Apple releases $899 iMac for education
updated 08:55 am EDT, Wed July 5, 2006
new iMac for education
Apple today introduced a new $899 iMac made specifically for the education market. Replacing Apple's last CRT computer--the eMac--the education-only configuration has a 17-inch widescreen display and a 1.83GHz Intel Core Duo processor, featuring many of the same components, such as 512MB DDR2 SDRAM, 24x Combo drive, 80GB hard drive, built-in iSight and wireless networking, microphone, and speakers; however, the new iMac ships with the integrated Intel GMA 950 graphics chipset instead of the usual, dedicated (and more powerful) ATI X16000 found the consumer versions of the new iMac Core Duo. The new education-only iMac configuration ($899) is available immediately from the educational Apple store.
Apple also announced that the eMac will no longer be in production and is available for purchase while supplies last through the Apple Store for Education and that it will showcase the 17-inch iMac and its complete line of products and solutions for education at the National Educational Computing Conference in San Diego, California from July 5-7, 2006.
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bad move
OK, I guess I saw this coming, but I know I will NOT be buying the new iMacs for the computer lab I run. Not sure what I am going to do, but I will not put an LCD screen in a room with a bunch of kindy students who just LOVE to push and touch the screen constantly. This behavior in fact doesn't stop until they are in 4th grade. I DO NOT want to switch my lab over to minis with CRTs either. Will have to talk it over with the principal.