iMac History » Core Duo http://www.imachistory.com The Complete History of the iMac Thu, 15 Apr 2010 16:18:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 iMac Intel http://www.imachistory.com/imac-intel/ http://www.imachistory.com/imac-intel/#comments Sun, 01 Jan 2006 18:55:10 +0000 Pete http://www.imachistory.com/?p=153 The Apple rumor mill had been going wild up to WWDC (Worldwide Developers Conference) on June 6th 2005 and finally Steve Jobs announced the decision to move the whole Macintosh range to Intel processors. The transition would be complete in little over two years after a ten year span using PowerPC processors.

Apple offered developers a transition kit for creating Universal Binaries that would work on both Power PC and Intel architecture. Little over six months later Apple were shipping their first Intel based iMacs using the Core Duo processors.

The intial Intel iMac used the same design as the previous G5 iMac with the price and features staying the same.

This iMac was powered by the 1.83GHz Intel Core Duo T2400 processor with 2MB shared L2 smart cache. The Intel CPU used SpeedStep technology, which saved power by automatically adjusting the processor speed. Also included were a built-in stereo speaker system, built-in microphone, built-in iSight camera, as well as the white keyboard, Mighty Mouse and Apple Remote.

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