
As universally expected, Apple have updated its iMac range with a number of new, more powerful models packing faster processors and graphics solutions including a 3.06GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor paired with Nvidia GeForce 8800 GS 512MB graphics card which, according to Apple, will serve to further underpin the iMac as ‘the ultimate all-in-one desktop computer for both consumers and professionals’.

Apple’s press release details three new ‘off the shelf’ iMacs ranging in speeds from 2.4GHz to 2.8GHz with the aforementioned 3.06GHz / GeForce 8800 GS model being one of many build-to-order options as detailed below:
20-inch 2.4 GHz iMac Base Model
- 20-inch widescreen LCD display;
- 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor with a 1066 MHz front-side bus;
- 1GB of 800 MHz DDR2 SDRAM expandable to 4GB;
- 250GB Serial ATA hard drive running at 7200 rpm;
- a slot-load 8x SuperDrive® with double-layer support (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW);
- ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT with 128MB GDDR3 memory;
- built-in iSight video camera;
- built-in AirPort Extreme 802.11n wireless networking & Bluetooth 2.1+EDR;
- mini-DVI out (adapters for DVI, VGA and Composite/S-Video sold separately);
- built-in stereo speakers and microphone; and
- the Apple Keyboard, Mighty Mouse and infrared Apple Remote.
Build to Order Options: up to 4GB of DDR2 SDRAM and up to 500GB Serial ATA hard drive
20-inch 2.66 GHz iMac Base Model
- 20-inch widescreen LCD display;
- 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor with a 1066 MHz front-side bus;
- 2GB of 800 MHz DDR2 SDRAM expandable to 4GB;
- 320GB Serial ATA hard drive running at 7200 rpm;
- a slot-load 8x SuperDrive with double-layer support (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW);
- ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO with 256MB GDDR3 memory;
- built-in iSight video camera;
- built-in AirPort Extreme 802.11n wireless networking & Bluetooth 2.1+EDR;
- mini-DVI out (adapters for DVI, VGA and Composite/S-Video sold separately);
- built-in stereo speakers and microphone; and
- the Apple Keyboard, Mighty Mouse and infrared Apple Remote.
Build to Order Options: up to 4GB DDR2 SDRAM and up to 750GB Serial ATA hard drive
24-inch 2.8 GHz iMac Base Model
- 24-inch widescreen LCD display;
- 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor with a 1066 MHz front-side bus;
- 2GB of 800 MHz DDR2 SDRAM expandable to 4GB;
- 320GB Serial ATA hard drive running at 7200 rpm;
- a slot-load 8x SuperDrive with double-layer support (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW);
- ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO with 256MB GDDR3 memory;
- built-in iSight video camera;
- built-in AirPort Extreme 802.11n wireless networking & Bluetooth 2.1+EDR;
- mini-DVI out (adapters for DVI, VGA and Composite/S-Video sold separately);
- built-in stereo speakers and microphone; and
- the Apple Keyboard, Mighty Mouse and infrared Apple Remote.
Build to Order Options: 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, up to 4GB DDR2 SDRAM, NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS with 512MB of video memory and up to a 1TB Serial ATA hard drive.

Further additional options (across all models):
- Apple Wireless Keyboard and Wireless Mighty Mouse
- AirPort Express and AirPort Extreme Base Station
- AppleCare Protection Plan
- Pre-installed copies of iWork ’08, Logic Express 8, Final Cut Express 4, Aperture 2
Announced by Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing, who states that ‘With the latest Intel processors, a faster new graphics option and more memory, customers now have even more reasons to love the iMac’, the new iMac models as detailed above will retail for around $1200, $1500 and $1800 respectively excluding optional extras and upgrades.



I looking for a NEW APPLE IMAC and i just cant find some that are a good price. All of them are to expenseve and i’m not saying that thats really a bad thing or something but they need to lower some of their prices down.