iMac Core Duo (Early 2006) Special Report: Release Notes
iMac Core Duo (Early 2006) Special Report: Release Notes
Boasting that it sports SPECint scores more than 3X faster than the current iMac G5, Apple introduced the Intel Core Duo based iMac at the 2006 Macworld Expo in San Francisco.
The iMac (Early 2006) carries the same form factor and design as the iMac G5, retaining the built-in iSight.
The Core Duo iMac was demonstrated during the entire Steve Jobs keynote presentation, running all of the new iLife '06 applications at impressive speeds. Jobs also demonstrated the Core Duo iMac running Microsoft Office 2004 and Adobe Photoshop in the Rosetta environment.
The 17-inch 1.83 GHz iMac, for a suggested retail price of $1,299 (US), includes:
- 17-inch widescreen LCD display;
- 1.83 GHz Intel Core Duo processor;
- 512MB of 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM expandable to 2GB;
- 8x SuperDrive with double-layer support (DVD R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW);
- PCI Express-based ATI Radeon X1600 with 128MB GDDR3 memory;
- built-in iSight video camera;
- built-in AirPort® Extreme wireless networking & Bluetooth 2.0 EDR;
- 160GB Serial ATA hard drive running at 7200 rpm;
- mini-DVI out (adapters for DVI, VGA and Composite/S-Video sold separately);
- built-in stereo speakers and microphone; and
- the infrared Apple Remote, Mighty Mouse and Apple Keyboard.
The 20-inch 2.0 GHz iMac, for a suggested retail price of $1,699 (US), includes:
- 20-inch widescreen LCD display;
- 2.0 GHz Intel Core Duo processor;
- 512MB of 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM expandable to 2GB;
- 8x SuperDrive with double-layer support (DVD R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW);
- PCI Express-based ATI Radeon X1600 with 128MB GDDR3 memory;
- built-in iSight video camera;
- built-in AirPort Extreme wireless networking & Bluetooth 2.0 EDR;
- 250GB Serial ATA hard drive running at 7200 rpm;
- mini-DVI out (adapters for DVI, VGA and Composite/S-Video sold separately);
- built-in stereo speakers and microphone; and
- the infrared Apple Remote, Mighty Mouse and Apple Keyboard.
More information is available on Apple's iMac page.
Index:
- iMac Core Duo (Early 2006) Special Report: Keyboard volume/eject keys fail
- iMac Core Duo (Early 2006) Special Report: Installing RAM in matched pairs
- iMac Core Duo (Early 2006) Special Report: AirPort network disconnects after
- iMac Core Duo (Early 2006) Special Report: Problems with flash memory devices
- iMac Core Duo (Early 2006) Special Report: Problems with iSub -- potential cause
- iMac Core Duo (Early 2006) Special Report: Release Notes
- iMac Core Duo (Early 2006) Special Report: Safe sleep available
- iMac Core Duo (Early 2006) Special Report: Sporadic blue screen freezes; fixes
- iMac Core Duo (Early 2006) Special Report: USB Issues
- iMac Core Duo (Early 2006) Special Report: Video distortion: "Tearing" and other anomalies (mostly fixed in Mac OS X 10.4.5)
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