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Display Price Drop

~Shard~ said:
I think 15" displays are pretty much dead now. I even think it's doubtful Apple will release a new 17" - for what purpose? To comlpiement the headless iMac? Why would people pay $499 for a Mac and then another $499 or whatever for the display? I don't see it happeneing. The logical time to release a new 17" would have been along with these price drops.
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Right, it's been said before, the idea behind the headless (e/i)Mac concept is to offer a cheap Mac sans monitor. Most potential switcher already have monitors, so their not willing to pay for another CRT/LCD they don't need. If someone wants a Mac with a Monitor, there's still eMacs and iMacs. After all, the eMac is only $799.
 
lem0nayde said:
40" of screen realestate for $2K - not bad. I wish I had the money to blow on it.
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Not quite. Since that's a measure of the diagonal of the screen, putting two 20" together won't give you 40". It would take four 20" displays to make 40" of screen real estate. With a 16:10 aspect ratio, two 20" displays makes it about 35.5" when put side by side, and 27.2" when placed one above the other.

Oh, sorry. Was I being too pedantic? ;)
 
great fro the monitors!!!! a 20" might JUST be in my price range. . . .but i want to wait for MWSF to see if a small/cheap mac comes out, I would totally buy one just so i can have a second mac. also good catch on the wirelss keyboards. . . the price is a bit nicer now!! though i dont know what the old prices were on the airport express and extreme as mentioned, i dont think they dropped in price (or maybe i am getting edu discount and normal prices confused)
 
mrzippy said:
List below are reductions on bottom models as example:

iMac G5 1.6 GHz - £919 to £899
iBook G4 12" - £799 to £699
PowerMac G5 1.8 GHz single - £1099 to £999
PowerBook 12" combo - £1149 to £1099
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Here are our price drops thanks to the weak US$, as someone mentioned:
iMac G5 1.6 GHz - €1399 to €1299
iBook G4 12" - €1089 to €999
PowerMac G5 1.8 GHz single - €1679 to €1449
PowerBook 12" combo - €1798 to €1639
PowerBook 12" SD - €2038 to €1839.
 
Spades said:
Not quite. Since that's a measure of the diagonal of the screen, putting two 20" together won't give you 40". It would take four 20" displays to make 40" of screen real estate. With a 16:10 aspect ratio, two 20" displays makes it about 35.5" when put side by side, and 27.2" when placed one above the other.

Oh, sorry. Was I being too pedantic? ;)
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I'm ok with it... um, quick question, which do you think is better, 2 20" displays or 1 23" display? Now that 2 twenties are similar in price to 1 23", I'm inclined to get the double twenties. Any thoughts from the brain trusts here?
 
Thresher said:
I agree. With coupons, I was able to get the new Dell 2005FPW for right at $600 delivered. I think their starting price is $799. It has the same specs as the Apple monitor, it's just not packaged nearly as attractively, but for $400, I was willing to overlook that.

There is only one brand of Powermac, but many different brands of monitors. I'm just not willing to pay extra because the frame is a little nicer. Price that puppy at $750-850 and they won't be able to keep them on the shelves.
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Does it have 2 USB2 and 2 Firewire ports? Does it come with an Apple-calibrated color profile? Is it aluminum? :)
 
the pricing is pretty sweet in the uk, i may get one, once i have £700, or a new ibook.
 
Great to hear NOW !!

XSan, XServe updates the LCD price drops are all GREAT NEWS. Not because they are that fabulous but because the news came out 1 week prior to Mac World. IF the news at MacWorld had been skimpy these items would have been announced by Jobs next week and not a week early. This lends credence to much better news coming out at macWorld on Tuesday Jan 11.
 
Yvan256 said:
From memory, the eMacs are 50$CAN lower, iPod mini is 20$CAN lower, iPod 20GB is 30$CAN lower, iPod Photo 60GB is 50$CAN lower, iBook 12" is 50$CAN lower too...

Seems to me like almost everything got a price drop/exchange rate fix.

Edit: oh yeah, the iPod price drops are because they had to drop that stupid extra tax for the CIRPA (finally. wait a minute, can I get a refund on mine?)
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I don't see any -$50 CAD on the Apple Canada store for the 12"iBooks. :confused:
 
macguyincali said:
I'm ok with it... um, quick question, which do you think is better, 2 20" displays or 1 23" display? Now that 2 twenties are similar in price to 1 23", I'm inclined to get the double twenties. Any thoughts from the brain trusts here?
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If you do not want HD then go with the 20" ACD. :)
 
macguyincali said:
I'm ok with it... um, quick question, which do you think is better, 2 20" displays or 1 23" display? Now that 2 twenties are similar in price to 1 23", I'm inclined to get the double twenties. Any thoughts from the brain trusts here?
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The 20" has dimensions that are 2/3 of the 30" screen or 4/9 the total viewing area.(2/3 x 2/3) Thus Two 20's will give you 8/9 of the total viewing area. (add them up) So then 1 30" is 11% more viewing area than two 20" .
There are of course still resolution issues to be thought about which can alter this picture.
 
macguyincali said:
I'm ok with it... um, quick question, which do you think is better, 2 20" displays or 1 23" display? Now that 2 twenties are similar in price to 1 23", I'm inclined to get the double twenties. Any thoughts from the brain trusts here?
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The view area ratio for a 20 vs 23 " is 400/529 Thus two twenties it would be 800/529. (a lot more)
 
Damn!

Great news, but this (combined with the new entry level PowerMac) really muddies the water.

I am even more confused as to whether to get the top end iMac or the entry level PowerMac with Cinema Display?

Any suggestions - oh gonna use it for web and graphic design with some minor 3d work (Blender)
 
New Displays, New Serve announced a week early

Is it just me or is this the first time in recent history that Apple has released major product revisions and price reductions just before a Jobs Keynote.
IMO Steve is making room for what could be an amazing 1.5 hour keynote.
Can't Wait!
 
Just bought!

I just bought a 30" last week, from MacZone. I understand that Apple may have a price guarantee policy, but is there any chance of some kind of adjustment if I bought it from MacZone, do y'all think?
 
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If you want to know the exchange rate for countries then head over to a site called XE.com. They have exchange rates for every major currency and a few discontinued currencies.
 
Sophipod said:
I just got a 30 inch on thurday of last week, do you think i can get a refund??? :mad:
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Yes. I believe Apple offers a 10 day price protection again it's own price drops. Just call 'em up if you bought online or go to the Apple retail store with your rec't.
 
Over Achiever said:
20" for $999 ... not bad =)
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Until you compair it to: A 20.1" Dell Ultrasharp for $674

At which point it starts looking bad or at least average. Originally when I was shopping around for a LCD screen I thought Apple's hardware was leet when in actuality its pretty much typical hardware and in some cases below typical in the case of that Dell model. Dell's got a faster response time and a better contrast ratio. But if you are willing to spend $325 more simply for design. More power too ya. Your money - your choice.

Personally after doing the research I'm sticking with a boring 20" CRT for another year. Even $675 is too spendy for a monitor. Maybe by summer. :cool:
 
iBoris said:
Damn!

Great news, but this (combined with the new entry level PowerMac) really muddies the water.

I am even more confused as to whether to get the top end iMac or the entry level PowerMac with Cinema Display?

Any suggestions - oh gonna use it for web and graphic design with some minor 3d work (Blender)
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I would wait until after the after the keynote before I made any decisions.
 
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