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NEW YORK | Tue May 3, 2011 3:13pm EDT

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Apple Inc refreshed its lineup of iMac desktop computers with new Intel Corp processors that is says are up to 70 percent faster.

The new iMac line will also include new Thunderbolt ports that were introduced earlier this year in its MacBook Pro laptop line. Thunderbolt is an input/output technology that supports displays and devices.

Thunderbolt ports are similar to USB ports but about 20 times faster, according to Apple.

Apple said on Tuesday that the new iMac, which has quad-core Intel processors, is on sale online and its retail stores starting at $1,199.

(Reporting by Sinead Carew; editing by Gerald E. McCormick)
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jscott418 wrote:
I have several Apple products. Its not uncommon for Apple to tout their latest model as worlds apart from the previous one. But in todays computing advances do not happen like that. Apple claims a 70% improvement in speed over the previous iMac. Although I doubt many users would actually be able to tell the difference in real world use. Thunderbolt is a new technology that shows promise but very few companies have introduced hardware that take advantage of it. Plus its very much going to be like Apple’s dying Firewire which never caught on. If other manufactures in the PC world adopt to Thunderbolt. Then it has a chance. I sometimes wonder today if these desktops are not a dying breed and weather a cheaper version should not be available? Does everyone need this kind of CPU power? No

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