Woops. It looks like Apple might have made those new iMacs a little too fast!
Accroding to Macworld's tests, The Core i7 iMac beat the Octo-core Mac Pro 2.2GHz in a number of Speedmark tests and overall it was 1.5% faster than the fastest base model computer Apple sells. Sure, you can update that Mac pro Beast to 2.93GHz Octo, but that is $2600 more, $500 more than the entire Core i7 iMac!
Our tests of the built-to-order Core i7 iMac (which, other than the processor, has identical specifications as the stock Core i5 iMac) showed even greater performance prowess. With a Speedmark 6 score of 225, the $2199 Core i7 iMac was nearly 8 percent faster than the Core i5 iMac. The Core i7 was nearly 11 p
