Apple will offer an optical drive "for those still stuck in the past," Schiller says.
iMac comes with wireless keyboard and a Magic Mouse or Trackpad. Starts at $1,299.
For the 21.5 inch model with 2.7ghz i5 chip. They ship in November.
Price starts at $1,300 for 21.5" model with 1TB har drive and 8GB RAM and 2.75GHz processor.
27-inch model starts at $1800 with 1TB hard drive.
27-inch iMac w/2.9ghz quad core i5 ships for $1,799. Start shipping in December.
That base iMac is a pretty tempting package.
iMac stars shipping in December.
Schiller says the new model uses up to 50 percent less memory than the previous models.
And that's it for Mac. Schiller hands it back over to Cook.
Cook heading back on stage. That's it for the Mac updates.
"These products are really cool," he says. Now onto iPad...
Cook is going to talk about iPad. Duh.
alright, here we go. iPad.
"Each time we get together there's a new number or statistic to illustrate the growth of this product," he says. 2 weeks ago Apple sold its 100M iPad.
Cook:
Apple has now sold 100 million iPads
Will there just be one, or will they dare to update the larger one, too?
"That's 100 million in just two and a half years. This is unprecedented for a new product in a new category," he adds. Cook says Apple sold more iPads in the June quarter than any PC manufacturer sold.
Cook: Sold more iPads in second quarter than any computer manufacturer sold of their entire PC lineup.
Cook: iPad accounts for 91% of the Web traffic in tablets.
As for how they're being used, Cook points to Web traffic stats, where the iPad has a 91 percent share versus "other" at 9 percent. No idea where these numbers are coming from though.
Cook: Simple reason why iPad so successful. "People love their iPads."
Tim Cook had such a nice delivery on "people love their iPads."
"People love their iPads. They love the big, beautiful, multitouch display, the fast fluid responsiveness of Apple's hardware and software working together..." Cook goes on.
"One of the things that is so rewarding and so amazing to us is how quickly the iPad has been embraced in education. Admins, teachers and students have found iPad to be an incredible learning tool."
School and education discussion, now. I had a feeling this would be a big emphasis.
Cook throws up an example from a superintendent at a Texas school talking up the iPad helping teachers teach and students learn. "We saw this early on," Cook says.
