iMac 27 (Late 2012) vs iMac G5 17 (Late 2005)
iMac 27
(Late 2012)
$1,799
iMac G5 17
(Late 2005)
$1,299
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Base Price (MSRP)
$1,799
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Base Price (MSRP)
$1,299
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CPU
Core i5-3470S
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CPU
PowerPC 970FX 1.9GHz
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GPU
GeForce GTX 660M Mac
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GPU
Radeon X600 Pro
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Memory
8GB
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Memory
512MB
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Storage
128GB
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Storage
160GB
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Display
27" LCD IPS 2560x1440 -
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Display
17" LCD TN 1440x900 -
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GB6S 600
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GB6M 1,725
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FP32 0.73 TFLOPS
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8GB
DDR3-1600
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512MB
DDR2-533
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24 Tabs
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Unknown # Tabs
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128GB
Proprietary Apple 7+17 Pin
SATA 3
Up to 520MB/s Read
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160GB
3.5"
SATA 1
7200RPM
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186 min 4K Video
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250 min 4K Video
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No Optical Drive
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8x SuperDrive DL
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27"
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400 Nits
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60Hz
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60Hz
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2560x1440
3.7 Million Pixels
109 PPI
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1440x900
1.3 Million Pixels
100 PPI
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LED Backlight
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CCFL Backlight
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Magic Mouse
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Not Included
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Apple Remote
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No Biometrics
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No Biometrics
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No Cellular
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Wi-Fi 4E (802.11n)
3 Stream
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Wi-Fi 3 (802.11g)
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Bluetooth 4.0
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Bluetooth 2.0
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Infrared
56K Modem
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Integrated Chipset
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Data
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Network
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Network
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Audio
1x Audio Jack
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Audio
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Card
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OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion
Windows
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Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger
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macOS 10.15 Catalina (Latest)
Windows 10 (Latest)
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Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard (Latest)
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Build Material
Aluminum
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Build Material
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Height
516 mm (20.3 in)
Width
650 mm (25.6 in)
Depth
203 mm (8 in)
Volume
68.13 L
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Height
429 mm (16.9 in)
Width
427 mm (16.8 in)
Depth
68 mm (2.7 in)
Volume
12.46 L
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Weight
9.525 kg (21 lb)
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Weight
7.031 kg (15.5 lb)
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CPU
Upgradable
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CPU
Not Upgradable
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GPU
Not Upgradable
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GPU
Not Upgradable
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Memory
Upgradable
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Memory
Upgradable
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Storage
Upgradable
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Storage
Upgradable
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Wi-Fi
Not Upgradable
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Wi-Fi
Upgradable
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Motherboard
Not Upgradable
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Motherboard
Not Upgradable
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Power Supply
Not Upgradable
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Power Supply
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A1419
EMC 2546
iMac13,2
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A1144
EMC 2081
PowerMac12,1
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