IBM PowerPC G5 1.8 GHz (iMac Ambient Light Sensor) or IBM PowerPC G5 2 GHz (iMac Ambient Light Sensor)
CPU cores
1
Graphics
ATI Radeon 9600 (128 MB)
Memory
512 MB or 2 GB
Storage
160 GB to 400 GB
CPU
1.8 GHz PowerPC G5 with 600 MHz frontside bus and Combo drive, or 2.0 GHz with 667 MHz bus and SuperDrive; both have 512 KB L2 cache. Generic maker-clock chip records retain the single-core identity cross-checked with exact EveryMac sources; uncertain 970/970FX silicon revision is not inferred.
GPU
ATI Radeon 9600 with 128 MB dedicated video memory; AGP 8x support.
Memory type
400 MHz DDR SDRAM (PC3200), two 184-pin DIMM slots; 512 MB standard and 2 GB supported maximum. Configurations conservatively list the published base and maximum; no intermediate factory pairing is inferred.
Storage type
160 GB 7200 rpm Serial ATA hard drive, configurable to 250 or 400 GB. The 1.8 GHz base has a Combo drive (DVD reading/CD writing); the 2.0 GHz base has an 8x SuperDrive with 2.4x double-layer DVD writing.
Display
Screen size
17″
Resolution
1440 × 900
Display type
Widescreen LCD with millions of colours; panel technology, refresh rate and brightness not published in the retained exact maker specification.
Connections
Ports
3 × USB-A, Ethernet, headphone jack
Ethernet
1 Gb/s
Wi-Fi
802.11g
Bluetooth
2.0 + EDR
Back ports
Three USB 2.0 ports on the computer, plus two USB 1.1 ports on the keyboard; two FireWire 400 ports, Mini-VGA output, Gigabit Ethernet, headphone/optical output and audio line-in. Built-in 56K V.92 modem is confirmed by launch press and exact manual; retained USB-HSP wording describes its internal transport, rather than an extra external USB device.
External displays
Optional Mini-VGA adapters provide VGA, S-video or composite output; no DVI connector is listed.
Speakers
Built-in stereo speakers and microphone.
Keyboard and mouse
Apple Keyboard and Apple Mouse; the later Mighty Mouse and iSight-generation remote are not substituted for the launch accessories.
Design and power
Type
All-in-one
Weight
8.4 kg
Width × depth × height
426 × 173 × 430 mm
Operating system
macOS
In the box
iMac G5, keyboard, mouse, power cord, install/restore DVDs and documentation; Mac OS X Tiger, iLife ’05 and AppleWorks. Classic support is available but not preinstalled and cannot boot Mac OS 9.
Configurations
Processor
Memory
Storage
Storage type
Graphics
IBM PowerPC G5 1.8 GHz (iMac Ambient Light Sensor)
512 MB
160 GB
Hard drive
ATI Radeon 9600 (128 MB)
IBM PowerPC G5 1.8 GHz (iMac Ambient Light Sensor)
512 MB
250 GB
Hard drive
ATI Radeon 9600 (128 MB)
IBM PowerPC G5 1.8 GHz (iMac Ambient Light Sensor)
512 MB
400 GB
Hard drive
ATI Radeon 9600 (128 MB)
IBM PowerPC G5 1.8 GHz (iMac Ambient Light Sensor)
2 GB
160 GB
Hard drive
ATI Radeon 9600 (128 MB)
IBM PowerPC G5 1.8 GHz (iMac Ambient Light Sensor)
2 GB
250 GB
Hard drive
ATI Radeon 9600 (128 MB)
IBM PowerPC G5 1.8 GHz (iMac Ambient Light Sensor)
