New Entry Level 21.5-inch iMac
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New Entry Level 21.5-inch iMac
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#2Apple probably cutting prices because upcoming back to school. They just did a price cut on their Macbook Air line as well.
Re: New Entry Level 21.5-inch iMac
#3Apple probably cutting prices because upcoming back to school. They just did a price cut on their Macbook Air line as well.
These are new models at new price points. It's Apple attempting to be "budget"
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#4having just bought the $1299 model last year, glad to see they're trying to offer a cheaper model. Lowest used to be $1199 a few years back - another $100 to $1299 (essentially $1400 with tax) was a big hit to take. Yes, $200 is just $200 - these new $1099 ones aren't free, but... this may make the difference between someone getting a new one vs not.
1.4ghz seems awfully slow, but... I suspect for a lot of what many people do - email, youtube, Facebook, a bit of iTunes music, this will be more than fine. But maybe not. I'd rather people not have a horribly bad experience on something too underpowered for the software. That said, they pushed out the retina mbp a couple years ago(?) and that experience was not all that great (imo) - laggy window drag, etc.
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#5Too bad Hackintoshes are illegal, could get a lot more hardware for that kind of money.
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#6Comparing this on the store page[1] this is a significant jump down from the $1,299 iMac in CPU, graphics and hard drive space. Seems like the Mac is taking a page from the iPhone line and selling last year's model as a cheaper option.
Re: New Entry Level 21.5-inch iMac
#7having just bought the $1299 model last year, glad to see they're trying to offer a cheaper model. Lowest used to be $1199 a few years back - another $100 to $1299 (essentially $1400 with tax) was a big hit to take. Yes, $200 is just $200 - these new $1099 ones aren't free , but... this may make the difference between someone getting a new one vs not. 1.4ghz seems awfully slow, but... I suspect for a lot of what many…
I do all my development work (which involves a lot of heavy Scala stuff) on a 2012 MacBook Air, which is a wee bit slower than this one. The CPU really is not a problem.
There's no SSD or 'Fusion Drive' in this one, which will make it bog down a lot. It's a shame that Apple won't go for a $999 model with a 64GB SSD or something. Should be enough for classrooms and anyone who wants a basic computer.
Re: New Entry Level 21.5-inch iMac
#8Apple probably cutting prices because upcoming back to school. They just did a price cut on their Macbook Air line as well.
These are new models at new price points. It's Apple attempting to be "budget"
I bought an iMac in 2012 for £860 (student discount, original price £1000) and sold it one and a half years later for £600.
I also bought a 13" Sony Vaio S for around £1200 in 2011 and had to sell it 6 months later, because it was a total piece of shit. I got £650 for it.
So I'd argue that buying cheap plastic crap is in fact the non-budget option.
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#9Can I replace the disk with an SSD easily?
Probably not! :(
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#10Too bad Hackintoshes are illegal, could get a lot more hardware for that kind of money.
And the cost of significantly more complexity and a far from optimal user experience. A hackintosh is fine for a very minute slice of the population. Even building a PC, except for hard-core gamers, isn't really a thing anymore.