Apple iMac (24-inch, 2.8GHz) Specifications  Editors' choice

By Matthew Elliot on 02/05/2008

More Apple reviews , RRP: AU$2399.00

The good:

  • A minor specification update results in some significant performance gains
  • Graphics upgrade an option on this 24-inch model
  • Sleek, polished design didn't receive an update, but we won't start clamoring for a new design until the current one is at least 12 months old

The bad:

  • Free phone support runs out after 90 days

The bottomline:

A slight bump to the specifications for the same price, in addition to a much appreciated option to upgrade the graphics means the 24-inch iMac keeps the Editors' Choice it earned last year when the brushed-aluminium-and-glass design was first introduced.

Buying choices:

Editors' rating:

8.5/10

Users' rating:

10/10

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Connectivity

  • Network interface
  • Bluetooth, 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n, Infrared

Display

  • Display type
  • LCD
  • Diagonal screen size
  • 24 inch
  • Natural resolution (max)
  • 1920 x 1200 pixels

Drives

  • Primary hard drive
  • 320 GB
  • Optical drive
  • DVD-RW

General

  • Dimensions (H x W x D)
  • 569 x 521 x 206 mm
  • Weight
  • 11.5 kg

Graphics

  • Graphics hardware
  • ATI Radeon HD 2600
  • Amt of video RAM
  • 256 MB

Memory

  • Amt of RAM
  • 2GB
  • RAM type
  • DDR2-800

Processor

  • Processor
  • Intel Core 2 Duo
  • Processor speed
  • 2.8 GHz

Software

  • Operating system
  • Mac OS X
  • Software included
  • Front Row, Apple iCal, Apple iChat, Photo Booth, Apple Safari, Apple Spaces, Apple iLifeí08, Apple Dashboard, Apple QuickTime, Apple Spotlight, Apple DVD Player, Apple Quick Look, Apple Address Book, Apple Time Machine, Apple Mac OS X Mail, Drivers & Utilities, Apple XCode Developer Tools

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