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$100 price drop for 2011 Airs?

jclardy

jclardy

macrumors 601
Oct 6, 2008
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That would be so awesome. Especially with the student discount which will hopefully still be $50 and the $100 iTunes gift card.

But I'm not counting on it.
 
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endhalf

macrumors regular
May 24, 2011
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I wouldn't expect Airs to go down with prices... $999 as a entery level price is fine considering Apple marketing is based on being pricy...
 
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hcho3

macrumors 68030
May 13, 2010
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I would be surprised if apple drops 100 dollars on 11 inch MBA.

They might cut the price on highest end MBA models, but low end models are...

We will see.
 
PorterRocks

PorterRocks

macrumors 6502
Jan 31, 2010
342
1
Idaho
I agree that it would be awesome if the price of the MBA was dropped by $100. But I think it's not likely to happen.

Unless Apple discontinues the polycarbonate MacBook? I could see it happening if they did that.
 
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Bob Coxner

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Original poster
Mar 24, 2011
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I could see the base/ultimate 13" drop $100 to bring them in line with the 13" MBP. I recall one story talking about how the 11" is the best seller, Apple might want to pump up sales of the 13".
 
Chip NoVaMac

Chip NoVaMac

macrumors G3
Dec 25, 2003
8,888
31
Northern Virginia
Would be great to see a price drop of $100. Even better if the base RAM was increased to 4gb. But I think that would be too much to ask for... One can hope though. :)
 
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trip1ex

macrumors 68030
Jan 10, 2008
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Oppressed said:
Makes sense because they are cheaper to make by not including a discrete GPU...
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Never was a discrete gpu.

But new gpu is built into cpu this time around instead of the chipset/mb and perhaps that setup is cheaper.

SB bridge cpus in general seem to be quite a bit faster and cheaper than previous gen cpus.
 
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Yinmay

macrumors regular
Apr 19, 2010
159
8
Fair 2011 price:
$999: 11" / 4GB / 64 GB
$1199: 11" / 4 GB / 128 GB
$1299: 13" / 4 GB / 128 GB
$1699: 13" / 8 GB / 256 GB

Student discount should be $100 rather than $50 especially now that the Back to School is only a $100 gift card.
 
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fkhan3

macrumors 6502
Apr 28, 2010
383
0
Yinmay said:
Fair 2011 price:
$999: 11" / 4GB / 64 GB
$1199: 11" / 4 GB / 128 GB
$1299: 13" / 4 GB / 128 GB
$1699: 13" / 8 GB / 256 GB

Student discount should be $100 rather than $50 especially now that the Back to School is only a $100 gift card.
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I'm already sold on your pricing scheme :D
 
MoreAwesomeDanU

MoreAwesomeDanU

macrumors 6502
Dec 4, 2010
264
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Yinmay said:
Fair 2011 price:
$999: 11" / 4GB / 64 GB
$1199: 11" / 4 GB / 128 GB
$1299: 13" / 4 GB / 128 GB
$1699: 13" / 8 GB / 256 GB

Student discount should be $100 rather than $50 especially now that the Back to School is only a $100 gift card.
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that would be sick.

i doubt it though.. o well we can all dream in the time being :)
 
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gpat

macrumors 68000
Mar 1, 2011
1,870
5,045
Italy
Yinmay said:
Fair 2011 price:
$999: 11" / 4GB / 64 GB
$1199: 11" / 4 GB / 128 GB
$1299: 13" / 4 GB / 128 GB
$1699: 13" / 8 GB / 256 GB

Student discount should be $100 rather than $50 especially now that the Back to School is only a $100 gift card.
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Top 13" will probably cost 1599$ and will have only 4GB. ;)
 
jmpnop

jmpnop

macrumors 6502a
Aug 8, 2010
821
34
Yinmay said:
Fair 2011 price:
$999: 11" / 4GB / 64 GB
$1199: 11" / 4 GB / 128 GB
$1299: 13" / 4 GB / 128 GB
$1699: 13" / 8 GB / 256 GB

Student discount should be $100 rather than $50 especially now that the Back to School is only a $100 gift card.
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Hope this happens, pricing is really fair.
 
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