Sometimes I miss being a teacher. For instance when I read that Apple has offered an educational desktop machine at a lower price point than the rest of its desktop line. Apple has replaced the 17-inch polycarbonate education iMac with a new, low-end 20-inch aluminum model and it's a beauty.
Let's have a look at the technical details, straight from Apple Mecca: The new model includes a 2.0GHz Core 2 Duo processor, 1GB of RAM, a 160GB hard drive, a SuperDrive, and the NVIDIA 9400M graphics package. It sounds good to an untrained ear like mine (I may pretend to be a Cyberella, but when it comes to hardware I'm a total softie), yet it turns out that - compared to the higher-end iMac "Core 2 Duo" (Early 2009) models, this model has a slower processor and half the shared level 2 cache, a smaller hard drive, less RAM (and half the maximum RAM capacity), less shared DDR3 video memory, and no support for internal Bluetooth. Boohoo!! And catch this; it ships with a keyboard without the numeric keypad. Now how about that? This model is for educational institutions only - but by the way it does not come with a numeric keypad. So perhaps we shouldn't look at the specs but only at the visuals...
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