A giant leap into the future that truly makes Apple’s new iMac stand apart.

At just 5mm thin around the edge, the new iMac is a much visually redesigned as technically. The face of the new iMac is certainly similar to that of the previous generation, but a take a glance around the side and the difference is shocking. While maintaining the same screen size, volume was reduced by 40%. Apple used a combination of intense friction-generated heat and pressure to intermix the molecules of the two aluminum surfaces to link the super slim display to the stand.

75% less reflection from the display. This is huge for designers,photographers, cinematographers, or anyone that works with colors in a serious way. This is accomplished through plasma deposition, it involves coating the glass with layers of silicon dioxide and niobium pentoxide so precise and so thin they’re measured in atoms.

Individually calibrated for true-to-life color. That’s right, every single display. They use three state-of-the-art spectroradiometers: one to measure gamma, one to measure white point, and one to check the work of the other two. Very neat stuff.

Every model in the lineup comes standard with 8GB of memory and a quad-core Intel Core i5 processor, starting at 2.7GHz and topping out at 3.2GHz. 4x USB 3.0 and Dual Thunderbolt ports are also standard across the board.

Flash and PowerPC have never ever been a good combination. Only the last few G5 towers had enough power to muscle through its poorly optimized code.

HTML5 is quickly becoming a widely supported alternative to Adobe’s flash platform. Youtube,Grooveshark,Twimbow, and Scribd are just a few web apps that run on HTML5, and thus PowerPC Macs.  Safari 5 and TenFourFox are two great PowerPC browsers that can handle new and advanced HTML5  features. All HTML5 features are not supported by these browsers.

As HTML5 continues to develop we will continue to see more and more advanced web apps and site that will run in the browser on PPC. Unfortunately some of the most advanced features, such as OpenGL, will never be supported due to hardware requirements.

iGBC is an HTML5 powered website which features a Game Boy Color emulator and 50+ titles to enjoy! (Audio is distorted on my Power Mac G5)

CanvasCycle is another fun HTML5 based web app about true 8-bit color.