iMac 24 (Late 2006) vs iMac 21.5 (Late 2009)

iMac 24 (Late 2006) $1,999
iMac 21.5 (Late 2009) $1,199
Base Price (MSRP)
$1,999
Base Price (MSRP)
$1,199
CPU
Core 2 Duo T7400
CPU
Core 2 Duo E7600
GPU
GeForce 7300 GT Mac MXM
GPU
GeForce 9400M
Memory
1GB
Memory
4GB
Storage
250GB
Storage
500GB
Display
24" LCD TN 1920x1200 -
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21.5" LCD IPS 1920x1080 -
Core 2 Duo T7400
2 Cores
2 Threads
2.16GHz Clock
Core 2 Duo E7600
2 Cores
2 Threads
3.06GHz Clock
GB6S 235
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GB6M 370
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GB6S 370
9%
GB6M 620
2%
GeForce 7300 GT Mac MXM
8 Shaders
350MHz
128MB GDDR3
16GB/s Bandwidth
GeForce 9400M
16 Shaders
450MHz
Shared Memory
N/A
0%
N/A
0%
N/A
0%
FP32 0.04 TFLOPS
0%
1GB
DDR2-667
4GB
DDR3-1066
Unknown # Tabs
0%
8 Tabs
2%
250GB
3.5"
SATA 1
7200RPM
500GB
3.5"
SATA 2
7200RPM
430 min 4K Video
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930 min 4K Video
23%
8x SuperDrive DL
Slot Loading
8x SuperDrive DL
Slot Loading
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24"
LCD TN
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21.5"
LCD IPS
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400 Nits
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60Hz
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1920x1200
2.3 Million Pixels
94 PPI
1920x1080
2.1 Million Pixels
102 PPI
CCFL Backlight
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LED Backlight
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Apple Keyboard
Apple Wireless Keyboard
Mighty Mouse
Magic Mouse
Apple Remote
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No Biometrics
No Biometrics
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No Cellular
No Cellular
Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n)
2 Stream
Up to 144Mbps
Wi-Fi 4E (802.11n)
2 Stream
Up to 300Mbps
Bluetooth 2.0
Bluetooth 2.1
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945PM
ICH7M
X48
ICH9
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Network
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Network
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Audio
2x Audio Jack
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Audio
2x Audio Jack
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Card
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220W
205W
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No Battery
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Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger
Windows
Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
Windows
Mac OS X 10.7 Lion (Latest)
Windows 7 (Latest)
macOS 10.13 High Sierra (Latest)
Windows 7 (Latest)
Build Material
Plastic
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Build Material
Aluminum
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Height
523 mm (20.6 in)
Width
574 mm (22.6 in)
Depth
206 mm (8.1 in)
Volume
61.80 L
Height
451 mm (17.8 in)
Width
528 mm (20.8 in)
Depth
188 mm (7.4 in)
Volume
44.89 L
Weight
11.204 kg (24.7 lb)
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9.299 kg (20.5 lb)
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CPU
Upgradable
CPU
Upgradable
GPU
Upgradable
GPU
Upgradable
Memory
Upgradable
Memory
Upgradable
Storage
Upgradable
Storage
Upgradable
Wi-Fi
Not Upgradable
Wi-Fi
Upgradable
Motherboard
Not Upgradable
Motherboard
Not Upgradable
Power Supply
Not Upgradable
Power Supply
Not Upgradable
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Memory Slots
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2x SO-DIMM
Memory Slots
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4x SO-DIMM
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A1200
EMC 2111
iMac6,1
A1311
EMC 2308
iMac10,1
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