Comments on: Apple kills $899 iMac after one week! http://uneasysilence.com/archive/2006/07/6999/ Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:33:09 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Justin http://uneasysilence.com/archive/2006/07/6999/comment-page-1/#comment-217726 Justin Fri, 14 Jul 2006 07:18:41 +0000 http://www.uneasysilence.com/archive/2006/07/6999/#comment-217726 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. 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.

]]> By: Ian http://uneasysilence.com/archive/2006/07/6999/comment-page-1/#comment-217347 Ian Thu, 13 Jul 2006 14:58:18 +0000 http://www.uneasysilence.com/archive/2006/07/6999/#comment-217347 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. 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.

]]>