iMac (Late 2006)

Essentials

Family: iMac/eMac

Codename: ?

Gestalt ID: 406

Minimum OS: 10.4.7

Maximum OS: 10.7.3

Introduced: September 2006

Terminated: August 2007

Processor

CPU: Intel Mobile Core 2 Duo (T7xxx)

CPU Speed: 1.83/2.0/2.16 GHz

CPU Cores: 2

FPU: integrated

Bus Speed: 667 MHz

Data Bus Width: 64-bit

Address Bus Width: 64-bit

ROM: EFI

RAM Type: PC2-5300 DDR2 SDRAM

Minimum RAM Speed: 667 MHz

RAM slots: 2

Maximum RAM: 3.0 GB

Level 1 Cache: 32 kB data, 32 kB instruction

Level 2 Cache: 4 MB on-processor

Video

Screen: 17/20/24" LCD

GPU: ATI Radeon X1600 (PCI Express)

VRAM: 128 MB (GDDR3)

Max Resolution: 24 bit 1440x900/1680x1050/1920x1200

Video Out: mini-DVI

Camera: iSight

Storage

Hard Drive: 160/250 GB 7200 RPM

ATA Bus: Serial-ATA

Optical Drive: 24x/24x/8x/8x/4x/2.4x CD-RW/DVD±RW/DVD+R DL

Input/Output

USB: 3 2.0

Firewire: 2

Audio Out: stereo 24 bit mini, Optical S/PDIF

Audio In: stereo 24 bit mini, Optical S/PDIF

Speaker: stereo

Microphone: mono

Networking

Ethernet: 10/100/1000Base-T

Airport Extreme: standard

Bluetooth: internal 2.0+EDR

Miscellaneous

Power: 180 Watts

Dimensions: 16.9" H x 16.8" W x 6.8" D

Weight: 15.5 lbs.

Notes

The 1.83 GHz model had an Intel Mobile Core 2 Duo T5600 CPU with 2 MB of L2 cache, used the Intel Intel GMA950 graphics chipset, had a 24x/24x/16x/8x CD-RW/DVD-ROM "Combo" drive, did not include Bluetooth, and supported a maximum of 2GB of RAM. Though reported as a 64 MB graphics system, the chipset actually used a minimum of 80 MB of RAM, resulting in a maximum of 432 MB of RAM available for system use in the base system. The 20" model had the following dimensions and weight: 18.6" H x 19.4" W x 7.4 D, 22 lbs. The 24" model used an NVIDIA GeForce 7300GT graphics card with 128 MB of VRAM (a 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT was available as a BTO option), and had one FireWire 400 and one FireWire 800 port. It had the following dimensions and weight: 20.6" H x 22.6" W x 8.1 D, 24.7 lbs.

Announced in September 2006, the iMac (Late 2006) unified the iMac (Mid 2007).

Picture Credits:
Apple, Inc.