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...outside, the only feature that distinguishes this iMac from the last one is the video output. With the right adapter, you can now plug in one of Apple's 20-in. or 23-in. displays and extend your desktop into that space. (Previously, any external monitor simply mirrored what was on the iMac's own screen.) On the inside, of course, it's running a 2GHz dual-core processor that Apple says has been tested at roughly two times the speed...
...third-party programs, which Mayer assures me were chosen on their merits and not for strategic marketing purposes, Google also offers six of its own applications. Google Desktop, the desktop search program, and Picasa, the photo manager, along with Google Talk voice and messaging program, Google Toolbar for Internet Explorer, the ever entertaining Google Earth 3D map of the world, and a new screensaver, which flips your photos onto an idle screen in a pleasant collage...
SLIDE.COM Download the site's photo-indexing software, and you can create a slide show that appears as a small strip on your desktop. Get friends and family to sign up with Slide, and each time you drag and drop in a new pic, they will get an e-mail alert. Caveat: you will need a Windows PC and a broadband connection...
...main attraction-and the reason for the remote-is called Front Row. By tapping the remote's "Menu" button, the computer's screen switches from the familiar OS X desktop to a black backdrop with four oversized but recognizable icons. I say recognizable because they look like the icons for iMovie, iPhoto, iTunes and the DVD Player, but they don't actually represent those applications at all. Instead, they launch different, simple-to-use applications covering four basic media types: video files (even ones you buy over iTunes), still images, song files and DVDs, respectively. The idea is that...
...Motorola PowerPC Chip Intel rolled out its new Pentium chip, but Motorola stole the spotlight with its PowerPC microprocessor. Produced in partnership with IBM and Apple, the PowerPC could pose the first serious challenge to Intel's dominance of the $67.7 billion desktop market...