5:37:37 PMiMac comes with wireless keyboard and a Magic Mouse or Trackpad. Starts at $1,299.
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Josh Lowensohn 10/23/2012 5:37:51 PMFor the 21.5 inch model with 2.7ghz i5 chip. They ship in November.
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Josh Lowensohn 10/23/2012 5:38:12 PM27-inch iMac w/2.9ghz quad core i5 ships for $1,799. Start shipping in December.
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Scott Stein 10/23/2012 5:38:15 PMThat base iMac is a pretty tempting package.
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James Martin 10/23/2012 5:38:20 PM
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Josh Lowensohn 10/23/2012 5:38:35 PMSchiller says the new model uses up to 50 percent less memory than the previous models.
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James Martin 10/23/2012 5:38:38 PM
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Josh Lowensohn 10/23/2012 5:38:45 PMAnd that's it for Mac. Schiller hands it back over to Cook.
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James Martin 10/23/2012 5:39:01 PM
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Josh Lowensohn 10/23/2012 5:39:06 PM"These products are really cool," he says. Now onto iPad...
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Scott Stein 10/23/2012 5:39:13 PMalright, here we go. iPad.
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Josh Lowensohn 10/23/2012 5:39:28 PM"Each time we get together there's a new number or statistic to illustrate the growth of this product," he says. 2 weeks ago Apple sold its 100M iPad.
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Scott Stein 10/23/2012 5:39:48 PMWill there just be one, or will they dare to update the larger one, too?
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James Martin 10/23/2012 5:40:04 PM
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Josh Lowensohn 10/23/2012 5:40:18 PM"That's 100 million in just two and a half years. This is unprecedented for a new product in a new category," he adds. Cook says Apple sold more iPads in the June quarter than any PC manufacturer sold.
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James Martin 10/23/2012 5:40:35 PM
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Josh Lowensohn 10/23/2012 5:40:54 PMAs for how they're being used, Cook points to Web traffic stats, where the iPad has a 91 percent share versus "other" at 9 percent. No idea where these numbers are coming from though.
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James Martin 10/23/2012 5:40:55 PM
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James Martin 10/23/2012 5:41:03 PM
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James Martin 10/23/2012 5:41:25 PM