IMac is priced at $ 999 are sold exclusively for schools

In preparation for the new academic year, Apple offers universities computer iMac at a price of $ 999. This model and is sold under the label "only to study", but ordinary users can not buy it in single copies. At this price the device is only available for high schools, procuring equipment for a large number of wholesale. Last morning there was an offer on the Internet, in the Apple Education Store web store.

It should be noted that the configuration of the 21.5-yuymovogo iMas is somewhat different from the standard. It is equipped with Intel Core i3 processor with a frequency of 3.1 GHz, AMD Radeon HD 6750 graphics card with 256MB, 2GB of RAM and hard drive capacity of 250 GB. Note - RAM and disk space in the PC twice less than in the standard junior 21.5-inch iMac model. Also, this device is equipped with a SuperDrive for universities optical drive and runs on Mac OS X Lion.

Even in this model iMac is no high-speed port Thunderbolt, just an ordinary mini Display Port. There is a more advanced model iMac for schools, are offered at a price of $ 1,149. It differs gigahertz 2,5-4-core Core i5, 4GB of RAM and the hard disk capacity of 500 GB.

This is not the first experience of the company from Cupertino to work with educational institutions. Apple, as a manufacturer, understands that educational institutions are unprofitable bulk purchases of standard equipment. In particular, the very serious computing power and support for the latest interfaces, they are usually not needed. As a result, the manufacturer is making concessions and creating more affordable niche products in the price range up to $ 1,000. By the way, Apple is still selling the 20-inch iMac for $ 899. They use outdated, but still current Intel Core 2 Duo processor and Mac OS X 10.6.