The topic says it all. Apple release new Penryn. So what’s new? Well, for starters you’re now looking at the latest Core 2 Duo Penryn processors. For the same starting price of $1,199, you now get a 20-inch iMac with 2.4GHz proc, 128MB of ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT graphics, 1GB of memory and a 250GB 7200RPM disk.
The top of the line 24-inch model now sports a 3.06GHz processor, 512MB of NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS graphics, 2GB of memory, and a 320GB 7200rpm disk for $2,199. Rounding out the specs across the lineup are Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, 802.11n WiFi, Gigabit Ethernet, built-in iSight cam, and 5x USB 2.0 (which includes the 2x on tethered keyboard) and 1x Firewire 400 and 1x Firewire 800. Same size, same weight and available now… yes, right now.
Earlier this morning, Apple Head Steve Jobs announced that from now on, they will use Window Vista to be the built-in operating system. That means OSX will be faded out. The reason for such changes is because of the PWN 2 OWN competition, and the loser Macbook Air was hard beaten by Vista. In fact, Window Vista SP1 is a much stable system, when comparing to OSX. Jobs also said this decision has come into his mind when Toshiba is giving up HD-DVD. Another unexpected reason suggested by Jobs is that he doesn’t want to see any further competition between Window and Mac.
What about in iPhone? Jobs said there is no evidence to show that Window Mobile is safer and more stable than OSX, and hence no intention to make such OS conversion to iPhone at the moment.
Those crafty kids on the iPhone Dev Team have already hacked the 2.0 firmware, but now they’re getting ready to release the oh-so-creatively-named PWNED tool, which takes iPhone hacking to the next level by patching the bootloader to let you load any firmware image you want — even images not signed by Apple.
That means custom patched firmware can now be loaded directly from iTunes, which simplifies the jailbreaking / unlocking process tremendously, and also means that a patched version of the 2.0 firmware is coming soon. We’re putting the tool through its paces right now and we’ll have a hands-on with it (and the Dev Team’s patched 2.0 firmware) as soon as we get it all working, but check out some highlights after the break, and hit the read link for more info.
