O bserver BlueDjinn noted that Apple has quietly dropped the price of the 15" iMac line by US$100. The product line now starts at US$1299, and tops out at US$1699. On the two low end models, that puts the iMac back a the same price as when Apple introduced the flat screen Macs, and the high-end 800 MHz SuperDrive model is priced at US$100 less than when it was introduced. In March of this year, Apple raised the price of the iMac line by US$100 citing rising component prices, but then reduced the price of the 800 MHz unit a few months later. That configuration is now priced US$200 than it was at its height. The current configurations and pricing:
The 15-inch flat screen iMac, for a suggested retail price of $1,699 (US), includes:
- an 800 MHz PowerPC G4 processor with Velocity Engine;
- DVD-R/CD-RW SuperDrive optical drive;
- NVIDIA GeForce2 MX with 32MB DDR memory;
- 256MB SDRAM;
- 60GB Ultra ATA hard drive; and
- Apple Pro Speakers.
The 15-inch flat screen iMac, for a suggested retail price of $1,499 (US), includes:
- a 700 MHz PowerPC G4 processor with Velocity Engine;
- DVD-ROM/CD-RW Combo optical drive;
- NVIDIA GeForce2 MX with 32MB DDR memory;
- 256MB SDRAM;
- 40GB Ultra ATA hard drive; and
- Apple Pro Speakers.
The 15-inch flat screen iMac, for a suggested retail price of $1,299 (US), includes:
- a 700 MHz PowerPC G4 processor with Velocity Engine;
- CD-RW optical drive;
- NVIDIA GeForce2 MX with 32MB DDR memory;
- 128MB SDRAM; and
- 40GB Ultra ATA hard drive.
You can find more information on the iMac at the Apple Store, or at the iMac home page at Appleis Web site.