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Deals: Apple's M1 iMac Gets Best-Ever $199 Markdowns on Amazon, Available From $1,099.99

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Amazon today is offering a few of Apple's 2021 M1 iMacs at all-time low prices, focusing mainly on 256GB storage options. As of writing, only Amazon has these prices on the 24-inch iMac.

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Starting with the 7-core GPU, 256GB M1 iMac, you can get this model for $1,099.99, down from $1,299.00. The price is available on Pink, Blue, Green, and Silver colors, and this deal represents the best price we've ever tracked on this model.



Secondly, you can get the 8-core GPU, 256GB M1 iMac for $1,299.99, down from $1,499.00. This one is available in Pink, Green, Orange, Purple, and Yellow on Amazon, and it's another record-low price on the M1 iMac.



Our full Deals Roundup has more information on the latest Apple-related sales and bargains.

Update: Amazon has dropped prices even further, knocking $199 off a number of models. This article has been updated to reflect the new pricing.

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I love my 2021 M1 iMac (8 core). It's almost 2 years old now, though, so I would want a bigger price cut to buy one now.

Not sure of experience of others here, but every time I get an iMac, the damn thing lasts for 7-9 years. Best apple bang for my apple buck.
 
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Shasterball said:
I love my 2021 M1 iMac (8 core). It's almost 2 years old now, though, so I would want a bigger price cut to buy one now.

Not sure of experience of others here, but every time I get an iMac, the damn thing lasts for 7-9 years. Best apple bang for my apple buck.
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I still have a 24" iMac from 2014 with i5 8gb RAM and a fast SSD I installed myself. However, its running Linux.
 
Shasterball said:
I love my 2021 M1 iMac (8 core). It's almost 2 years old now, though, so I would want a bigger price cut to buy one now.

Not sure of experience of others here, but every time I get an iMac, the damn thing lasts for 7-9 years. Best apple bang for my apple buck.
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Same. I replaced a 2014 a year ago with an M1 iMac.
 
Shasterball said:
I love my 2021 M1 iMac (8 core). It's almost 2 years old now, though, so I would want a bigger price cut to buy one now.

Not sure of experience of others here, but every time I get an iMac, the damn thing lasts for 7-9 years. Best apple bang for my apple buck.
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Same here! I'm still rocking a 2017 27" iMac Retina 5k with the quad core Intel i5. I've put 32GB of RAM it and I have no issues with it whatsoever.
 
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I would really like to have an iMac to supplement my MacBook Air at home but I just cant pay that much for a machine that has not seen an update since release.
 
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adamw said:
Cleaning out M1 iMac inventory, and getting us ready for M2 24" iMacs? We can only dream...
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Well, at the very least, you can expect the 256GB and 512GB M2 iMacs to get the amazing new "second generation" slower SSDs.

So when factoring in the total performance increases and decreases in the M2 iMacs, a discounted 512GB M1 iMac should be a better value/$ than a $1699+ 1TB M2 iMac. Especially if you don't need more than 256GB or 512GB internal storage.

Not so much to look forward to in a M2 iMac unless you're spending more than $1699+.

An M3 iMac with crippled 256 and 512 SSDs is probably more interesting as the moving to the 3nm would still see performance increases despite the slower w/r speeds.
 
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I wouldn't be surprised if they have an M2 and M2 Pro model of the 24 inch iMac at a spring event.
Tim wants to do this strategically so each quarter can look good on the balance sheet.
This is their new cycle, so M3 MacBook is likely happening this fall, followed by M3 Pro and Max in January.
 
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Probably nowhere near enough of a price drop to consider it.
Especially at 24", when I would have wanted a 27" model that doesn't exist. Thanks for that Apple.
 
Shasterball said:
I love my 2021 M1 iMac (8 core). It's almost 2 years old now, though, so I would want a bigger price cut to buy one now.

Not sure of experience of others here, but every time I get an iMac, the damn thing lasts for 7-9 years. Best apple bang for my apple buck.
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My mother and her sister are still using 2011 iMacs. But they are in the market for new ones when they come out.
 
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The iMac is a joke. They seriously need to do something with it or kill it off already.
 
Shasterball said:
I love my 2021 M1 iMac (8 core). It's almost 2 years old now, though, so I would want a bigger price cut to buy one now.

Not sure of experience of others here, but every time I get an iMac, the damn thing lasts for 7-9 years. Best apple bang for my apple buck.
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I have a pair of 27-inch iMacs from October 2009. One gave out in 2021, but the other is still up and running. Life extended with SSD's replacing the DVD drive and using Core Storage to setup fusion drives. The one that is still running is used by youngest children who are in kindergarten and second grade -- mostly for Safari.
 
macduke said:
The iMac is a joke. They seriously need to do something with it or kill it off already.
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This is only a 8GB M1 MacBook Air from 2 years ago. There are some things that are just not comparable to my previous intel 27" iMac. I was concerned games I played would be slower in rosetta2, nope.

 
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Shasterball said:
I love my 2021 M1 iMac (8 core). It's almost 2 years old now, though, so I would want a bigger price cut to buy one now.

Not sure of experience of others here, but every time I get an iMac, the damn thing lasts for 7-9 years. Best apple bang for my apple buck.
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2011 iMac 27" with quad core I7, and a 1TB SSD is still my daily workhorse. Really waiting for Apple to come out with and affordable 27" again. Last model with the IR remote control, great for movie watching from the couch.
 
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