iMac 24" Desktop 2.8GHz/2GB/320GB/SD | 
 enlarge | Brand: Apple
Category: CE
Buy New: £1,100.00
New (18) from £1,100.00
Avg. Customer Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 12439
Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 25.4
Dimensions (in): 26.8 x 24.7 x 10
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MPN: MB325B/A
Model: MB325B/A
UPC: 885909207923
EAN: 0885909207923
ASIN: B0018O6RG8
Release Date: April 29, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | General Information: RAM - 2 GB / Operating System - Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard / Cache Memory - Shared 6 MB / Processor - Intel Core 2 Duo at 2.8 GHz / Hard drive - 320 GB / Video Card - ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO / Monitor - 24" active matrix wide TFT LCD screen / Memory Card Reader - No / Optical Disk Reader - SuperDrive 8x with side loading and 4x burning to dual-layer supports (DVDR DL/DVDRW/CD-RW) / USB - Three USB 2.0 ports on computer; two USB 2.0 ports on keyboard / Modem/E | | • | USB - Three USB 2.0 ports on computer; two USB 2.0 ports on keyboard / Modem/Ethernet Port - Built-in Ethernet Gigabit 10/100/1000BASE-T / i-Link - FireWire 400 and FireWire 800 ports (7 watts each) / TV Outlet - DVI, VGA, S-video and composite video | | • | WLAN - Built-in AirPort Extreme (802.11n) / Bluetooth - Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR / PCMCIA - No / Additional features - Built-in iSight webcam Built-in microphone Built-in stereo speakers with 24W digital amplifier Apple Remote Built-in infrared receiver, optional VESA mounting kit | | • | Size - 52 x 56.9 x 20.7 cm / Weight - 11.5 kg / Included Accessories - Apple keyboard, Mighty Mouse, Apple Remote Cleaning cloth Power cable Installation and recovery DVD Documentation in paper and electronic formats | | • | Included Software - Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard (includes Time Machine, Quick Look, Spaces, Spotlight, Dashboard, Mail, iChat, Safari, address book, QuickTime, iCal, DVD Player, Photo Booth, Front Row and Xcode Developer Tools) iLife '08 (includes iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD, iWeb and GarageBand) |
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Product Description
If you?ve been waiting to upgrade your Mac computer, then the new 24-inch Apple iMac MB325 should be at the top of your list! The Apple iMac MB325 comes with a Core 2 Duo processor clocked at 2.8 GHz and 2 GB of RAM, giving you all the power you need to run the Mac OS X Leopard at maximum speeds without slowing down your computer. Graphics are displayed fluidly and quickly without any lag on its 24-inch screen, meaning you can enjoy all your photos, music and films for hours on end! The iMac MB325 also boasts a host of DVI and S-video ports, a remote control and a set of loudspeakers complete with a built-in 24W digital amplifier. Since it has a 320 GB hard drive and a dual-layer DVD writer, you can store and archive loads of important files, while its two FireWire ports and five USB ports allow you to take advantage of the latest wireless technologies. The iMac MB325 is even compatible with Bluetooth and has a built-in microphone ? everything you need to keep in touch with your friends and family over the internet!
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Perfect for professional webdesign November 13, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've been using the 24" iMac for professional webdesign and it's amazingly fast. Running OSX is a thing of beauty, but being able to run Window XP AND Vista at the same time all on the one machine (using Fusion) makes webdesign a doddle (I've added a bit more RAM than the standard).
Microsoft Office (for Mac), Adobe Creative Suite, and a host of Mac specific apps all run at the same time without any loss of speed (I've even got web radio playing in my ear at the same time as writing this, along with having about a dozen other apps running).
The mouse and keyboard are also a joy to use (the Mighty Mouse has 4 buttons and a scroll wheel - but you might need to read up on how to use them all, as the mouse looks like it has no buttons at all).
The screen is bright and although I was worried about it being glossy, it's not been an issue at all in a well lit office.
No virus software (on the Mac OSX partition - XP/Vista have their own virus software running), as there are no real viruses (it'd be easier to delete you hard drive manually than to install a virus at the moment for OSX).
It's running happily on a PC controlled network as well - folders are happily shared, iTunes libraries can be heard from any machine, and the printer just showed up as soon as it was installed on the network.
Once you've had mac, you'll never go back October 24, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Apple are a company at the very top of their game in every single respect right now. They are peerless. They make Microsoft, HP, Dell, Lenovo and all the other laggards out there look PATHETIC!
I bought this machine (actually a 3.06 GHz with 4GB RAM - 2gig upgrade) about 4 months ago and I can promise you that after more than 15 years of using PC, I will NEVER touch the things again. I am a photographer and love it for its big, clear screen to see my work on. I also bought aperture 2.0 which is an apple photo app....NOT as sophisticated as Adobe Photoshop but does 95% of the things I want right now. And does them really really well. I also do freelance work as a business consultant and writing Powerpoint presentations is a complete synch. Vista eat your heart out. The fact that Microsoft and Apple have got together finally and figured out a way of making PPT, XLS & WORD actually work is great. But the thing about Apple's Microsoft Powerpoint? Its sexier. The presentations are more exciting and easier to produce once you get used to it - which takes ZERO time.
I was slightly worried about making the transition after being so used to PC but honestly? It was simply a breeze. Now I go to PC and think.....what the hell was I doing? I mean they lack all the intuitive-ness of Apple's OS. You always hear people say that right. Mac evangelists go on and on and on about how intuitive macs are and the boring thing is not only are they dead right but I am firmly in their camp now. Aesthetically this is ....in a word.... beautiful. Or at least as beautiful as a computer could ever be. Its gorgeous. I have my machine rigged up with a set of Harmon Kardon Soundsticks and they just compliment it perfectly. I find safari (apple's browser) fantastic but also use Mozilla. The "dashboard" function - loads of personalised widgets - is great fun although I do find it a tiny bit of a gimmick (ie; don't use it THAT often - 2/3 times a week). I dunno...i could go on and on about this machine. Surfing the NET? 5 stars Watching DVDs? 5 stars. Speed? 5 stars (get it as fast as you can) Looking at photos? 5 stars. Software? 5 stars. itunes? 5 stars (naturally). And about a hundred other things I could mention. I mean, I've started to worry. Is this machine taking over my life? Is there anything I cannot do on it? Its brilliant brilliant brilliant!
My one gripe is with the mouse rollerball which seems to have a bit of a life of its own. I wish they'd sort it out. The only other worry I have now is how can I afford one of the new macbook pros. Can't wait for that too and then an iphone and having the whole system linked up through mobileMe.
Computing with LOGIC September 25, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
have been using PC's since the year dot...... from windows 3.?? upto Windows Vista (yuck)
we bought the 24" intel imac and we have been blown away... stylish, quiet, RELIABLE, NO CRASHES, great software & easy to learn.
if you are in any doubt about making the plunge (or step) to mac it realy is simple, you can even run windows from a partition on the imacs hard drive, i ran the 'boot camp' application to allow windows to run on the mac and within 12 hours the partition was deleted as it was not needed as apple software downloads on the net (some free) are perfect.
we shall never return to a PC with windows on it not worth the hassle, be scared Microsoft, be very scared apple is after you....
Try One - You'l Like It September 6, 2008
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
I have had a home computer since 1981, and have tried many different makes, models and operating systems. I bought a 24" iMac six months ago and I would NEVER use anything else ever again. After ten years of Windows, this feels like being let out of jail.
A pleasure to use September 4, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Not the fastest I've ever used so don't buy if you're a PC games freak; but for everything else it's totally elegant, great iLife software is included, and some brilliant advanced titles like Photoshop & Toast are available if you want to do more. Brilliant design, looks great, compact, great screen for photo editors. If you think you'll miss Windows for any reason, using Boot Camp can resolve that issue (I need to use a few apps and also run Vista when I need it, which is less and less).....would like a much bigger hard drive, but otherwise for me at least this is the perfect machine.
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