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Apple kills $899 iMac after one week!

July 13, 2006 by in Apple,Tech with 2 Comments

I’m crossing my fingers hoping that the deal was temporarily suspended for a good reason. Maybe updates are around the corner? Maybe some sort of back to school deal is looming overhead? Regardless, why did Apple kill the $899 iMac after one week?

Apple today quietly pulled its newly introduced $899 iMac from its online education store. The entry-level configuration released last week for the education market that features scaled-down specifications when compared to Apple’s two retail configurations is no longer available to individuals, though institutions can still purchase the systems.

I knew the deal was too good to be true. The iMac machines are solid computers and I’m some what surprised that Apple pulled the option for consumer desktop purchasers. What a great machine to enter the Apple computing experience with.

Did any readers have the opportunity to place an order for the special edu-priced iMac?


  • Ian

    I believe they quietly introduced the EduMac for a reason: it was meant for schools/universities and teachers only. Instead, it got quite a bit of publicity and the public suddenly said “hey, me too!” to the reduced price machine. Schools need a low-price Mac option that they can buy in volume. With the discontinuation of the eMac, Apple had to do something to win the contracts. So, instead of making a completely new educational Mac, they made a stripped down iMac. Notice that they really didn’t -kill- the EduMac, they just realligned the purchasing availablity to its intended audience.

    Plus, the downgrades to the EduMac actually made me want to purchase the regular iMac for my classroom.

  • Justin

    This is un-related, but i find it funny that all the new movies that are coming out use Macs now ;) For example, The Devil Wears Prada and Accepted both use ‘em.

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