IMacs intel question

Hi everybody,
I am new to Macintosh and I am just about to buy an INTEL iMac, but how can I differentiate between the "old" iMac with the Core Duo processor and the very "new" one with the Core2 Duo processor ?
I am asking this Q. because my sister is buying it for me and bringing it to Mexico and she is completely computer iliterate.
So maybe a text or a logo printed outside on the box containing the computer or does she have to unpack it and look for this info printed on the computer itself?
Sorry for the dumb question, but I would like to make sure that she is not buying the "old" model.
Thanks a lot for any advice.
Diazruanova

It will say on the box that it has an Intel Core 2 Duo. Maybe you could just explain to her the difference, and make sure she gets the one with Core 2 Duo written on it? Another thing that might be helpful to know is that the 17" model didn't come in 2.0 GHz before, it was 1.83 GHz. So if she gets a 17" iMac that says 2.0 GHz on the specifications, it's definitely a new one.

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I have a new iMac Intel computer.
Welcome to the Mac community.
I purchased iWork
with it; however, as I have many spreadsheets (Excel)
and documents (Word) on a Windows XP computer I want
to be able to bring them over to and work on them on
the iMac. I want to keep the iMac as clean as
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