iMac (20” Mid 2007)

Introduced: August 2007
Terminated: n/a

Description

The iMac (Mid 2007) was both a speed bump on the previous iMac and a redesign.  The new case was aluminum instead of white polycarbonate.  There were three configurations available.  The 20” configuration running at 2.0Ghz had 250Gb of hard drive space and 1Gb of RAM.  The 20” configuration running at 2.4Ghz had a 320Gb hard drive and 1Gb of RAM.  The 24” configuration running at 2.4Ghz had 320Gb of hard drive space and 1Gb of RAM.  All models had a SuperDrive.

History

The new design of the speed bumped iMac (Mid 2007) was clearly influenced by the popularity of the iPhone, also recently released.  The new aluminum case was accented with black and the new keyboard was very thin and also aluminum.

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Specifications

Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo (T7300, T7700) (“Merom”)
Number of Cores: 2
Processor Speed: 2.0 or 2.4 GHz
Benchmarks: 2.0 GHz: 2736, 2.4 GHz: 3199
Cache: 4 MB shared L2 cache at full processor speed
System Bus: 800 MHz
Hard Drive: 250, 320, 500 GB 7200-rpm (2.0 GHz) 320, 500, 750 GB 7200-rpm (2.4 GHz)
Media: Slot-loading 8x SuperDrive with 4x double-layer burning (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
Peripherals: Apple Remote, Apple Keyboard, Mighty Mouse
Colors: White
Weight and Dimensions (US): 20 lbs., 18.5” H x 19.1” W x 7.4” D
Weight and Dimensions (Metric): 9.1 kg, 46.9 cm H x 48.5 cm W x 18.9 cm D
Original Mac OS: Mac OS X 10.4.10 (8R4031)
Later Mac OS:—
Maximum Mac OS: Latest release of Mac OS X
Hardware Test: AHT 3A125
Firmware: Intel Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI)
Firmware Update: None
Logicboard RAM: None
Maximum RAM: 4.0 GB
Type of RAM Slots: 2 - 200-pin PC2-5300 (667MHz) DDR2 SO-DIMM
Minimum RAM Speed:—
Interleaving Support: Yes
Graphics Card: ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT or ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO
ATI Card Model:—
Graphics Connection: 16-lane PCI Express
Graphics Memory: 128 MB (2400 XT) or 256 MB (2600 PRO) GDDR3
Built-in Display: 20-inch (viewable) glossy widescreen TFT
Resolutions: 16:10 aspect ratio: 1680 x 1050, 1344 x 840, 1280 x 800, 1024 x 640, 840 x 524, 800 x 500 4:3 aspect ratio: 1024 x 768, 800 x 600, 640 x 480
Display Modes: Dual display extended and video mirroring
Display Connection: 1 - Mini-DVI (DVI, VGA, Composite and S-video with adapter)
Video Camera: Built-in iSight
Expansion Slots: None
Hard Drive Bus: 3 Gbps Serial ATA (SATA)
Large Drive Support: Yes (128 GB or larger per drive)
Optical Drive Bus: Ultra ATA/100 (operates at UATA/33 or UATA/66)
Backup Battery:—
Max Watts: 200 W
Line Voltage: 100-240V AC
AirPort: Built-in AirPort Extreme card (802.11a/b/g/n)
Bluetooth: Built-in Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR
Ethernet: 10/100/1000BASE-T (RJ-45) (support for jumbo frames)
Modem: Optional Apple USB Modem (MA034Z/A)
USB: 3 - 480 MBit/s
FireWire: 1 - 400 MBit/s, 1 - 800 MBit/s (7W each)
Audio In: 1 - 3.5-mm analog/optical combo input jack, Built-in microphone
Audio Out: 1 - 3.5-mm analog/optical combo output jack, Built-in speakers

Timeline

The iMac (Mid 2007) was introduced in August 2007.

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