Deals: M1 iMac Drops to Lowest-Ever Price of $1,399 on Amazon ($100 Off)

[MacRumors]

Following a deal on the MacBook Air this morning, now we're tracking a new offer on Apple's 24-inch M1 iMac. Amazon has the 8-Core GPU, 256GB model for $1,399.00, down from $1,499.00.

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This price is available in Silver, Green, and Orange, and all models are in stock and ready to ship from Amazon today. Today's sale is also a match of the lowest price we've ever tracked on the M1 iMac, and B&H Photo has the same prices on the same colors.

24-inch M1 iMac (8-core GPU/256GB) for $1,399.00 ($100 OFF)​

You can also get the 7-Core GPU, 256GB M1 iMac on sale this week, available for $1,249.00, down from $1,299.00. This model is available in Silver, Blue, Green, and Pink on Amazon.

You can keep track of ongoing sales on Apple's iMac line by visiting our Best iMac Deals guide. There, we keep track of the best iMac offers from Amazon, Adorama, B&H Photo, and other retailers, so be sure to check back often if you're shopping for an iMac for the first time, or thinking of upgrading.

Article Link: Deals: M1 iMac Drops to Lowest-Ever Price of $1,399 on Amazon ($100 Off)

 

[gaximus]

I love that green color, wish it had the darker green on the front though, instead of something that looks like an 80's beach house.

 

[C00rDiNaT0r]

I know this doesn't apply to everyone, but wanted to point out the offer is basically matching the higher education pricing.

 

[Mr. Dee]

512 GBs would have been a better value. Someone at factory needs to override these arcane minimum specs and just spit out 1 TB.

 

[azentropy]

I love that green color, wish it had the darker green on the front though, instead of something that looks like an 80's beach house.

I feel the same about al the colors. Even if the front part was the same color as bases it would be much better - but they really are a flat lighter pastel color when you see it in person.

 

[ccsicecoke]

Worst iMac ever.
no SD card slot.
Ugly chain.
Unintuitive flat UI.

 

[AppleTO]

Meanwhile in Canada, the 8-Core GPU spec is $1,849.00. Ugh.

 

[currocj]

This is the hobbled first gen M1 machine. The next gen will "solve" the problems that were created on purpose: too little RAM, too small SSD, low ceiling for SSD options, too few usb-c ports, etc

 

[warpdrive]

This is the hobbled first gen M1 machine. The next gen will "solve" the problems that were created on purpose: too little RAM, too small SSD, low ceiling for SSD options, too few usb-c ports, etc

Some of those problems are self-inflicted. Apple has always been stingy with base configurations, which boggles the mind if "user's experience is everything at Apple". They could have easily offered a 512GB SSD as the base configuration but chose not too, even though 512 SSD is dirt cheap. It wasn't too long ago that a pure spinning drive was the base configuration for the previous iMac.

 

[RandomTox]

This baby toy is not even worth 1k in my opinion.

 

[mansplains]

Some of those problems are self-inflicted. Apple has always been stingy with base configurations, which boggles the mind if "user's experience is everything at Apple". They could have easily offered a 512GB SSD as the base configuration but chose not too, even though 512 SSD is dirt cheap. It wasn't too long ago that a pure spinning drive was the base configuration for the previous iMac.

I have a 2019 27" iMac and its base config included a Fusion which isn't much better than SATA, still spinning.. Not long ago at all! I hope there's an iMac coming soon with M1 Pro without the iMac Pro price.

 

[SFjohn]

Apple should just donate these to school districts in need and take the tax write off.

 

[BGPL]

Kind of a horrid iMac, tbh. Not enough ports/slots, and 24". Typical apple, form over function.

 

[freedomlinux]

Notice that these articles about sales will mention other specs but *never* the RAM.

Of course we can pretty much assume all sales are for the 8GB base model

 

[aliasfox]

Notice that these articles about sales will mention other specs but *never* the RAM.

Of course we can pretty much assume all sales are for the 8GB base model

8gb standard and 16gb optional was the default a full 10 years ago on the first 13 Retina MBP. They went for about the same price as these iMacs, too. You’d think Apple would take some of the money saved by not using Intel and throw an extra $10 worth of RAM in there.

My 2015 13” rMBP isn’t all that fast these days, but with 16bg RAM it‘s definitely usable for basic, everyday tasks. Not planning on getting something new until I can upgrade from 16gb at a reasonable price. Of course at this rate, Apple may drop support for Intel before it makes 32gb standard on any mode

 

[warpdrive]

I have a 2019 27" iMac and its base config included a Fusion which isn't much better than SATA, still spinning.. Not long ago at all! I hope there's an iMac coming soon with M1 Pro without the iMac Pro price.

Yeah, the Fusion Drive was gimped when they went from 128GB to 32GB for the SSD portion. If they stuck with 128 or more, then most of the time the entire OS and common accessed apps and files could reside completely on the SSD portion of the Fusion, so you didn't notice the slow access of the spinning drive for day to day tasks.

I always thought that the statements Apples makes that "we don't compromise on user experience" were somewhat disingenuous because they give base configurations that are not that great for overall user experience.

"User experience is important only when it doesn't cut into our hefty margins" is more apt.

 

[mansplains]

Yeah, the Fusion Drive was gimped when they went from 128GB to 32GB for the SSD portion. If they stuck with 128 or more, then most of the time the entire OS and common accessed apps and files could reside completely on the SSD portion of the Fusion, so you didn't notice the slow access of the spinning drive for day to day tasks.

I definitely noticed it when I switched from my (2014?) MBP, spotlight and booting taking a moment to load. It made some sense to have Fusion with SSD prices back then but nowadays it's absurd to not start at at least 512GB SSD