The starting price of the IMac 24 is å£1099.00 which offers the latest technology, a new ultra thin design and comes with Apples wireless keyboard and magic mouse.
The price of an iMac desktop in 1999 was $1299.
Apple no longer sells a 24" iMac. Your choices are 21.5" or 27". You will have to shop around for the one you want. Prices will vary greatly and $500 would be about the cheapest one you could get that works perfectly.
I do not have a 24" iMac. I have a 20" iMac. Apple no longer sells the 24" iMac. If you will click the Apple logo on the top left of your screen and then click About This Mac then More Info you can find the answer.
"The cheapest iMac-pro laptop, new, is starting at around $1,199.00 for a 13 inch iMac-pro netbook at the Apple Online Store. You can also ask your sales associate for a student discount if you are in school."
If you compare a Windows All-In-One PC with the same specifications as the iMac then they are very close in price.
There is no 24" iMac for sale new. Your choices are 21.5" or 27".
That would depend on what you consider to be "high-resolution". Though, the 24" iMac supports resolutions up to 1920 by 1200 pixels.
One can see old iMac Commercials in Youtube which features the different types of commercial about old iMac such as All Mac vs. TV adds, Apple iMac vs. HP, and iMac G3 starting up.
If a G4 iMac is working but starting up without the chime it may have been shutdown with the sound muted or there may be headphones plugged in. If it is not starting up at all then it will need repairing.
A 20 inch iMac from the company Apple, can be purchased for the prices ranging from $1279 to $2405 from a variety of different suppliers of the computer.
Imac laptops are of the highest quality that you can buy. Mac computers tend to have less viruses and are extremely versatile. They also are at a great price point.
There is no 24" iMac. Apple sells a 21.5" and a 27". The fastest 21.5" sells for $1,699. The fastest 27" sells for $2,199. But the 21'5" iMac selling for $1,199 is all the computer the average user will ever need. I have one and it is blazing fast. Faster than any Windows PC I ever owned.