High Spec New iMacs ARE More Expensive!

Ok, so I finally took the decision in mid-February that I couldn't wait another minute for the new iMac range to come out.
I forked out for a top-spec iMac of the (now) previous generation.
Imagine my dismay when just 20 days later, the new range was announced!
BUT!
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Is my iMac.
I decided, for the sake of putting myself through more pain, I would see how much an iMac with the same spec would cost.
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Now granted, the first one includes my 15% educational (student) discount.
So lets add that to the new one.
New iMac Costs: £1706.80
My iMac Cost: £1565.15
And the only change I can see, is the graphics card model.
Does anyone have another explanation where this £141.65 has disappeared to?!
Jase

Kenichi Watanabe wrote:
There are some other changes, including...
The new iMacs have double the RAM and larger hard drives in the standard config.
The entry level imac has increased RAM from 1 to 2GB, just purchased 2GB for 20 pounds. Hard drive cost is falling, going from 250 to 320 might not cost anything.
There are internal technical changes that allow up to 8GB max for RAM (previous max was 4GB). The new iMac uses "1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM"; the previous iMac uses "800MHz DDR2 SDRAM."
To the majority of users bus speed will make no difference. Its just a re-design of the motherboard.
The new iMacs have the Mini Display Port, which allows connection of a 30-inch (2560x1600) external display as the second monitor. Previous max was for a digital display was 1920x1200 through the mini-DVI port.
I doubt most imac users add an additonal screen.
I'm sure there are other technical changes that are not so obvious.
The remote has been removed and the default keyboard is now smaller with removal of the numeric keypad (reduced cost), I know that this is no cost upgrade but most people will purchase preconfigured spec.
And as you noted, the video hardware is different.
Video card upgrade, most likely to support SL graphics but marginal for majority of usage.
It's not possible for an outsider to know what accounted for the change in price.
Exchange rate is being blamed on most online forums, for what is a marginal upgrade in the current recession its a difficult to judge why the same entry level imac went from 780 to 950 UK pounds in one day! The 20 inch models still have the 6 bit tn screen which was one of the major issues people had.

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