iMac 27 (Mid 2010) vs iMac 17 (Late 2006)

iMac 27 (Mid 2010) $1,699
iMac 17 (Late 2006) $999
Base Price (MSRP)
$1,699
Base Price (MSRP)
$999
CPU
Core i3-550
CPU
Core 2 Duo T5600
GPU
Radeon HD 5670 Mac
GPU
GMA 950
Memory
4GB
Memory
512MB
Storage
256GB
Storage
160GB
Display
27" LCD IPS 2560x1440 -
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17" LCD TN 1440x900 -
Core i3-550
2 Cores
4 Threads
3.2GHz Clock
Core 2 Duo T5600
2 Cores
2 Threads
1.83GHz Clock
GB6S 425
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GB6M 865
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GB6S 200
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GB6M 400
2%
Radeon HD 5670 Mac
400 Shaders
650MHz
1GB GDDR3
25.4GB/s Bandwidth
GMA 950
4 Shaders
400MHz
Shared Memory
N/A
0%
FP32 0.52 TFLOPS
1%
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N/A
0%
4GB
DDR3-1333
512MB
DDR2-667
8 Tabs
2%
Unknown # Tabs
0%
256GB
2.5"
SATA 2
Up to 190MB/s Read
160GB
3.5"
SATA 1
7200RPM
442 min 4K Video
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250 min 4K Video
6%
8x SuperDrive DL
Slot Loading
8x SuperDrive DL
Slot Loading
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27"
LCD IPS
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LCD TN
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375 Nits
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60Hz
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2560x1440
3.7 Million Pixels
109 PPI
1440x900
1.3 Million Pixels
100 PPI
LED Backlight
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Apple Wireless Keyboard
Apple Keyboard
Magic Mouse
Mighty Mouse
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No Biometrics
No Biometrics
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No Cellular
No Cellular
Wi-Fi 4E (802.11n)
2 Stream
Up to 300Mbps
Wi-Fi 3 (802.11g)
1 Stream
Up to 54Mbps
Bluetooth 2.1
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Infrared
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ICH7M
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2x FireWire 400
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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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365W
180W
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Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
Windows
Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger
Windows
macOS 10.13 High Sierra (Latest)
Windows 7 (Latest)
Mac OS X 10.7 Lion (Latest)
Windows 7 (Latest)
Build Material
Aluminum
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Build Material
Plastic
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Height
518 mm (20.4 in)
Width
650 mm (25.6 in)
Depth
207 mm (8.1 in)
Volume
69.75 L
Height
429 mm (16.9 in)
Width
427 mm (16.8 in)
Depth
173 mm (6.8 in)
Volume
31.64 L
Weight
13.835 kg (30.5 lb)
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7.031 kg (15.5 lb)
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CPU
Upgradable
CPU
Upgradable
GPU
Upgradable
GPU
Not 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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4x SO-DIMM
Memory Slots
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2x SO-DIMM
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A1312
EMC 2390
iMac11,3
A1195
EMC 2124
iMac5,2
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