I know I’m a little late with this post, but some of these new Apple toys just began shipping this week, so I guess it’s not too late to dash out a few comments.

On October 20, Apple updated several product lines, including the iMac, the Mac mini and the entry-level MacBook laptop. The new multi-touch Magic Mouse was also introduced.

Apple has posted links to some of the many reviews on their hot news page, so I’ll just add a few of my observations:

• A maxed out 27-inch iMac (2.8GHz quad i7 processor, 16GB RAM and 2TB hard drive) costs a cool $3,849. Although that is still much less than a similarly-equiped Mac Pro tower (which has an older processor and no monitor).
• The Snow Leopard Server version of the Mac mini was a total surprise. I’d consider replacing the mini this site runs on with one of those eventually. The internal RAID option is nice.
• Don’t have much to say about the MacBook – wouldn’t really want one.
• Same for the Magic Mouse, although I’ve heard some people say it’s nicer than a trackball. I still have an old Kensington Turbo Mouse trackball that I love, so I’m curious to test out that statement.

Nice products, but nothing I feel the urge to run out and buy right away.