iMac(17-inch, Late 2006)
The new iMacs. Faster. Bigger. Brighter.
Background
Announced in September 2006, the iMac (Late 2006) unified the iMac (Early 2006) and iMac (Mid 2006) lines in to a single product line, upgrading the processor of all models to Intel Core 2 Duo and adding a 24" high-end model in the process. The iMac (Late 2006) was available in 4 configurations. The low-end 17" 1.83 GHz model, previously available only to the education market, had a less expensive graphics chipset, no onboard Bluetooth, 512 MB of RAM and a 160 GB hard drive, and sold for $999 U.S. The 17" 2.0 GHz added a faster ATI Radeon X1600 graphics card, 1 GB of RAM, Bluetooth, an Apple Remote, and a SuperDrive for $1,199 U.S. The 2.16 GHz 20" model added a larger screen and included a 250 GB hard drive, for $1,499 U.S. Finally, a new 2.16 GHz 24" model included a faster NVIDIA GeForce 7300GT graphics card and a FireWire 800 port for $1,999 U.S. All models included an integrated iSight camera, and BTO configurations allowed processors as fast as 2.33 GHz.