How the Apple iMac has improved in 16 months


In May of 2005 I bought a 17" iMac with a 2GHz G5 CPU, 2GB RAM, 250GB HD, SuperDrive, Airport Extreme, Bluetooth and an AppleCare extended warranty. It cost me about $1925, not including tax. Today, I could get a similar 17" iMac for $1444 and it would have a 2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU and a built-in iSight camera.

If I were to spend today what I spent in May, 2005, I could get a 20" iMac with a 2.16GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU, 2GB RAM, 500GB HD, SuperDrive, AirPort Extreme, Bluetooth, a built-in iSight camera, a graphics processor with twice the VRAM and an AppleCare extended warranty.

Posted: Thursday - September 07, 2006 at 02:07 AM          


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