Apple Introduces $899 Education Configuration for 17-inch iMac
Posted Jul 5th 2006 10:05AM by David Chartier
Filed under: Hardware, Education, iMac, Apple
Apple has decided to show the EDU market even more love and has unveiled a slimmed-down 17-inch iMac for all y'all eating reheated Ramen noodles for breakfast in your dorm room right now. This model sells for a mere $899 (down from $1199 for the next model up) and includes a 1.83 Intel Core Duo CPU, as well as the typica 1440 x 900 resolution. However, the main specs that took a step down from the base retail version are a Combo drive, an 80GB Serial ATA hard drive and an Intel GMA 950 graphics with 64MB of shared memory, instead of the Radeon X1600 in the other retail versions.
Students and EDU sys admins who have been pinching pennies can rejoice, for this model is shipping within 1-3 business days.
Tags: 17-inch, 899, combo drive, ComboDrive, core duo, CoreDuo, CPU, GMA, hard drive, HardDrive, iMac, intel
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7-05-2006 @ 11:42AM
Dan Siercks said...
Is it just me or are they labeling the processor configurations differently, showing that there is only one processor in the machine:
"1.83GHz Intel Core Duo processor (1)"
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7-05-2006 @ 11:43AM
switchtoamac said...
Nice. I wonder if Apple will lower the price on the Mac mini as it The seems a expensive now. We'll have to wait and see.
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7-05-2006 @ 11:52AM
kevin said...
Only for the Stats, bleh.
Show us some love up north! I mean, at least give us itunes videos!
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7-05-2006 @ 11:53AM
Adrian said...
Offer it to the public and drop the price of the Mini.
DOUBLE WIN
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7-05-2006 @ 12:02PM
Jamie said...
Dur.... the (1) is referring to the note at the bottom of the page labelled (1):
1. The iMac continuously monitors system thermal and power conditions, and may adjust processor speed as needed to maintain optimal system operation.
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7-05-2006 @ 12:16PM
ScottBruin said...
It also comes sans remote. You have to pay an extra $29 for it.
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7-05-2006 @ 12:47PM
Dan Brown said...
If you also look in the Education store home page, you can also see that you can get iBooks, I really dident look that close to see if they were just apple refurbs, but they are there. Not normaly on apple's regualr site.
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7-05-2006 @ 1:09PM
Kristen said...
Oooh, now do I want an iMac or a MacBook. Hmm, decisions.
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7-05-2006 @ 1:40PM
Ben Clark said...
Looks like you also lose Bluetooth and the Apple Remote. But still a great deal... $899 is a lot easier to cobble together on my grad student budget.
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7-05-2006 @ 1:45PM
Matt B said...
This is basically a Mac mini configuration in the 17" iMac form factor including the 17" monitor. How much cheaper would it be to buy a mac mini at the discounted education price and a separate 17" TFT display?
I think it's good for schools. I'd like to be able to buy one for my family at that price over here in the UK, unfortunately we get stuffed on the exchange rate, shipping to the UK and 17.5% VAT on top.
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7-05-2006 @ 2:02PM
Blake said...
Matt B, dude, for 200 extra dollars you get a 17 inch display and 1.83 instead of 1.67, and a keyboard/mouse. I think that's awesome, even considering the loss of superdrive and bluetooth.
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7-05-2006 @ 9:55PM
Gary King said...
Is this also available in Canada?
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9-24-2006 @ 8:07AM
show cars said...
Psychological prices !!! $899.
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