It's slow, and it doesn't have Thunderbolt, but if you're buying thousands at a time, the $1,000 iMac is a bargain. Apple has today made available a low-specced, slightly cheaper iMac to the educational market. The 21.5-inch model costs $1000, $200 less than the regular entry-level iMac of the same size.
However, for that relatively small saving you get a lot less Mac. The processor is a dual-core Core i3 running at 3.1GHz, against the quad-core Core i5 at 2.5GHz, RAM is just 2GB instead of 4GB, the hard drive is a pathetic 250GB (Vs.
Gadget Lab, Apple Launches Low-End iMac for Schools
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