The fastest iMac ever, the 24-inch iMac provides professional performance along with the convenience of an all-in-one design. Like its 17-inch and 20-inch siblings, it features the new 64-bit Intel Core 2 Duo processor with speeds ranging from 1.83GHz to 2.33GHz. The new processor delivers up to 50% more performance than the previous 20-inch iMac. It also doubles the amount of L2 cache, the twin cores sharing 4MB between them.(2) The result? Turbocharged performance, making it easier — and more fun — than ever to work with digital photos, movies, music, and the web.
Once you go iMac....
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Written By hamsinn
Date Written Oct 31 2006
Summary
You have got to test drive a 24-inch iMac. If you're in the market for a new desktop, you owe it to yourself to head to your nearest Apple Store and behold this magnificent beast. To see is to believe its gorgeous 24-inch display, fast Intel Core 2...
Strength
Too, too many to list. See review body.
Weakness
No tv tuner option. Apple-installed memory upgrade is pricey.
20 year vet of Windows going to Mac. In a word, WOW.
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Written By vincedog3
Date Written Dec 02 2006
Summary
I am vet of Windows since the beginning of 3.1 and have gone up to Xp Professional. Using my latest AMD Athlon 2100+, which now is a dinosaur. Up to now, the Xp machine had been good until it started crashing and locking up. I found out I had a bad USB...
Strength
Gorgeous form factor. Ease of use, interfacing a breeze. A creators machine.
Weakness
2 512 meg sticks of ram instead of 1, 1 gig stick. ram expensive.
Bottom Line
The Imac is great if you do not upgrade because you would be so close to a Mac Pro. Carefully configured a great buy. The best first family computer.
I decided to spring for the 24" Intel iMac because the one complaint I couldn't solve any other way was screen real estate. Articles will tell you that a big screen is really worth it, for the productivity and the enjoyment. Boy, are they right! When...
Well let's see... It looks wonderful, so good that it qualifies for some sort of design award with the 24" screen reducing the relative size of the surrounding white bezel that houses the necessary hardware so that everything looks perfectly in...
