Apple introduces this second option a new iMac for students who are interested in do not take home a notebook, but a traditional all-in-one company that only Steve Jobs knows how to do so perfectly. Although the model more affordable iMac is sold in the United States for U.S. $ 1,199, the Mac that the company decided to sell to get students to stay below that threshold of thousand dollars.
But even for an iMac that is worth saying that you take what you pay for. The low-cost iMac has an Intel Core i3 clocked at 3.1 GHz Yes, we're talking about an Intel dual-core capable, but the advantages stop there. Core i3 is the most basic among the family of the company's latest processors. Intel's own site says it serves as a "basis for a reasonably priced PC."
By comparison, the new MacBook Air have i5.
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Still speaking in the specifications of the iMac for students: 2 GB RAM, 250 GB HDD space, and video card Radeon HD 6750M with 256 MB. The display has a dimension of 21.5 inches.
Debuting in the U.S. market only now, more affordable iMac faces criticism because of their weaker requirements (Wired says the technology is the last year). Disk space is half that found in traditional iMac, 500 GB that ooze. The GPU also suffered budget cuts and had its capacity reduced by half.
And as the product will cost? $ 999 (at around R $ 1,600) in the U.S. Apple store education. That means it costs $ 200 less than the cheapest iMac line traditional apple. And one detail: without connector compatible with Thunderbolt, technology so celebrated by Apple and Intel.
With the launch of the new MacBook Air, now priced at around U.S. $ 999, Apple killed the MacBook instead of White. It seems that the company now wants to give another option for their customers - a low-cost iMac. However, too low on the technical performance. I doubt whether customers will prefer an iMac to a MacBook Air gelding complete. Both cost the same.
I consulted Brazil Apple iMac on the availability of low cost in the domestic market. The company promised an answer to the matter only tomorrow.
