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$499 Headless iMac?
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izzle22 said:
Apple has the highest profit margin in the industry. They seem to be able to make an acceptable (25-50% gross) profit on a $249 iPod.
They will do this on the iMac media-center (or it will never see the light of day):
B_Gates said:
With the G5 iMac out do you really think Apple will go backwards and do THIS. I could see it if they came out with a headless G5 imac for $800 to $1000 but a G4 iMac. I just don't think it will fly. I just asked a Windows user friend of mine if they would pay $500 for an iMac without a screen and they said no way, it's the "all in one" that makes me want to have one.
izzle22 said:
It all depends on what [you think] you are buying-- the $600 iPod photo flew off the shelves (2-3 week backlog).
I don't think Apple will market this as a computer, rather as a iLife solution.
If you can organize (Tiger Spotlight) all your stuff and do the digital lifestyle & internet things-- $499 is nothing (to someone who just bought a Bose or an Plasma HDTV)
dicklacara said:
OK I'm with ya, for this reason I would buy. But I'm not switching from a Windows machine. This would be only an extention to my Powermac kind of like an Airport express.
My point is it could NEVER be my main system and I still think Apple will never do it for $500 or less.
izzle22 said:
I agree 100% with the reason for buying!
I think Apple can do it-- depends on if they want to!
B_Gates said:
Exactly. Fizzle like Drizzle Forizzle. It would just be a quick fad for Apple users, then die and Apple knows this.
dicklacara said:
I know what you are saying. Kind of like what everyone said about the iPod. This is different. I Think! Maybe Not!
Fine, but let me also share that I personally purchased a computer from Dell for $350 a little over a year ago. And it ran Office and Quickbooks a lot faster than my PowerBook G4 too.unclepain said:
I think a $500 Mac is a great idea. I just hope they have value-priced displays to go with them. As long as it runs Tiger and iLife '05 decently well, I think people will love it.
izzle22 said:
What you miss is what the techies will do with the box (a neat server).
For chrissakes, they have uCLinux running on an iPod.
I think that the time is right & Steve has proven that he has the stones to do it!
My hats off to you guys. You seem so knowledgeable about macs and how to market them; what sells. You guys also seem to have a sixth sense in predicting the long term sales projections.
weldon said:
It won't be able to. My daughter's iMac G4 takes like 5 minutes to start iDVD up. and iPhoto is real slow.
izzle22 said:
You have some serious problems-- you can start a G3 in much less than that, I think iDVD is not supported on a G3, tho.
Seriously, boot from your OS X install CD & run disk utility:
repair
&
repair permissions
on the drive
CaptainCaveMann said:I think theres a problem there. My friends ibook g4 starts those progs instantly
Instantly? I doubt it. It takes my brand new Powermac g5 dual 2.0 about 10 seconds to start iDVD, and everytime I go to the Apple store I check the machines and they are all the same so unless your friend has a super iBook I doubt it starts iDVD instantly.
JasonSway said:hey, first time posting...thought id post the mock-up i made today...
enjoy!
jason
I like this design. Looks very nice. One thing I would change would be the slot-load design. Costs more, so more likely Apple would use a CD tray design.