I think that IR or Bluetooth would likely cause problems, with kids goofing off and messing with other people's computers. I doubt it's for cost reasons that they removed them.
As a college IT guy here, I totally agree with that.
I think that IR or Bluetooth would likely cause problems, with kids goofing off and messing with other people's computers. I doubt it's for cost reasons that they removed them.
Hell, if they're throwing away money on iMacs...
Uh... no need run network cables all over the place?
I don't see the education value in legos... And do you think schools are going to be throwing money at blutooth devices like this anyway?
What do you need Bluetooth and an IR sensor in a school computer for?taking out bluetooth and IR would save pennies, pointless
Students CANNOT buy this. Only the school can buy it to be used for educational purposes. You have to be purchasing for an institution to get this model.No it's not, for a dorm room, Bluetooth and IR (for remote control of all their pirated content) are two features that college kids ACTUALLY USE - thus getting them to buy the more expensive model making Apple ~$100+ in profit for <$1 in parts. That's good business.
I'm finding that like jobs said, most newer cameras are USB and as far as a wireless card goes, the only machine that does not include wi fi is the mac pro, and really how many need to have a 50 pound computer wireless?
They don't sell a combo drive anymore.I wonder if the combo drive actually costs them more than a superdrive due to sales volumes. I suspect it's only purpose is retail price differentiation.
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That's a good point....but some of those CAT-6 ethernet cables cost around $70. Rather just have wireless n..
QFT.Students CANNOT buy this. Only the school can buy it to be used for educational purposes. You have to be purchasing for an institution to get this model.
Not when they are going to be building thousands of units at a time. Activity Based Costing, you retool the line once every x units when changing configuration; so the retooling costs can be spread out over a large number of units.Honestly, this shows me that the iMacs are over priced. (Inferred, Bluetooth, and a smaller HD) Thats only a few bucks Apple! It probably will cost you more on the line to take these items out.
ouf! cheaper 20" iMacs and entry level MacBooks? i'm scared to see the screen quality on those...
My guess is that this is a config that educational sysadmins have been asking for, to make the Macs easier to lock down. (Just a hunch...)
I don't see the education value in legos... And do you think schools are going to be throwing money at blutooth devices like this anyway?
They don't sell a combo drive anymore.
Still, there are Macs still shipping without an Airport Extreme card for Wi-Fi...there are at least half a dozen other features that should be standard (I don't know of any PC that doesn't have a wireless card) which just don't ship standard on Macs.
taking out bluetooth and IR would save pennies, pointless
I don't see the education value in legos... And do you think schools are going to be throwing money at blutooth devices like this anyway?
...I would like to see in my institution a computer more powerful then a low-end 486 that take up a massive amount of space in lab....
I don't think you'll be using Bluetooth for that...In my graphics design class, we beam files over from iMac to iMac if we don't have our flash drives. And our teacher sends us files all the time.
They have those already at my school for sale for $899.
In my graphics design class, we beam files over from iMac to iMac if we don't have our flash drives. And our teacher sends us files all the time.