iMac g5

Published by GadgetSpy October 13th, 2005 in Gadgets, Computing, Apple Mac.

Apple updated the iMac G5 yesterday making the device thinner and with Front Row, the new media playback software package to be used with their new Apple Remote control, DVD Burner, an iSight camera, bluetooth and mighty mouses are all now standard.

Technical Specifications

Processor and memory

1.9GHz or 2.1GHz PowerPC G5 processor with Velocity Engine
512K on-chip level 2 cache at full processor speed
633MHz or 700MHz frontside bus
512MB of PC2-4200 (533MHz) DDR2 SDRAM expandable to 2.5GB; one memory slot

Storage

160 or 250GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA hard disk drive
8x
SuperDrive (DVD+R DL/DVDÂ±RW/CD-RW) installed; writes DVD+R DL discs at
up to 2.4x speed, writes DVD-R and DVD+R discs at up to 8x speed,
writes DVD-RW and DVD+RW discs at up to 4x speed, reads DVDs at up to
8x speed, writes CD-R discs at up to 24x speed, writes CD-RW discs at
up to 8x speed, reads CDs at up to 24x speed

Communications

Built-in 54-Mbps AirPort Extreme Card (802.11g standard; Wi-Fi Certified for 802.11g and 802.11b interoperability)³
Built-in Bluetooth 2.0+EDR (Enhanced Data Rate) module
Built-in 10/100/1000 Gigabit BASE-T Ethernet (RJ-45 connector)
Works with 56K V.92 modem (RJ-11 connector) Apple USB Modem

Peripheral connections

Two FireWire 400 ports; 8 watts shared
Total of five USB ports: three USB 2.0 ports (up to 480 Mbps) on computer, two USB 1.1 ports on keyboard

Display

Built-in 17-inch (viewable) widescreen or 20-inch (viewable) widescreen TFT active-matrix liquid crystal display
Millions of colors at all resolutions
Typical viewing angle:
- 17-inch model
  - 140Â° horizontal
  - 120Â° vertical
- 20-inch model
  - 170Â° horizontal
  - 170Â° vertical
Typical brightness: 250 cd/m (17-inch model); 280 cd/m (20-inch model)
Typical contrast ratio: 500:1 (17-inch model); 800:1 (20-inch model)

Graphics support

ATI Radeon X600 Pro (17-inch model) or XT (20-inch model) graphics processor using PCI-Express
128MB of dedicated Double Data Rate (DDR) video memory
17-inch display resolutions:
- 16:10 aspect ratio
  - 1440 x 900 pixels (native)
  - 1152 x 720
  - 1024 x 640
  - 800 x 500
- 4:3 aspect ratio
  - 1024 x 768 pixels
  - 800 x 600
  - 640 x 480
20-inch display resolutions:
- 16:10 aspect ratio
  - 1680 x 1050 pixels (native)
  - 1344 x 840
  - 1280 x 800
  - 1024 x 640
  - 840 x 524
  - 800 x 500
- 4:3 aspect ratio
  - 1024 x 768 pixels
  - 800 x 600
  - 640 x 480