iMac (Mid 2011) family

Macworld's iMac (Mid 2011) family Coverage

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  Buying guide: Macs (2011) Shopping for a new Mac? Here's the lowdown on Apple's offerings to help you decide which Mac to buy.
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  NortonLive help desk service now supports the Mac Symantec on Thursday announced it was expanding its NortonLive Ultimate Help Desk to include support for Mac computers and applications, including iLife, iWork, and Mac Mail.
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  Apple to replace faulty Seagate 1TB iMac hard drives On Friday, Apple announced that it would replace some Seagate 1TB hard drives included in recent iMacs that could "fail under certain conditions."
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  Lab Report: Core i7 SSD iMac is the fastest Mac we've tested At $2699, it might be expensive, but the 27-inch iMac we customized with a 3.4GHz Core i7 quad-core processor and a 256GB SSD is the fastest Mac we’ve tested to date.
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  SSD gives new 21.5-inch iMac signifcant speed boost In our ongoing effort to provide benchmark data to help you choose the right iMac, we now present test results from a 21.5-inch 2.7GHz Core i5 iMac with a 256GB solid-state drive (SSD). You can use these results to compare with the standard-configuration iMacs and two build-to-order (BTO) models with Core i7 processors.
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  Difficulties abound when upgrading a 2011 iMac's hard drive If you've never been under the hood of the aluminum iMac, it's not for the casual user. Here's a quick rundown of the steps involved and how a new hurdle in the 2011 models may further dampen your enthusiasm for DIY upgrades.
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  Waiting for Thunderbolt Thunderbolt's made its way to the new MacBook Pros and iMacs, but Jason Snell explains that nobody has actually been able to lay hands on a single Thunderbolt device yet.