1st generation: Polycarbonate iMac Īlongside the MacBook Pro, the iMac Core Duo represents Apple's first computer to feature Intel processors instead of PowerPC processors. On June 22, 2020, Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference keynote included the announcement that future Macintosh computers would transition yet again to Apple's own ARM-based system-on-chips in April 2021, Apple unveiled a redesigned iMac based on its M1 system-on-chip. The processor speed, however, according to tests run by Apple using SPEC, was declared to be two to three times faster than the iMac G5.
The features, price, and case design remained unchanged from the iMac G5.
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In the following months, the other Mac products followed, including the introduction of the Intel Core-powered Mac mini on February 28, 2006, the MacBook consumer line of laptop computers on May 16, 2006, the Mac Pro on August 7, 2006, and the Xserve in November 2006, completing the transition. The introduction of the new iMac along with the Intel-based MacBook Pro was the start of the Mac transition to Intel processors.
It was sold alongside the Xeon-based iMac Pro from 2017 to 2021. It is one of three desktop computers in the current Macintosh lineup, serving as an all-in-one alternative to the Mac Mini, and sits below the performance range Mac Pro.
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The Intel-based iMac is a series of Macintosh desktop computers designed, manufactured and sold by Apple Inc. Intel Core Duo (original release) and Intel Core 2 Duo