Personally I would like to see a c2D mac mini for sale at around the $899 Australian dollar mark and possibly a bit more for an i3 version which would quite possibly need a case redesign. (And I'm sure that we'll see one of those soon enough)Australia always gets treated badly by Apple.
The Mac Mini is 40% higher here.
So once you take out GST 10%.
That is 30% increase for no good reason.
It is cheaper to get one sent here from the us.
**** you Apple
Got a tip for us?
Let us know
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.
Apple Drops Price of Mac Mini Internationally
- Thread starter MacRumors
- Start date
- Sort by reaction score
Why would the i3 sell for more ? It would have much worse performance because of the GPU. I'd sell the i3 model for less if anything. nVidia GPU trumps Intel GPU all day long.
It could do with how Apple applies their G&A costs to the units. Is it a percentage? Is it a flat monetary amount? If it is a flat rate then that rate would be a higher percentage of the price for a Mini versus an iMac.
Without being an employee of Apple, none of us really knows how these costs are spread across the business. Until the world is run under a unified set of laws, regulations, and financials, there will always be inequality in pricing from governing body to governing body.
GL
If it's too expensive for the budget market, then it's probably not aimed at the budget market!
Well - it certainly wasn't considered so by PC Pro in June when they reviewed the then new Mac Mini;
"The problem is the price. Even if you steer clear of Apple’s extortionate upgrades, you’ll pay £553 exc VAT for the basic model, which for a bare box running off a lightweight laptop CPU is preposterous. If you’re into lifestyle hardware, its quietness and low-key looks might mitigate the pain — but with no Blu-ray drive, no bundled remote control and only two analogue audio channels it still feels underequipped. And as a compact personal desktop, forget it: at this price it ought to be far more powerful, and ideally more upgradeable
Read more: http://www.pcpro.co.uk/reviews/desktops/358900/apple-mac-mini/2#ixzz14831BpgG"
Wonder what they'd say now?
£50 less doesn't seem likely to turn around a review summarised as "A likeable machine, but sadly not worth anywhere near the asking price"
And this is a very well respected industry magazine in the UK, this review is what put me off when push came to shove.
I personally bought a clearance 2.26 in August from PCworld instead, even with a 640gb hard drive and maxing out the memory I didn't reach the same price at the time.
BTW They do fairly review Apple kit btw, before everyone bangs on about bias - they love the new Imac, for example and the Iphone is their top smartphone right now.
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/reviews/desktops/360307/apple-imac-27in
Absolutely. I would like, if the minis would have the same price as the older models (about 500 for the entry model).
On the technical specs side, they are inferior.
Apple may say that it's just a year, but European law says otherwise.
The 20% VAT change represents a 2% increase in the cost of items. On a £600 computer, it's a £12 increase.
Hmm... here are the prices from my country:
http://www.fmcstore.si/c/racunalnis...e=1&model=Mac+Mini&sort=1&subcategory=namizni
And is the law in the EU, though most retailers in the UK will try to claim their shop policy is the law.
There's a nice PDF here (in English only - Section 7) and a explaination in greater detail here.
Remember shops like to sell their own warranty as it's a lot of profit. Makes you wonder why AppleCare is so expensive in UK when you when it's really just a 1 year extension to the already covered 2 years.
Some retailers offer 2 year warranties on some products as standard (John Lewis do 2 year for PCs 5 years for TV's and Washing Machines etc.)
It's funny how "PC Pro" doesn't offer any comparison to other SFF PCs out there, the Dell Studio Hybrid being more expensive than a similarly configuered mini.
There just isn't a lot of competition in the market.
PC Magazines are trash, even the "most respected" ones.
totally agree.
Assuming you can ship it here for $50 you could save $200 buying in the US and getting it shipped.
In fact the cost to Apple getting a computer from their factories in China to Australia is probably cheaper then getting it to the US.
What a joke.
Yea a $100 off would be nice. Even then they still would be making money on it.
How about Mac Magazines?
Macworld UK said:
http://www.macworld.co.uk/digitallifestyle/reviews/index.cfm?reviewid=3228566&pagtype=allchandate
Should have said magazines, you're right.
Comparables ? Price whining is just that, whining. Show comparables if you want to build a case. Hence why magazines are trash.
Plastic mac minis. Bah. Who would ever buy those
I want one for my home theatre. Drop my DVD collection on a MiniMax hard drive and I'm flying.
That is an EU directive not a regulation so it is not directly effective. This is a common misconception, an EU directive is basically an instruction to the member states to enact legislation that gives the effect intended.
You can't go to a court and say "ah ha... this EU directive says I should get a 2 year warranty", instead they will probably refer you to the Sale of Goods Act. The SGA covers most consumer rights the directive intended to bring about.
For reference, the SGA basically states that everything should be fit for purpose, for a reasonable length of time (max 6 years). A Mac you could easily say should last 3 years due to price and because Apple offers 3 year Applecare. The problem is that after 6 months the burden of proof switches to the consumer to prove that the problem is with the device itself, not caused by how it has been used.
Any other EU residents should refer to the legislation their own countries have (hopefully) implemented. Don't rely on directives, it can be tricky to enforce them, although not impossible.
EDIT- As mentioned above John Lewis offers a 2 year warranty on all Macs (and other computers) so that is a good option. Saves all that boring legal talk! Personally, I find John Lewis very reliable.