B&H Photo has a number of sales running currently. Among the best: Instant rebates on the Olympus E-P2 in various kits; the 27" Quad-Core i5 Apple iMac for only $1,549; Nikon rebates; and the Canon CanoScan 5600F Flatbed Scanner for a mere $89.
Thought you might wanna know,
Mike
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Featured Comment by David: "That iMac is cheaper because the other ones you've seen are newer and slightly faster. There's more than one quad-core model. Still, it's probably the best value in a quad-core i5 model right now."
Not sure about which is the better deal, maybe this?
http://store.apple.com/us/product/FC511LL/A?mco=MTkwMzU2Njc
This one has the newer graphics?
Posted by: Peter Gilbert | Tuesday, 07 December 2010 at 11:37 AM
The 27" iMac at B&H is not the newest model... the one at the apple store right now has a 2.8GHz Intel Core i5 vs a 2.66Ghz, and a 5750 vs a 4850.
Posted by: Alan | Tuesday, 07 December 2010 at 12:52 PM
Dear Peter and Alan,
I've got the late 2010 model iMac that B&H is advertising. The difference in performance between it and the current (2.8 GHz) machine is insignificant for most users. If you're so much at the cutting edge that you need a few extra percent of performance (and that's all it is), you're probably more a customer for a full-blown Mac Pro.
The one reason I can see for getting the Apple refurb (which are great deals, BTW, my MacBook pro is a refurb) is that OWC can add an eSATA port to it for a modest sum. If you want really fast I/O (e.g., Photoshop scratch disk), eSATA's a big win over FW800.
Other than that, not much difference.
Posted by: ctein | Tuesday, 07 December 2010 at 06:56 PM
Canon 5600F scans a strip of six frames or 4 slides at once. OK for casual use.
Think I'll stick with my Canon 9950F's 5x6 strips = 30 frames or 12 slides at once.
Moose
Posted by: Moose | Tuesday, 07 December 2010 at 07:46 PM
Thanks for the heads up. After much humming and hawing I pulled the trigger on an E-P2 with the 17mm lens. Should be fun for family snaps over the holidays.
Posted by: Andrew | Wednesday, 08 December 2010 at 07:59 AM