Earlier this week we highlighted a few deals for pre-orders on Apple's new iPad mini and iPad Air, and now B&H Photo has introduced a notable pre-order discount for the new entry-level 21.5-inch 4K iMac, which Apple refreshed on Tuesday.
B&H Photo is only providing a pre-order discount on one model of the iMac, but you can find pre-order links to more models below. It's unclear how long B&H Photo will be keeping the offer up for, but the new iMacs are expected to exit their pre-order phase and begin shipping next week.
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21.5-inch 4K iMac Pre-Order Discount
- 3.6 GHz Intel Core i3, 8GB RAM, 1TB HDD - $1,099.00, down from $1,299.00 ($200 off)
2019 iMac Pre-Orders
27-inch 5K
- 3.0 GHz, 8GB RAM, 1TB Fusion Drive - $1,799.00
- 3.0 GHz, 8GB RAM, 2TB Fusion Drive - $1,999.00
- 3.7 GHz, 8GB RAM, 2TB Fusion Drive - $2,299.00
21.5-inch 4K
- 3.6 GHz, 8GB RAM, 1TB Fusion Drive - $1,399.00
- 3.0 GHz, 8GB RAM, 1TB Fusion Drive - $1,499.00
- 3.6 GHz, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD - $1,699.00
Head to B&H Photo for the full list of 2019 iMacs that you can pre-order today, and our Deals Roundup has more sales for you to check out.
Top Rated Comments
[doublepost=1553264419][/doublepost] Phil Schiller is laughing all the way to the bank, no doubt. When those 5400 RPM drives begin to lose reading and writing accuracy, they act more like 2 RPM. Talk about built-in obsolescence.
What's even more amazing are people (like you) who think that "most people" wouldn't know the difference in performance between a 5400RPM drive and an SSD? I can guarantee that unless you're blind, 100% of people can tell the difference between using a 5400 and an SSD.
[doublepost=1553202413][/doublepost] Replacing the drive myself would not invalidate the warranty, by law. Having recently done an earlier model 21.5" iMac, the adhesive tape kit costs me $10 on Amazon, plus the cost of whatever SSD I would put in there.
Earlier iMac's that shipped with a Fusion drive have a PCI-e slot for a SSD also, so one could possibly utilize that slot for an NVMe style SSD and much faster performance. There are adapters that adapt the Apple slot to a regular m.2 slot and those cost less than $20.
The point being that I am capable of doing the upgrades myself, assuming the HDD isn't glued in place, and I don't like knowing that I have to live with whatever size SSD I buy now for the rest of the iMac's life.
Tim Cook & Co. should be ashamed of themselves.