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Intel iMac Disassembled, Early Benchmarks

Users are getting their hands on the first shipments Intel iMacs.

Kodawarisan has disassembled one of the new Apple Intel iMacs released at Macworld. The site is under heavy load due to interest and the images are also mirrored here. A picture of the Core Duo can be seen here

A few users have posted their informal benchmarks:


- Forum Post - iTunes AAC encoding
- World of Warcraft - few specifics, but good FPS.

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