Apple releases 1.83GHz 17in iMac for education

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Apple releases 1.83GHz 17in iMac for education

Postby Antony » Wed 05 Jul, 2006 9:27 am

Apple announced the availability of a 17-inch iMac for the educational market.

The new iMac, which replaces the eMac, includes a 1.83 GHz Intel Core Duo processor, built-in iSight camera, 512MB RAM, a Combo drive, 80GB Serial ATA hard drive, Intel GMA 950 graphics with 64MB of shared memory, Gigabit Ethernet, built-in Airport Extreme and Bluetooth, five USB 2.0 ports, two FireWire 400 ports, and iLife '06.

This educational iMac is available only through Apple education channels for US$899. The regular 1.83GHz 17-inch model (MA199LL) for general public that comes with 8x Superdrive, double the hard drive and X1600 graphics is priced at US$1299.

The comparison:
The Educational 17-inch iMac: (MA406LL/A)
17-inch widescreen LCD
1440x900 resolution
1.83GHz Intel Core Duo processor
512MB memory (2x256MB SO-DIMMs)
80GB Serial ATA hard drive
24x Combo drive (DVD-ROM, CD-RW)
Intel GMA 950 graphics with 64MB of shared memory

The 17-inch iMac for general public: (MA199LL)
17-inch widescreen LCD
1440x900 resolution
1.83GHz Intel Core Duo processor
512MB memory (single SO-DIMM)
160GB Serial ATA hard drive
8x double-layer SuperDrive (DVD±RW, CD-RW)
ATI Radeon X1600 graphics with 128MB GDDR3 memory
Bluetooth 2.0
Apple Remote

For more detail about this educational iMac, please see http://www.apple.com/education/imac/
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Postby Antony » Wed 05 Jul, 2006 10:30 pm

Excellent news. You can now buy the iMac for Education for US$ 899 from us, if you are a K12, university/college student or staff.

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