Apple Unveils Imac For Educational Markets

In a bid to regain its foothold in the very lucrative educational shopping market, (i.e. educational institutions shopping for computers) Apple has unveiled a 17-inch widescreen LCD iMac for education for $899. The new computer replaces the eMac which is now out of production. The new iMac, available immediately, was introduced at the National Educational Computing Conference in San Diego and features a 1.83 GHz Intel Core Duo processor. It also comes with Apple's Mac OS X version 10.4.6 operating system.The new computer comes with many familiar features including Apple's iSight video camera, iChat AV and iLife '06 as well as two FireWire 400 ports to complement five USB ports. The iMac has built-in Airport Extreme 802.11g WiFi.