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April 14th, 2009

Apple to sell $899 20-inch aluminum iMac to schools

Posted by Andrew Nusca @ 4:16 am

Categories: Uncategorized

Tags: Apple iMac, Apple Inc., Desktops, Hardware, Andrew Nusca

Apple quietly announced plans this week to begin selling an aluminum 20-inch iMac configuration to qualified educational institutions for $899, putting the final nail in the coffin of the white 17-inch legacy model that the new model replaces.

The previous white 17-inch iMac was an Apple holdover since 2006 to allow institutions hit hard by tax revenues declines to continue to factor Macs into their refined budgets, AppleInsider reports.

Buyers can begin pre-ordering the new aluminum systems today for delivery in about a month. Each $899 20-inch iMac includes a 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 1GB of memory, 160GB hard drive, 8x double-layer SuperDrive and a NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics subsystem.

The update finally phases out completely the white iMac casing, introduced in 2004.

Andrew NuscaAndrew J. Nusca is an associate editor for ZDNet and SmartPlanet. See his full profile and disclosure of his industry affiliations.


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RE: Apple to sell $899 20-inch aluminum iMac to schools
surely they should give them away! (Read the rest)
Posted by: jonezydread Posted on: 04/15/09 You are currently: a Guest | | Terms of Use
Still too expensive  bobiroc | 04/14/09
It's all about OSx and ILife  meechp123 | 04/14/09
Really?  bobiroc | 04/14/09
That depends  Scubajrr | 04/14/09
I agree with that mostly  bobiroc | 04/14/09
Hopefully, the schools will see the merit  chrome_slinky@... | 04/14/09
Our Dells have been good to us  bobiroc | 04/14/09
Do you purchase Dell knockoffs?  GuidingLight | 04/14/09
It is the whole  Mectron | 04/14/09
I don't agree with that  bobiroc | 04/14/09
$400 Dell $900 iMac  ArrowQuick | 04/14/09
$400 per PC to keep alive?  bobiroc | 04/14/09
@bobiroc  Axsimulate | 04/15/09
Stability should be a concern  jorjitop | 04/14/09
Kind of agree  bobiroc | 04/14/09
Mac vs PC  Mr Dick | 04/15/09
Your Opinion  bobiroc | 04/15/09
@bobiroc  Axsimulate | 04/15/09
GeoC  gkchoi2925 | 04/15/09
So...  bobiroc | 04/15/09
RE: Apple to sell $899 20-inch aluminum iMac to schools  jonezydread | 04/15/09

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