This is actually what a lot of people on mac forums have been wanting for a long time. Before this, the cheapest mac you could get was $1000 canadian... now that\'s down to $599 (at least with student pricing). Also, many people are happy with the eMac\'s capabilities but don\'t want the bulky 17\" CRT, especially if they already have a functional display. While the CPU/RAM/HD stats might not be particularly impressive, that really, really doesn\'t matter any more for so many things.