Desktop Reviews

• All in one Mac desktop with 24 inch glossy screen and sleek anodized aluminum enclosure
• 2.8 GHz “Penryn” Intel Core two Duo processor, 320 GB hard drive, two GB RAM 4 GB max, 8x multi format/dual layer SuperDrive
• 802.11n Wi Fi as well as 802.11a/b/g, Gigabit Ethernet, ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO video card 256 MB memory
• Three USB 2.0, one FireWire 400, one FireWire , Mini DVI output, audio line in/optical audio input minijack
• Pre loaded with Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard and iLife ‘08, will include wired keyboard and wired mouse

The all in one iMac packs a complete, high performance computer?Including the new Intel Core two Duo processors?Into a beautifully thin, anodized aluminum and glass design. The new Intel Core two Duo processor runs at 2.8GHz with advanced 45 nm procedure technology and 6MB of shared L2 cache, allowing you to run your applications faster and more proficiently than ever before. IMac features a glossy 24 inch widescreen display and ATI Radeon HD graphics that gives a blow you away level of detail and realism in games, three dimensional graphics, high resolution photos, and high definition video that comes alive with rich, vivid color. Built into the top of iMac is an iSight camera. You will hardly notice it is there till you want to launch iChat, Photo Booth, or iMovie. ISight is easy to use and greatly advanced. The extraordinary picture quality and color accuracy make this tiny feature big. With iLife ‘08, Mac OS X Leopard, fitted wireless, speakers, and ultrathin anodized aluminum Apple Keyboard, you will be creating, sharing, surfing, and playing inside minutes of opening the box. 24 Glossy Widescreen TFT Active Matrix 1920 x 1200, 385 cd/m2, 750 one contrast percentage, 178° H/V looking at angle Liquid Crystal Display fitted iSight Camera with Microphone ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO with 256MB GDDR3 Dedicated Video Memory Slot loading 8x SuperDrive with 4x Double Layer burning DVD+ RW/CD RW Stereo speakers with 24 watt Digital Amplifier AirPort Extreme 802.11a/b/g/n Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR 10/100/1000BASE T Gigabit three x USB 2.0 2 x USB ports on keyboard, FireWire , FireWire 400, Optical audio Output/Headphone out, Optical audio input/audio line in, mini DVI with support for DVI, VGA, S Video, and Composite Video connections via Optional Adapter, RJ 45 LAN estimated Unit Dimensions 20.5? H x 22.4? W x 8.1? D estimated Unit Weight 25.4 Pounds

Speedier than ever with the new Intel dual core processor, the Apple iMac all in one desktop PC sports a sleek, professional aluminum enclosure that is joined exactly to a 24 inch glass cover to create a virtually seamless front surface. It is powered by a 2.8 GHz Intel Core two Duo processor, which includess an surprisingly fast 1066 MHz front side bus speed and super sized six MB L2 cache. Part of Intel’s 45 nanometer nm Penryn series, this processor boosts both speed and efficiency while helping to decrease power intake. This dual core processor also gives an optimized, multithreaded architecture for improved multitasking, video, and gaming performance.

The iMac includes an ultra thin aluminum Apple Keyboard with an expanded layout and dedicated keys for Mac features like light, volume, eject, play/pause, and Exposé as well as the wired Mighty Mouse. It is pre loaded with Apple’s Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard operating system, which enables easy backup of your most vital data via Time Machine, a redesigned desktop that assists eliminate clutter. It also comes with the iLife ‘08 suite of applications including iPhoto, iMovie, Garageband, and iTunes and the newest variant of the fast loading Safari web browser.

Hardware features are a 320 GB hard drive, two GB of RAM with a four GB maximum capacity, 8x SuperDrive for burning movies to DVD and music combinations to CD, integrated 802.11n wireless LAN, Gigabit Ethernet wired networking, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR connectivity, and ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO video card with 256 MB dedicated memory.

Power on a Pedestal

Designed with a recyclable anodized aluminum frame and glass cover, the iMac is friendlier to the environment..

The new keyboard’s ultrathin anodized aluminum enclosure features low profile keys that supply a crisp, responsive feel.

With its anodized aluminum frame set upon a sleek pedestal, the new iMac instantly transforms your workspace from cluttered desktop to smart display podium. Because the iMac’s housing is made from a single sheet of aluminum, you will not see any seams or screws except for a single compartment on the bottom that gives easy access to the memory slots. The glossy widescreen 24 inch glass display makes photos and movies come alive with rich color. And the fitted iSight camera and microphone are integrated so neatly you barely notice they are there. On the side from the design details, the iMac is friendlier to the environment with greatly recyclable and lasting materials as well as scratch resistant glass and professional grade aluminum. The power efficient iMac also meets the stringent new Energy Star 4.0 prerequisites.

With its elegant anodized aluminum enclosure, the new Apple Keyboard looks equally at home in your living room or on your desk. Just connect it to the USB port on your iMac and start enjoying the crisp, responsive feel of its low profile keys. The expanded layout has a full complement of keys, as well as document navigation controls, a numeric keypad, and special function keys for Mac features like light, volume, eject, play/pause, Exposé, and more. Two USB 2.0 ports supply high speed connectivity for your iPod, Mighty Mouse, digital camera, and other USB based electronic devices.

Intel Core two Duo Processor
Experience faster, more nimble application performance and improved energy efficiency with this 2.8 GHz Core two Duo processor from Intel’s 45nm Penryn lineup. The new hafnium infused circuitry which decreases electrical current leakage in transistors helps to decrease power intake while delivering. Powerful processing speeds. This 2.8 GHz Core two Duo processor is aided by a 1066 front side bus speed and a super sized six MB L2 cache both top of the line for Intel’s Penryn processors. An L2, or secondary, cache temporarily stores data, and a bigger L2 cache may help speed up your system’s performance. The FSB carries data between the CPU and RAM, and a faster front side bus will deliver better in general performance.

The Intel Core two Duo’s 128 bit SSE3 vector engine handles 128 bit computations in a single clock cycle, accelerating data manipulation by at the same time applying a single instruction to many data. And its two execution cores are intended to share resources and conserve power, helping it to accomplish higher levels of performance since it uses fewer watts.

Hard Drive and Memory
The 320 GB Serial ATA SATA hard drive 7200 RPM quickens the rate with a higher speed move of data akin to FireWire and USB 2.0. The two GB of PC6400 DDR2 RAM two one GB SO DIMMs has an industry leading MHz speed, and the RAM capacity may be increased to four GB.

Graphics and Video
The 24 inch widescreen TFT active matrix LCD offers a resolution of 1920 by 1200 pixels. It has a light ranking of 385 cd/m2 candela per square meter, a contrast percentage of 750:1, and a looking at angle of 178 degrees both horizontal and vertical. An ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO graphics processor powers the iMac with 256 MB of dedicated GDDR3 memory. It features many of the most advanced graphics technology available and delivers new levels of visual realism and a big texture fill rate for smooth surfaces and complex character details. GDDR3 Graphics Double Data Rate, variant 3 is a graphics card specific memory technology that is better able to deliver liquid frame rates for the most advanced games and applications.

This iMac also enables you to connect a second display in either expanded desktop mode or video mirroring mode. The mini DVI port connects to DVI displays, VGA monitors and projectors, and S video and composite devices using the proper adapter sold separately.

Wired and Wireless Connectivity

You get a full complement of ports on the back of the iMac, as well as three USB 2.0 and two flavors of Firewire 400 and .

The iMac gives you lots of room to grow, accommodating as many as five peripherals at a time thanks to its three USB 2.0 ports and the two USB 2.0 ports on the Apple Keyboard. It also will include two powered FireWire ports one FireWire 400 and one FireWire one of the fastest peripheral standards available enabling you to swiftly move content from digital video cameras, hard drives, and other high speed devices.

Share files around your house with fitted 10/100/1000BASE T Ethernet also as the next generation high speed wireless 802.11n technology, which is integrated into the new Apple Airport Extreme Base Station. The iMac is Wi Fi Certified to work with base stations and routers that use industry standard 802.11a, 802.11b, or 802.11g wireless technologies.

The integrated Bluetooth wireless connectivity version 2.1 + improved Data Rate EDR allows you to use a wireless keyboard or mouse, and synchronize peripherals like cell phones and PDAs. Enjoy high quality sound on nearly any speaker system with double duty analog/digital audio. Record digital and analog resources through audio line in, perfect for your new podcast in GarageBand.

SuperDrive
Integrated neatly into the iMac is a slot loading SuperDrive that allows you to play and burn your CDs and DVDs including double layer DVDs. And there is no disc tray just slide the disc right in. It offers the following speeds:

• Writes DVD+R DL and DVD R DL discs at up to 4x speed
• Writes DVD R and DVD+R discs at up to 8x speed
• Writes DVD RW at up to 6x speed and DVD+RW discs at up to 8x speed
• Reads DVDs at up to 8x speed
• Writes CD R discs at up to 24x speed
• Writes CD RW discs at up to 16x speed
• Reads CDs at up to 24x speed

Other Features

• Two SO DIMM slots support up to four GB of RAM
• Built in stereo speakers with interior 24 watt digital amplifier
• Support for external display in expanded desktop mode: 1920 by 1200 pixels for digital and 2048 by 1536 pixels for analog
• Meets ENERGY STAR prerequisites with maximum uninterrupted power ranking of 280 watts
• Dimensions: 22.4 x 20.5 x 8.1 inches WxHxD

Preloaded with Leopard, you will enjoy improved productivity and a clutter free desktop thanks to the the redesigned 3D Dock with Stacks.

Preloaded with Leopard and iLife ‘08
The biggest Mac OS X upgrade ever, the Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard operating system features over 300 new features, including:

• Time Machine, an effortless way to automatically back up everything on a Mac
• A redesigned Finder that lets users quickly browse and share files between many Macs
• Quick Look, a new way to instantly see files without opening an application
• Spaces, an intuitive new feature used to create groups of applications and instantly switch between them
• A brand new desktop with Stacks, a new way to easily access files from the Dock
• Major improvements to Mail and iChat

Leopard’s new desktop will include the redesigned 3D Dock with Stacks, a new way to manage files for fast and easy access with just one click. Leopard automatically places web, email and other downloads in a Downloads stack to preserve a clutter free desktop, and you may be able to instantly fan the contents of this and other Stacks into an elegant arc right from the Dock. The updated Finder will include Cover Flow and a new sidebar with a considerably simplified way to search for, browse and copy content from any PC or Mac on a local network.

Time Machine allows you to easily back up all of the data on your Mac, find lost files and restore all of the software on their Mac. With just a one click setup, Time Machine automatically keeps an up to date copy of everything on the Mac. In the event a file is lost, you may be able to search back through time to find deleted files, applications, photos and other digital media , then instantly restore the file.

The iMac also comes with the iLife ‘08 suite of applications that make it simple to live the digital life. Use iPhoto to share complete high res photo albums with anybody who’s got an email address. Break into indie filmmaking with iMovie and iDVD. Then take all the stuff you made on your iMac and share it on the web in one click with iWeb.

ILife ‘08 includes iWeb ‘08, with live web widgets like Google Maps that allow you to create more dynamic websites, and GarageBand ‘08, with its new Magic GarageBand feature that makes it fun and easy for both musicians and non musicians to create great sounding songs.

Included Software
Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard includes Time Machine, fast Look, Spaces, Spotlight, Dashboard, Mail, iChat, Safari, Address Book, QuickTime, iCal, DVD Player, Photo Booth, Front Row, Xcode Developer Tools, iLife ‘08 includes iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD, iWeb, GarageBand

What’s in the Box
IMac, Apple Keyboard, Mighty Mouse, Apple Remote, cleaning cloth, power cord, install/restore DVDs, printed and electronic documentation

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