iMac (21.5-inch, 3.3GHz Intel Core i3, Early/Edu 2013)
The iMac (21.5-inch, 3.3GHz Intel Core i3, Early/Edu 2013) is the education-only iteration of 2012 year iMacs. Its design is identical to the 2012 line-up: the all-in-one desktop computer in an even slimmer all-aluminum unibody casing behind the 21.5-inch LED-backlit IPS screen with cover glass fully laminated to the LCD and anti-reflective coating. The body depth at its thinnest has 5 mm, though there’s a certain bulge in the center of the back panel. Yet the hardware installed is meager at best. The low-class dual core Core i3 I3-3225 (Ivy Bridge), the integrated Intel HD Graphics 4000 with shared memory to make up for the graphics card, 4 GB of RAM, a 500 GB (5400 RPM) hard drive. It also has two “Thunderbolt” ports, 4 USB 3.0 ports, AirPort Extreme (802.11g) and Bluetooth 4.0. A non-wireless Apple Keyboard with a numeric keypad and a traditional Apple Mouse (rather than the Magic Mouse or Magic Trackpad) come in a bundle. (more…)