Front Row on a core 2 duo iMac?

Just had a friend round getting some help setting up WMP on her iMac, and was going to show her FR as she was talking about using the mac to watch movie trailers.
I looked in the Apps folder, but no sign of it, and she didn't recall any remote control, and nothing seemed to want to stick with any magnet on the right hand side suggesting there was no magnet.
Can anyone confirn that a core 2 duo iMac bought last August should have FR or not? I was sure it should have, in which case can anyone shed any light on where we'd find it?

I agree, if she bought it in AUG it isn't a Core 2 Duo it sounds like the 17" Core Duo Apple sold through the Apple Store for Education for a very short time (iMac Mid 2006). It was the stripped (basic) model with a Combo Drive instead of a Super Drive, the basic shared RAM video card and no remote.
I don't know if it had Front Row installed, but John's post shows where FR is located and Steve's informative post gives the key commands to start it if it's there. That's good to know Steve. I always reach for my remote.

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