Review: 27-inch Core i5 iMac (with Core i7 option)

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Macworld's complete Mac buying guideIn this buying guide, we'll cover all the Macintosh models available, tell you how they've changed over the previous model, and how well they did in our benchmark tests.

Product	Score	Price
13-inch MacBook Pro/2.26GHz	104	$1,169.00
13-inch MacBook Pro/2.53GHz	239	$1,474.00
13-inch MacBook/2.26GHz	111	$899.00
17-inch MacBook Pro/2.8GHz	256	$2,398.99
15-inch MacBook Pro/2.53GHz	118	$1,678.99
15-inch MacBook Pro/2.8GHz	139	$2,238.99
15-inch MacBook Pro/2.66GHz	127	$1,948.99
MacBook Air/2.13GHz	72	$1,728.99
MacBook Air/1.86GHz	156	$1,438.99

Product	Score	Price
Mac Pro/Quad-Core Xeon 2.66GHz	203	$2,388.00
21.5-inch iMac Core 2 Duo/3.06GHz (Nvidia graphics)	148	$1,193.99
27-inch iMac Core 2 Duo/3.06GHz	162	$1,694.99
21.5-inch iMac Core 2 Duo/3.06GHz (ATI graphics)	164	$1,489.00
Mac Mini Core 2 Duo/2.26 GHz (Late 2009)	104	$579.98
Mac Mini Core 2 Duo/2.53 GHz (Late 2009)	118	$769.98
Mac Pro/8-Core Xeon 2.26GHz	206
27-inch quad-core iMac/2.66GHz		$1,999.00

Macworld's complete Mac buying guide In this buying guide, we'll cover all the Macintosh models available, tell you how they've changed over the previous model, and how well they did in our benchmark tests.
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