At around 6 p.m. around these parts, Twitter erupted with fantastic product updates released by Apple. They’ve basically given fresh new internals to almost all of their desktop related products.

Mac Pros get up to 12 cores of processing power, 32 gigabytes of memory, and a greater emphasis on using SSDs as a faster means of crunching data — you can have up to 2TB of solid state storage, though it’ll cost you. The outer body remains the same, which though six years old, still looks contemporary and fits in well with their current product lineup. This beast ships in August.

Second, is the display. They’ve replaced the 24-inch LED display with a 27-inch LED display, the same as the display on the iMac. It of course comes with the iSight camera, magsafe connector, and the sleek looks of the 24 inch monitor that it replaces. It also replaces the bigger in size — but only slightly in pixels — 6 year old 30 inch Cinema Display. It might suck for a lot of professionals who prefer to work on a matte display, because this one’s only gloss. It’s the price however that will get to you — just $999 when it ships in September (Rs. 39,000 for India).

The iMac, last updated in the fall of 2009, shows up with updated processor specs and can go up to 16GB for memory. On the 27 incher, you can now switch your hard drive with an SSD, or have an SSD in addition to your hard drive to get the best of both worlds. The iMac also brings with it the much rumoured Magic Trackpad. It’s the exact same trackpad experience as on a MacBook, but on a slightly larger battery powered surface, that fits right alongside an aluminum keyboard. In terms of pricing specific to India, the base model is now at 74,900 (up from ~64,000), with slightly higher prices throughout.

The trackpad for a desktop is an interesting strategy. I personally don’t use a notebook, and I find a mouse a much more precise tool, but just like we can get by with a soft keyboard on the iPad, a touchpad on a desktop will be better for most use cases. As Patrick Rhone notes, Apple seems to be slowly but surely edging people to use touch and gestures as a user input rather than anything mechanical. The Magic Trackpad even brings with it a new three-finger drag gesture that negates the need for the physical click — though still present. The trackpad costs $69 (Rs. 3070) that’s a separate accessory. You can build-to-order your iMac to come with a Magic Trackpad, but you can only get it in addition to your Magic Mouse, not instead of. Yet.

Last, and certainly not the least, is the Apple battery charger. An odd product out of Apple, it’s everything you’d expect from a battery charger from Apple — save for the price. For just $29 (Rs. 1140), you get a sleek battery charger, with six rechargeable batteries. I should remark that Apple either knows how to make really good looking batteries, or how to present them.

All in all, a splendid hardware upgrade. Can’t wait for the software.