Geek Posted June 15, 2011 Posted June 15, 2011 <div class="KonaBody"><p><iframe width="610" height="377" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/xS2ZipMM2Oo?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></p> <p>Warning: the above video is going to make you envious and may inspire hardware upgrades.</p> <p>This video from <a href="http://www.macrumors.com/2011/06/15/27-inch-imac-core-i7-with-ssd-is-fastest-mac-ever/">MacRumors</a> shows a top of the line build of the latest <strong>iMac 27″, upgraded with a 3.4GHz Quad-Core i7 CPU, 16GB of RAM, and a 256GB SSD</strong> launching all of its apps in a freakishly small amount of time. According to <a href="http://www.macworld.com/article/160469/2011/06/ultimateimac2011.html">MacWorld</a>, <em>this is the fastest Mac that has ever been shipped</em> when tested on individual application tasks, whether it’s encoding MP3′s, handling Photoshop filters, or just importing movies and photos.</p> <p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/imac-ssd-fastest-mac-ever.jpg" alt="Fastest Mac is an iMac with SSD" title="imac-ssd-fastest-mac-ever" width="386" height="337" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-17441" /></p> <p>What’s a speed demon like this going to cost you? $3399 as a build to order option from the online Apple Store. That’s taking the top of the line base model ($1999), upgrading the CPU to an i7 ($200), maxing out the ram ($600), upgrading to a 256MB SSD ($500), and finally, jumping up to the best possible video card – the AMD Radeon HD 6970M with 2GB of VRAM for another $100. That’s not cheap, but when you consider that you get a beautiful 27″ LCD with that price, it comes out to a pretty good deal when compared to the starting Mac Pro price point of $2499. </p> <p>Obviously the complete package is what makes this such a monster, but any Mac user can get speed increases from RAM upgrades and an SSD drive. If you use a ton of apps, you’ll see a nice performance boost if you <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2010/11/17/macbook-pro-8gb-ram-upgrade-review/">upgrade to 8GB of RAM</a>, but if you want to feel pure speed when doing everyday tasks and launching apps, you can’t beat the immediacy of an SSD. RAM upgrades have gotten <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fs%3Fie%3DUTF8%26redirect%3Dtrue%26ref_%3Dsr_nr_i_0%26keywords%3DSSD%26qid%3D1308162835%26rh%3Dk%253ASSD%252Ci%253Aelectronics%23%3Fkeywords%3Dmac%20ram&tag=oxd-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957">really cheap</a><img src="https://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=oxd-20&l=ur2&o=1" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />, and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fs%3Fie%3DUTF8%26redirect%3Dtrue%26ref_%3Dsr_nr_i_0%26keywords%3DSSD%26qid%3D1308162835%26rh%3Dk%253ASSD%252Ci%253Aelectronics%23%3Fkeywords%3DSSD&tag=oxd-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957">SSD’s are coming down in price</a><img src="https://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=oxd-20&l=ur2&o=1" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /> as well, and the cost of upgrading your current Mac is just a small fraction of that $3399 iMac.</p> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/PY5FQFE9VbNgiHs8oLhlWDB2soA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/PY5FQFE9VbNgiHs8oLhlWDB2soA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/PY5FQFE9VbNgiHs8oLhlWDB2soA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/PY5FQFE9VbNgiHs8oLhlWDB2soA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=8R3b6h6ZHP4:upjKWikCdns:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=8R3b6h6ZHP4:upjKWikCdns:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=8R3b6h6ZHP4:upjKWikCdns:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=8R3b6h6ZHP4:upjKWikCdns:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=8R3b6h6ZHP4:upjKWikCdns:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=8R3b6h6ZHP4:upjKWikCdns:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=8R3b6h6ZHP4:upjKWikCdns:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/osxdaily/~4/8R3b6h6ZHP4" height="1" width="1"/> View the full article
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