Apple to launch an affordable 17-inch iMac

While the news is not official yet, it still seems to come from a very authentic source i.e. Apple's very own education site.

Earlier this month, Apple updated its line of iMacs with new hardware including 20-inch and 24-inch models but a 17-inch model was nowhere to be seen. However, the latest newsletter from Apple's very own e-news for education site has an indication about a new 17-inch iMac (refer to the text in the image on the right).

Interestingly, the official Apple iMac store shows no indication of this new model.

Apple also mentions the price of this new 17-inch iMac to be starting at $899 which is quite reasonable and will definitely attract new users in terms of affordibility. Also, it is believed that Apple might be planning to introduce this new iMac model specially for the students as we already know that Apple has been kind enough to offer student-discounts for Macbooks in the past.

Below is sneak-preview of the e-news for education newsletter, in case Apple decides to remove indications for the new iMac.

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Even though the 17-inch iMac might not attract those high-end Mac users, but it is probably the first move by Apple into introducing some affordable computing for the low-budget users and we really appreciate if it comes out to be real.