Apple� today unveiled the new iMac� featuring Mac OS� X running on the new Intel� Core� Duo processor, delivering performance that is up to twice that of its predecessor.* The widely praised iMac design now features dual-core processors, a built-in iSight� video camera for video conferencing out-of-the-box, and the breakthrough media experience of Front Row� with the Apple Remote for a simple, intuitive and powerful way for consumers to enjoy their content from across the room. Starting at just $1,299, every new iMac comes with iLife� �06, the next generation of Apple�s award-winning suite of digital lifestyle applications featuring major new versions of iPhoto�, iMovie� HD, iDVD�, GarageBand� and introducing iWeb�, a new iLife application that makes it super-easy to create amazing websites with photos, blogs and Podcasts and publish them on .Mac for viewing by anyone on the Internet with just a single click. The new iMac is shipping today, and is the first of a new generation of Macs featuring Intel processors that Apple will roll out during 2006.

�The iMac has already been praised as �the gold standard of desktop PCs�, so we hope customers really love the new iMac, which is up to twice as fast,� said Steve Jobs, Apple�s CEO. �With Mac OS X plus Intel�s latest dual-core processor under the hood, the new iMac delivers performance that will knock our customers� socks off.�