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Apple Announces New iMacs, Mac Minis, AirPort Extreme and Time Capsule
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Back in November a 2.0GHz Mac mini with 2GB of RAM, a 120GB hard disk and a SuperDrive would have cost you £537.
A new Mac mini with the same basic spec is £539 today, but has a faster CPU and faster graphics. So it could be worse.
It's not phased out at all. FW800 is backwards compatible with FW400. All you need is a cable with the right connector on each end. Something like this (under 5 bucks): http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...=10301&cs_id=1030105&p_id=3542&seq=1&format=2
Why not just have 2 FW 800 ports. God Apple is annoying. With every machine now except for the Mac Pro, there is 1 FW 800 port, daisy chaining is not fun or practical after a while.
I asked the same questions earlier - except when I configure the 2.93 it comes out as £20 more!
I'm guessing the 4850 must be a mobile version (heat issues).
In the UK the price point for the iMac I'm looking at is now around £200 more than it was. I was going for a 3.06Ghz 24" iMac with 4Gbs RAM and the GeForce 800, but to get the same now I have to pay £200 more. In addition I notice that they sneakily dropped the remote control as a standard item, that has to be ordered separately.
The Mac Pros have gone up big time and again Apple have been sneaky by making the base model (still more expensive than the original) only have 4 cores instead of the original where you got eight for a cheaper price.
I had saved up around £2700 for the transition, but looking at the marketeering they have done (and it is marketeering in the iMacs case, not a worthwhile upgrade), I think I will just update my PC and keep the change.
Can't say I'm happy with what they done. Maybe it's just a Uk thing to be ripped off?
RobP
The Mac Pros have gone up big time and again Apple have been sneaky by making the base model (still more expensive than the original) only have 4 cores instead of the original where you got eight for a cheaper price.
I had saved up around £2700 for the transition, but looking at the marketeering they have done (and it is marketeering in the iMacs case, not a worthwhile upgrade), I think I will just update my PC and keep the change.
Can't say I'm happy with what they done. Maybe it's just a Uk thing to be ripped off?
RobP
A majority of these "whiners" where people who had their money ready to buy on release day. To see the price hike up above what they have set aside is a valid reason for them to voice their opinions.
Luckily i can just about afford the new 20" imac thanks to student discount.
Or, you could simply buy nothing and be happy with what you have.
Either way, what difference does obsessive whining make?
Have you ordered it with the full size keyboard (including separate up/down, DEL and numeric keys)?
Standard is now the Apple cost-saving small keyboard.
Not quite. In fact Apple was using overclocked mobile processors, which are theoretically far more expensive than the desktop quads Apple was supposedly waiting for.
Eidorian said:
Wouldn't surprise me.
bobthedino said:
That's a fair point. But if we've only ended up with something slightly faster compared to the previous generation (which was almost 2 years old) for virtually the same price, it might as well have not been updated. Also my main point was that the cheapest, lowest-end Mac became significantly more expensive (over £100 increase or almost 30%).
The exchange rates are rubbish at the moment. Prices for electronics having been going up in the UK for the last few months.
At work we used to be able to source a HP PC with Windows XP Pro for £220. Now we pay almost £300 for the same machine, but it now has less RAM.
I'm bitterly disapppointed. A long time pc user, I had decided to move over to the iMac, going for 24", 3.06GHz with 4GB Ram, 1GB HDD, wireless Mighty Mouse, APP for around £1700. Planning to buy last week, procrastination and then rumours of an upgrade made me hold off. Now, I see the same model (virtually) with wireless mighty mouse and APP is now £1950. How can they justify this?
Is there any way I can still buy the model that was available prior to this 'upgrade' ?
I think I may stick with my pc and just upgrade my monitor
Get a refurb or find a reseller.
It's not the pricing, it's the technology...
Apple is a for-profit company. They will try to maximize profit.
So, what bothers me the most is not the pricing, it's the technology. Why not offer the higher specs to the people who will pay for it. Why leave the people at the top who will pay more hanging?
No quad-core
No Blu-ray
No LED
No 10,000RPM+ HDD/SSD
No 1GB Memory Graphics
No 1.5TB+ HDD
and don't say Mac Pro, because Mac Pro is clunky and even it doesn't offer Blu-ray. Why not offer a sleek all-in-one package like the iMac that can be maxed out? It's just a matter of using different components and raising the sticker price.
Apple is a for-profit company. They will try to maximize profit.
So, what bothers me the most is not the pricing, it's the technology. Why not offer the higher specs to the people who will pay for it. Why leave the people at the top who will pay more hanging?
No quad-core
No Blu-ray
No LED
No 10,000RPM+ HDD/SSD
No 1GB Memory Graphics
No 1.5TB+ HDD
and don't say Mac Pro, because Mac Pro is clunky and even it doesn't offer Blu-ray. Why not offer a sleek all-in-one package like the iMac that can be maxed out? It's just a matter of using different components and raising the sticker price.
The sad thing is that these are merely rebrandings of NVIDIA's old offerings. Nothing new there except the name.
If they wanted to take a large proportion of the (home) desktop market share they could. Slashing prices and increasing sales to maintain profit is an option they'll always have, it's just they'll lose the (undeserved?) premium/niche image.
Waited for nothing...
What a bummer.
With a combination of one firewire port and a graphics card that doesn't support Final Cut Pro, I wound up buying a discontinued model (for a big discount though.)
The 2.66 models of 20" and 24" iMacs won't support FCP graphically and I don't $1800 for the next one. Sheesh.
What a bummer.
With a combination of one firewire port and a graphics card that doesn't support Final Cut Pro, I wound up buying a discontinued model (for a big discount though.)
The 2.66 models of 20" and 24" iMacs won't support FCP graphically and I don't $1800 for the next one. Sheesh.
