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Apple's 17-inch iMac for Students

Techtree News Staff, Mar 23, 2009 1212 hrs IST

Old polycarbonate iMac

Apple's March edition of its education newsletter was a piece of attraction for the tech world besides educational institutions because Apple included information about the new, refreshed iMac line-up and hints about the 17-inch iMac in it.

To the clear clouds of confusion surrounding the issue, Apple hasn't introduced a new 17-inch iMac machine. It's the same old polycarbonate 17-inch iMac. This 17-inch polycarbonate iMac is intended for K-12 or higher educational institutions. Only an authorized purchase agent or educational institution can look into deals for the iMacs for K-12 and higher educational institutions.

The Apple Store for Education will show Purchase for your Institution options with two categories: K-12 and Higher Education. Further, one can create a quote by adding details about the school, or one has to log in as an authorized purchaser.

The 17-inch polycarbonate iMac starts at $899 (Rs. 46,000 approx.), packing a 1.83 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, a 1GB DDR2 RAM, a 24x combo drive, and Intel GMA 950 graphics. Not an ideal choice for educational institutions looking forward to purchase upgrade-friendly machines.

Apple had stopped public retailing of this 17-inch iMac since 2007, and it's surprising why these polycarbonate iMacs are being offered without any refreshed hardware. The 13-inch white Macbook is refreshed with a Nvidia 9400M graphics chip and is being offered to the general public.

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Discussion Board

Gary Janssen

,Comox, BC, on Mar 24, 2009 12:26 AM

If you dig a little further you will discover that this 17" White iMac has been offered to the general public as reconditioned from the Apple online store. They all come with the current OS X and iLife versions.