Apple iMac “Core 2 Duo” 2.66 GHz 20″ Early 2008 Specs

iMac – MB324LL/A – iMac8,1 – A1224

Apple iMac Early 2008 Specs

About this iMac

The Apple iMac Intel Aluminum “Core 2 Duo” computer released August 2008 was another creative step in the evolution of the iMac. The new aluminum bodies certainly became a stand-out highlight however the external design was not the only fascinating thing this device displayed. It also had a faster processor under the body, the Intel “Core 2 Duo” processor, and the ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro with graphics acceleration for graphics. The FireWire ports were still limited to 2 ports however, the second FireWire “400” port was upgraded to a FireWire “800” port. The design of this a1224 iMac oozed elegance and class and in some circles is still a very useful machine.

Processor

2.66 GHz Core 2 Duo

Ram

2 GB

Apple iMac Early 2008 Specs
Storage

320 GBHard Drive

Battery Life

Plugged-in

Storage

The device was built with 320.0 GB Serial ATA (3Gb/s) hard drive storage with a disk speed of 7200 RPM.

Screen Size and Resolution

The iMac Intel Aluminum “Core 2 Duo” featured a 20 inch screen with “glossy” TFT active matrix LCD display and a native resolution of 1680×1050.

Processor& Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)

The iMac Intel Aluminum “Core 2 Duo” had the Mac OS X 10.5.2 (9C2028) operating system pre-installed on it. It was powered by a 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo (E8335) processor. Its graphics processor was the ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro graphics processor — using PCI Express — with 256 MB of GDDR3 video memory.

Memory & Architecture

The device was built with 6 MB on-chip level 2 cache with a frontside bus of 1066 MHz and with 2 GB of 800 MHz PC2-6400 DDR2 SDRAM for its RAM. It’s designed was centered on a 64-Bit architecture.

Upgradability

Although the iMac Intel Aluminum “Core 2 Duo” came with 2 GB of RAM, it could be upgraded up to 6 GB of RAM.

The Operating System of the iMac can also be upgraded from its pre-installed Mac OS X 10.5.2 (9C2028) up to MacOS X 10.11. This iMac was also able to act as a host Windows OS, mainly being Windows XP SP2 (32-Bit) and more recently Windows 7 (32-Bit).

This iMac Intel Aluminum “Core 2 Duo” had the following dimensions of 46.9 cm, 48.5 cm, 18.9 cm and a weight of 20 lbs (9.1 kg).

Inclusive Features

The iMac includes the following features and ports:

  • A Power Adapter (100V-240V AC, 200 W maximum)
  • Standard AirPort Extreme (802.11a/b/g/n).
  • Gigabit Ethernet
  • One FireWire 400 port
  • One FireWire 800 port
  • 8X DL “Super Drive”
  • 1 Mini-DVI that supports both mirroring and extension.
  • Built-in Stereo Speakers

Introduced: April 28, 2008

Discontinued: March 3, 2009

Screen Size and Resolution

Memory

Screen Size

20 inches TFT

Level 1 Cache

32k/32k

Resolution

1680×1050

Level 2/Level 3 Cache

6 MB (on-chip)

Processor

RAM Type

PC2-6400 DDR2

Processors

1 (2 Cores)

Min. RAM Speed

800 MHz

Architecture

64-Bit

Standard RAM

2 GB

Speed

2.66 GHz

Maximum RAM

6 GB

Type

Core 2 Duo (E8335)

RAM Slots

2

Processor Upgrade

ZIF Socket

Motherboard RAM

None

FPU

Integrated

Graphics

System Bus Speed

1066 MHz

Video Card

Radeon HD 2600 Pro

Cache Bus Speed

2.66 GHz (Built-in)

VRAM Type

GDDR3

ROM/Firmware

EFI

Standard VRAM

256 MB

EFI Architecture

64-Bit

Maximum VRAM

256 MB

Storage

Inclusive Features and Ports

Standard Storage

320 GB HDD

Standard Optical Drive

8X DL “Super Drive”

Storage Speed

7200 RPM

Standard Ethernet

10/100/1000Base-T

Storage Dimensions

3.5” (26.10 mm)

Standard Modem

None

Storage Interface

Serial ATA (3 Gb/s)

Standard Air Port

802.11a/b/g/n

Battery

Standard Bluetooth

2.0+EDR

Type

N/A

USB Port 2.0

3

Battery Life

N/A

FireWire

1 (400) 1 (800)

Description

Keyboard

Apple Aluminum Keyboard

Case Type

All-in-One

Inclusive Input

Mighty Mouse

Form Factor

iMac Core 2 Duo (AI)

S-Video Output

None

Apple Order No

MB324LL/A

Microphone

1 (Built-in)

Apple Subfamily

Early 2008

Headphone

1

Apple Model Number

A1224 (EMC 2210)

Sound Out

1

Model ID

iMac 8.1

Power Adapter

1