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Hi. I'm wondering whether the new aluminum iMac would be faster or slower than the old iMac.
Both are Intel Core 2 Duo, but the older one I'm looking at
(There are both refurbs btw.) is 2.16 and the newer one is 2.0.
The older model has a 667 mhz fbs and the newer has 800 mhz fbs.
So would the newer model be faster with 800 mhz fbs or not?
If I bought one or the other I would put 4 gigs into the new one.
The older model only supports up to 3.
Could someone help me to pick the better and faster model?
I'm guessing the newer one would be faster due to 4 gigs of RAM and a faster front side bus, but I want to be completely sure.
Thanks!
New aluminum iMac specs:
Model Refurbished 20-inch iMac
Processor 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
L2 Cache 4MB Shared
System bus 800MHz
Memory 1GB (one SO-DIMM) 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM (PC2-5300), supports up to 4GB
Hard drive 250GB Serial ATA; 7200 rpm
Optical drive Slot-loading 8x SuperDrive with 4x double-layer burning (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
Display 20-inch (viewable) glossy widescreen TFT active-matrix LCD, 1680 by 1050 pixels, millions of colors
Video Built-in iSight; mini-DVI output port with support for DVI, VGA, S-video, and composite video connections via adapter
Graphics ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT with 128MB of GDDR3 memory
FireWire One FireWire 400 and one FireWire 800 port; 7 watts each
USB Three USB 2.0 ports on computer; two USB 2.0 ports on keyboard
Audio Built-in stereo speakers with 24-watt digital amplifier, built-in
microphone, optical digital audio output/headphone out, optical digital audio input/audio line in
Ethernet Built-in 10/100/1000BASE-T (Gigabit)
Wireless Built-in AirPort Extreme (802.11n); built-in Bluetooth 2.0+EDR (Enhanced Data Rate) module
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Old iMac specs:
Model Refurbished 20-inch iMac
Processor 2.16GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
L2 Cache 4MB Shared
System bus 667MHz
Memory 1GB (2x512MB) 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM (PC2-5300), supports up to 3GB
Hard drive 250GB Serial ATA; 7200 rpm
Optical drive Slot-loading 8x SuperDrive with 2.4x Dual Layer burn (DVD+R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
Display 20-inch (viewable) widescreen TFT active-matrix LCD, 1680 x 1050 pixels, millions of colors
Video Built-in iSight; Mini-DVI output port with support for DVI, VGA, S-video, and composite video connections via adapter
Graphics ATI Radeon X1600 with 128MB GDDR3 SDRAM
FireWire Two FireWire 400 ports; 8 watts shared
USB Three USB 2.0 ports; two USB 1.1 ports (on keyboard)
Audio Built-in stereo speakers, built-in microphone, optical digital audio output/headphone out, optical digital audio input/audio line in
Ethernet Built-in 10/100/1000BASE-T (Gigabit)
Wireless Built-in 54 Mbps AirPort Extreme (802.11g); built-in Bluetooth 2.0+EDR (Enhanced Data Rate) module.
Both are Intel Core 2 Duo, but the older one I'm looking at
(There are both refurbs btw.) is 2.16 and the newer one is 2.0.
The older model has a 667 mhz fbs and the newer has 800 mhz fbs.
So would the newer model be faster with 800 mhz fbs or not?
If I bought one or the other I would put 4 gigs into the new one.
The older model only supports up to 3.
Could someone help me to pick the better and faster model?
I'm guessing the newer one would be faster due to 4 gigs of RAM and a faster front side bus, but I want to be completely sure.
Thanks!
New aluminum iMac specs:
Model Refurbished 20-inch iMac
Processor 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
L2 Cache 4MB Shared
System bus 800MHz
Memory 1GB (one SO-DIMM) 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM (PC2-5300), supports up to 4GB
Hard drive 250GB Serial ATA; 7200 rpm
Optical drive Slot-loading 8x SuperDrive with 4x double-layer burning (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
Display 20-inch (viewable) glossy widescreen TFT active-matrix LCD, 1680 by 1050 pixels, millions of colors
Video Built-in iSight; mini-DVI output port with support for DVI, VGA, S-video, and composite video connections via adapter
Graphics ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT with 128MB of GDDR3 memory
FireWire One FireWire 400 and one FireWire 800 port; 7 watts each
USB Three USB 2.0 ports on computer; two USB 2.0 ports on keyboard
Audio Built-in stereo speakers with 24-watt digital amplifier, built-in
microphone, optical digital audio output/headphone out, optical digital audio input/audio line in
Ethernet Built-in 10/100/1000BASE-T (Gigabit)
Wireless Built-in AirPort Extreme (802.11n); built-in Bluetooth 2.0+EDR (Enhanced Data Rate) module
_______________________________________________________________
Old iMac specs:
Model Refurbished 20-inch iMac
Processor 2.16GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
L2 Cache 4MB Shared
System bus 667MHz
Memory 1GB (2x512MB) 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM (PC2-5300), supports up to 3GB
Hard drive 250GB Serial ATA; 7200 rpm
Optical drive Slot-loading 8x SuperDrive with 2.4x Dual Layer burn (DVD+R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
Display 20-inch (viewable) widescreen TFT active-matrix LCD, 1680 x 1050 pixels, millions of colors
Video Built-in iSight; Mini-DVI output port with support for DVI, VGA, S-video, and composite video connections via adapter
Graphics ATI Radeon X1600 with 128MB GDDR3 SDRAM
FireWire Two FireWire 400 ports; 8 watts shared
USB Three USB 2.0 ports; two USB 1.1 ports (on keyboard)
Audio Built-in stereo speakers, built-in microphone, optical digital audio output/headphone out, optical digital audio input/audio line in
Ethernet Built-in 10/100/1000BASE-T (Gigabit)
Wireless Built-in 54 Mbps AirPort Extreme (802.11g); built-in Bluetooth 2.0+EDR (Enhanced Data Rate) module.
