Apple unveils new iMac with Intel Core Duo processor

Apple unveiled the new
iMac featuring Mac OS X running on the new Intel Core Duo processor, delivering
performance that is up to twice that of its predecessor. The widely praised iMac
design now features dual-core processors, a built-in iSight video camera for
video conferencing out-of-the-box, and the breakthrough media experience of
Front Row with the Apple Remote for a simple, intuitive and powerful way for
consumers to enjoy their content from across the room.

Starting at just $1,299,
every new iMac comes with iLife '06, the next generation of Apple's
award-winning suite of digital lifestyle applications featuring major new
versions of iPhoto, iMovie HD, iDVD, GarageBand and introducing iWeb, a new
iLife application that makes it super-easy to create amazing websites with
photos, blogs and Podcasts and publish them on .Mac for viewing by anyone on the
Internet with just a single click. The new iMac is the first of a new generation
of Macs featuring Intel processors that Apple will roll out during 2006.

“The iMac has already
been praised as 'the gold standard of desktop PCs', so we hope customers
really love the new iMac, which is up to twice as fast,” said Steve Jobs,
Apple's CEO. “With Mac OS X plus Intel's latest dual-core processor under
the hood, the new iMac delivers performance that will knock our customers'
socks off.”

The new iMac features
Apple's breakthrough Front Row media experience and the Apple Remote, a simple
way for customers to enjoy the content they have on their iMac-including songs
from their iTunes music library, photo slideshows from iPhoto, videos including
TV shows, Podcasts, iMovies and DVDs, and popular movie trailers streamed from
apple.com-all from across the room.

Every new iMac comes
with a built-in iSight video camera for out-of-the-box video conferencing using
Apple's award-winning iChat AV software, or recording a video Podcast or
iMovie using iLife '06. The built-in iSight video camera takes advantage of
the Intel Core Duo processor to deliver up to four times the resolution over the
previous model. Each iMac also includes Photo Booth, Apple's fun-to-use
application that lets users take quick snapshots with the built-in iSight video
camera, add entertaining visual effects and share their pictures with the touch
of a button.

The new iMac comes standard with a SuperDrive for burning
professional-quality DVDs, 512MB of 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM memory expandable to 2GB,
hard drive storage capacity up to 500GB, and ATI Radeon X1600 PCI Express-based
graphics with 128MB of GDDR3 memory for outstanding graphics performance and
realistic game play.

With the latest high-performance connectivity options, the new iMac includes
built -in 10/100/1000 BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet for high-speed networking,
built-in AirPort Extreme for fast 54 Mbps wireless networking, built-in
Bluetooth 2.0+EDR (Enhanced Data Rate), a total of five USB ports (three USB
2.0) and two FireWire 400 ports. It includes mini-DVI video output to connect up to a 23-inch Apple Cinema HD
Display. With mini-DVI and the new iMac's extended desktop mode feature, users
can more than double their available screen real estate.