Photos, movies, games, videos, and applications with palettes. Anything you see on the 20- or 24-inch glossy widescreen display will be a pixel-perfect experience. iMac features a flat-panel LCD screen with 1680-by-1050 resolution (20-inch) or 1920-by-1200 resolution (24-inch), giving you vivid colors and breathtaking high-definition clarity. And there’s nothing quite like seeing your life’s events on the big screen, thanks to the new iLife ’09 built into every iMac. Even more eye opening, the 24-inch iMac starts at just $1499.

Greener than ever.

iMac is designed with the environment in mind. It’s created with highly recyclable glass and aluminum. It’s free of harmful toxins such as brominated flame retardants (BFRs) and polyvinyl chloride (PVC). iMac is so energy efficient, it meets ENERGY STAR 5.0 requirements and has earned the EPEAT Gold rating.

Fast, faster, or fastest?

Every new iMac includes high-performance NVIDIA graphics standard. Now games run smoother, photos load faster, and pro applications have even more power. The 20-inch iMac with the NVIDIA GeForce 9400M integrated graphics processor delivers up to 2.3x faster graphics performance.1 The 24-inch iMac gives you even more graphics options. The NVIDIA GeForce 9400M integrated graphics processor makes viewing web pages and searching through your iPhoto library smoother and more efficient. Or you can choose NVIDIA

GeForce GT 120 discrete graphics to take 3D graphics up a notch. For 3D graphics-intensive games or pro applications like Aperture and Motion, the NVIDIA GeForce GT 130 and ATI Radeon HD 4850 processors deliver the fastest graphics performance yet.

Power duo.

The latest Intel Core 2 Duo processors run at speeds starting at 2.66GHz with options up to 3.06GHz. And they include 6MB of shared L2 cache. Translation: iMac runs your applications faster and more efficiently than ever before.

Size and weight

20-inch iMac

Height:

18.5 inches (46.9 cm)

Width:

19.1 inches (48.5 cm)

Depth:

7.4 inches (18.9 cm)

Weight:

20 pounds (9.1 kg)1

24-inch iMac

Height:

20.5 inches (52.0 cm)

Width:

22.4 inches (56.9 cm)

Depth:

8.1 inches (20.7 cm)

Weight:

25.4 pounds (11.5 kg)

Connections and expansion

One FireWire 800 port; 7 watts

Total of six USB 2.0 ports: four ports on computer, two ports on wired keyboard

Communications

Built-in AirPort Extreme Wi-Fi wireless networking (based on IEEE 802.11n draft specification);2 IEEE 802.11a/b/g compatible

Built-in Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR (Enhanced Data Rate)

Built-in 10/100/1000BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet (RJ-45 connector)

Audio

Built-in stereo speakers

Internal 24-watt digital amplifier

Headphone/optical digital audio output (minijack)

Audio line in/optical digital audio input (minijack)

Built-in microphone

Support for Apple Stereo Headset with microphone

Display

Built-in 20-inch (viewable) or 24-inch (viewable) glossy widescreen TFT active-matrix liquid crystal display

Resolution

20-inch model: 1680 by 1050 pixels

24-inch models: 1920 by 1200 pixels

Millions of colors at all resolutions

Typical viewing angle

20-inch model:

160° horizontal

160° vertical

24-inch models:

178° horizontal

178° vertical

Typical brightness: 290 cd/m2 (20-inch model); 385 cd/m2 (24-inch models)

Typical contrast ratio: 800:1 (20-inch model); 750:1 (24-inch models)

Graphics and video support

20-inch and 24-inch model with 2.66GHz processor

NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics processor with 256MB of DDR3 SDRAM shared with main memory3

24-inch model with 2.93GHz processor, one of the following:

NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 graphics processor with 256MB of GDDR3 memory

NVIDIA GeForce GT 130 graphics processor with 512MB of GDDR3 memory

ATI Radeon HD 4850 graphics processor with 512MB of GDDR3 memory

24-inch model with 3.06GHz processor, one of the following:

NVIDIA GeForce GT 130 graphics processor with 512MB of GDDR3 memory

ATI Radeon HD 4850 graphics processor with 512MB of GDDR3 memory

Mini DisplayPort output port with support for DVI, VGA, and dual-link DVI via adapter4

Built-in iSight camera

Support for extended desktop and video mirroring modes

Simultaneously supports full native resolution on the built-in display and up to a 30-inch display (2560 by 1600 pixels) on an external display

Processor and memory

2.66GHz, 2.93GHz, or 3.06GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor

6MB shared L2 cache at full processor speed

1066MHz frontside bus

2GB (two 1GB SO-DIMMs) or 4GB (two 2GB SO-DIMMs) of 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM; two SO-DIMM slots support up to 8GB

Configure your iMac now, only at the Apple Online Store.

Storage

Hard drive

20-inch model with 2.66GHz processor

320GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA hard drive5

Optional 640GB or 1TB 7200-rpm Serial ATA hard drive

24-inch model with 2.66GHz or 2.93GHz processor

640GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA hard drive

Optional 1TB 7200-rpm Serial ATA hard drive

24-inch model with 3.06GHz processor

1TB 7200-rpm Serial ATA hard drive