Care to shave $200 off the retail price of a brand-new, 21.5-inch, 3.06GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, Late 2009 iMac? Enter Apple’s Special Deals section, now featuring a refurbished (pre-owned) such computer for the attractive price of just $999. A professional-grade system, the 21.5-inch iMac is also the lucky member of the desktop family that isn’t suffering from any screen flickering, or yellow tint.

Introduced in October 2009 alongside a bigger, yet faultier, 27-inch model, the 21.5-inch iMac sports a stunning, LED-backlit, high-resolution 1920-by-1080 pixel display, with a 16:9 aspect ratio, and IPS technology, to deliver consistent color across a wide, 178-degree viewing angle.

The device ships with a standard 4GB of memory and 500GB hard drive, and boasts the 8x slot-loading SuperDrive (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW). For graphics, Apple employed the integrated NVIDIA GeForce 9400M chipset with 256MB. iMac also features the Apple-specific built-in iSight camera.

As fans should know, every Mac comes with Mac OS X Snow Leopard, and iLife, Apple’s suite of applications for managing photos, making movies and creating music. The Refurbished iMac 21.5-inch 3.06GHz Intel Core 2 Duo comes with both. Care to have a closer look? Visit Apple here.

About Apple refurbished products
Apple Certified Refurbished Products are pre-owned products that undergo Apple's stringent refurbishment process, prior to being offered for sale. They are returned under Apple's Return and Refund Policies. While only some units are brought back because of technical issues, all of them undergo the company's rigorous quality-refurbishment process. Service and support include 90 days of telephone support and a one-year warranty. You have the option of purchasing an AppleCare Protection Plan for your refurb, while shipping is free in the US.