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Apple Offers eMacs To All

Posted by pudge on from the all-part-of-the-jobs-master-plan dept.

pinqkandi writes "Apple released the cool and cheap eMac a few weeks ago -- but for educational purposes only. Today, they announced that it is now available to everyone, for only $1099, making it the cheapest G4 Mac ever. I'll buy one." I won't, but I am glad people who want to buy it, can. It's a nice little machine. I guess Apple doesn't see it cutting into iMac G4 sales, but I wonder if iMac G3 sales (starting at $800) will suffer.

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  1. Good move Steve! by geethree · · Score: 2, Interesting

    This is a very big deal.

    Think about it. For those people considering buying a PeeCee...

    Feature for feature, from the 17" CRT to the G4 proc, 40g HD, USB, FireWire, ethernet, AirPort, and finally OS X... there is no better value on the market right now!

    $1099 for a desktop *nix box is huge, and just what Apple needs to lure disaffected wintel users to the Mac platform.

    --geethree

  2. Hardware compatible with Linux on PPC? by molo · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Anyone have info about whether all of the hardware is supported for Linux on PPC?

    Thanks.

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