[dennisw]

Apple makes new low-end 1.4GHz iMac official with $1,099 starting price

Breaking By AppleInsider Staff
Apple on Wednesday formally launched its anticipated new low-end 21.5-inch iMac with a lower entry price of $1,099, boasting a 1.4-gigahertz dual-core Intel Core i5 CPU, a 500-gigabyte hard drive, and 8 gigabytes of RAM.

[usconservative]

Apple makes new low-end 1.4GHz iMac official with $1,099 starting price

Not worth the money. I built an 8 Core AMD FX-8350 w/32gb memory, SSD, 2TB hard disk and a GEForce GTX660 Overclocked for $800 and it'll run circles around that iMac.

I LOVE my iPad and I'm getting an iPhone 5S soon. I'm a fan of apple products -- having said that there's no reason for an iMac with such low technical specifications to cost over $1k, especially now that they're using Intel processors.

The value add from Apple is in the OS and how easily Apple's other products integrate together. Their PC/Laptop Hardware technically speaking, isn't worth the premium Apple places on it.

Just my .02 worth.