When was the eMac discontinued?

[pjkelnhofer]

The title says it all. I don't remember much hub-bub when it was dropped. I know it is no longer offered. Maybe I just missed the anouncement, but then again I worked about 80 hours a week during February and missed a lot of things.

Just wondering...

 

[miloblithe]

It's still available through the education store.

 

[howesey]

Still there.

They now look like the G5/Intel iMac, but without a camera, DVD-ROM and a few other things. Maybe why your not seeing them.

 

[kretzy]

I think it's been education only for at least 6 months, possibly even longer.

 

[Eidorian]

The title says it all. I don't remember much hub-bub when it was dropped. I know it is no longer offered. Maybe I just missed the anouncement, but then again I worked about 80 hours a week during February and missed a lot of things.

Just wondering...

https://www.macrumors.com/pages/2005/10/20051012153043.shtml

 

[pjkelnhofer]

Still there.

They now look like the G5/Intel iMac, but without a camera, DVD-ROM and a few other things. Maybe why your not seeing them.

I just checked the education store and couldn't find it. I am not looking to buy one, just interested.

 

[Eidorian]

I just checked the education store and couldn't find it. I am not looking to buy one, just interested.

You have to be under the educational institution store. It doesn't show up for individuals.

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[WildCowboy]

I like how it's "discounted" from the retail price when the institutional education store is the only place it's available.

 

[Eidorian]

Oh, in addition they show up in the Refurb Store from time to time too.

 

[Dont Hurt Me]

What are the current Emac specs?

 

[Eidorian]

What are the current Emac specs?

1 GHz - 1.42 GHz G4's.

 

[kretzy]

You can view them here.

 

[Dont Hurt Me]

A 1.42 G4 with ati 's 9600 video card.... That makes for a better machine then mini in my view. Emac was the stepchild.( thanks max altitude ) P40s rule

 

[technicolor]

I wonder will they get intel chips.

 

[Eidorian]

I wonder will they get intel chips.

Yeah, if they do we're going to stop buying Mini's + 17" Dell LCD's. I did a cost analysis with a coworker and we saved around $100 buying a eMac.

 

[Will_reed]

who wants an emac anyways may as well get a mini.

 

[Heb1228]

Q: When did they discontinue the eMac?
A: About 4 years too late!

Haha, j/k, I know there are some people that like them. I just got done ripping them on the "Favorite/Least favorite Macs thread.

 

[DougTheImpaler]

who wants an emac anyways may as well get a mini.

The eMac supports Core Image, comes with a keybaord/mouse/display, and a full-sized hard drive with more storage (in the SD version) than a Mini can possibly have at the moment. If you need PPC-only software, the eMac is a very nice machine.

 

[Daedalus256]

I'd gladly take an emac over a mac mini. Built in monitor, nice fast G4, better video card/VRAM, etc.

 

[Dont Hurt Me]

who wants an emac anyways may as well get a mini.

Emac has a real Graphics Processing Unit. 9600 puts you in the game Integrated graphics puts you Out welcome to the MacMini