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Priced at $400 less (UK pricing to follow) than the cheapest retail mode, the education iMac boasts a 1.83GHz Intel Core Duo processor with a 1,440x900 widescreen LCD display and a built-in iSight video camera. It includes Apple's iLife '06 suite of digital lifestyle applications for editing movies, creating DVDs, managing images, creating music, recording podcasts,

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The iMac replaces the eMac, Apple's last CRT-based computer which was phased out last year (and also fell foul of new EU restrictions on the use of hazardous materials).

The iMac for education includes a Combo drive for burning CDs and reading DVDs, 512MB of 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM memory, expandable up to 2GB, and a 80GB Serial ATA hard drive running at 7200 rpm. Networking via 10/100/1000 BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet and AirPort Extreme 802.11g WiFi is built-in and there are five USB ports (three USB 2.0) and two FireWire 400 ports.

The UK version of Apple's Education Store can be found at apple.com/uk/education/storeand is open to students, teachers and education institutions.