Apple unveils 'twice as fast' iMac

Posted on 10 Jan 2006 at 18:58

Apple has taken the wraps off the first desktop Mac to be powered by an Intel processor.

The new iMac runs on a Core Duo chip said to be twice as fast as the PowerPC G5 that it replaces. It includes the new iLife '06 suite of applications, which with its Universal Binary code is optimised to run natively on the new hardware.

'The iMac has already been praised as "the gold standard of desktop PCs", so we hope customers really love the new iMac, which is up to twice as fast,' said Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO. 'With Mac OS X plus Intel's latest dual-core processor under the hood, the new iMac delivers performance that will knock our customers' socks off.'

The new model also has faster RAM than its predecessor and a mini-DVI slot for adding a second monitor. The 1.83Ghz with 17in screen version costs £929 and the 2GHz with 20in screen is £1,299. Both will begin shipping by the weekend.

For full details go to www.apple.com/uk/imac.

Author: Simon Aughton

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