i have to periodically post this to remind myself... coz it's
what i'm putting $10 a day away for 
Apple iMac Intel Core Duo 20" 2GHz
1GB 667 DDR2 SDRAM - 2x512
500GB Serial ATA drive
ATI Radeon X1600 with 256MB SDRAM
Complete
Specifications
Processor and
memory
2GHz Intel Core Duo processor
2MB shared L2 cache at full processor speed
667MHz system bus
2 x 512MB (single SODIMM) of PC2-5300 (667MHz) DDR2 memory
Storage
500GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA hard disk drive
8x SuperDrive (DVD+R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW) installed; writes DVD+R DL
discs at up to 2.4x speed, writes DVD-R and DVD+R discs at up to 8x
speed, writes DVD-RW and DVD+RW discs at up to 4x speed, reads DVDs
at up to 8x speed, writes CD-R discs at up to 24x speed, writes
CD-RW discs at up to 8x speed, reads CDs at up to 24x speed
Communications
Built-in 54-Mbps AirPort Extreme Card (802.11g standard)
Built-in Bluetooth 2.0+EDR (Enhanced Data Rate) module
Built-in 10/100/1000 Gigabit BASE-T Ethernet (RJ-45
connector)
Display
Built-in 20-inch (viewable) widescreen TFT active-matrix liquid
crystal display
Millions of colors at all resolutions
Typical viewing angle: 170° horizontal 170° vertical
Typical brightness: 280 cd/m (20-inch model)
Typical contrast ratio: 800:1 (20-inch model)
Graphics and
Video
ATI Radeon X1600 graphics processor using PCI Express
256 MB of GDDR3 video memory
Mini-DVI output port with support for DVI, VGA, S-video, and
composite video connections via adapter2
Built-in iSight camera
Support for external display in extended desktop and video
mirroring modes
Digital resolutions up to 1920 x 1200
Analog resolutions up to 2045 x 1536
Peripheral
connections
Two FireWire 400 ports; 8 watts shared
Total of five USB ports: three USB 2.0 ports (up to 480 Mbps) on
computer, two USB 1.1 ports on keyboard
Audio
Built-in stereo speakers
Internal 12-watt digital amplifier
Headphone/optical digital audio output
Audio line input
Built-in microphone
Software
(probably upgraded by Sept 2006)
Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger (includes Spotlight, Dashboard, Mail, iChat
AV, Safari, Address Book, QuickTime, iCal, DVD Player, Xcode
Developer Tools)
iLife 06 (includes iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie HD, iDVD, iWeb,
GarageBand), iWork (30-day trial), Big Bang Board Games, Comic
Life, Omni Outliner and Apple Hardware Test
Front Row
Photo Booth
Price S$ 3,760.95
GST S$ 188.05
Subtotal S$
3,949.00
end of year, i'd have $3,650 + $250 i put in after a minor
windfall... total $3,900... so i add on $49 and i'll have a
spanking new iMac for 2007!
