As an Apple developer, I was keen to get hold of the new Intel-based macs as soon as possible, so when the opportunity came up for us developers to get hold of one of the early machines I went for it like a shot.

While, of course, there were limitations about what I could talk about, I was, on the whole, thoroughly impressed with the machine that we were given as part of the Apple Transition Kit (ATK).

Now Apple has honoured an original (perhaps slightly veiled) promise to replace the original kit with an iMac. It's been on the desk for a little less than 2 hours and so far I'm impressed.