In a surprising Monday morning move, Apple has updated it’s iMac models with Core 2 Duo Penryn processors. Now for $1,199 you get a 20-inch iMac with 2.4GHz processor and 128MB of ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT graphics. It still comes with 1GB of memory and a 250GB 7200RPM disk. The 24-inch model has been upgraded to a 3.06GHz processor. It also comes with a very nice 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS graphic card, with the standard 2GB of memory and 320GB 7200rpm disk drive for $2,199.

Nice, but is it too much to ask for 2GB on the $1,199 model? If I bought this computer I would have to upgrade it just for all of the graphic heavy programs I run.