A new iMac model has arrived from Apple, packing a little less power than home owners are used to, but priced at under £1000 to cater for schools, colleges and students.
By dropping from a 2.5GHz quad-core processor found in the current entry-level iMac to a 3.1GHz dual-core chip with lower storage capacity, Apple hope to skim off some of the cost and produce a sub-£1000 iMac for educational institutes and students.
In other comparisons the new 21.5” iMac will include: 2GB of RAM – a 2GB step-down from the next model up, 250GB of hard drive storage – also half-size of the entry level 2011 iMac. The graphics processor, however, remains the same – an AMD Radeon HD 6750M but with twice the previous dedicated memory (512MB, not 256MB).
Previous iMac models have ranged from £1000 and above but these tech cuts will bring the prices below that line, which Apple hopes will equal a greater appeal for large volume buyers such as schools. The new iMac is available now from the Apple Store costing only £939.60 ($999.99).
Interestingly, Apple’s latest connection port Thunderbolt is missing from this new model of iMac, as is Bluetooth connectivity.
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