If only the MBP was $600(NZ) cheaper

[RabidRabbit]

The title says it all really.

If it was around $600 cheaper down here in New Zealand I know Apple would be inundated with sales. The amount of people i've met who say they'd get a mac if only they weren't so expensive. Its always the same. "I'd love one but for the price I can get a Dell" etc etc.

Come on Apple. Lower the prices to a more competitive amount!

 

[Kaupa]

Hey, just buy a refurb one or a last generation MBP!
I got mine for 1000€ less than before the penryns came out and still saved about 200€ to a refurb one...

 

[RabidRabbit]

its an idea but when you;re going to get one which is to be your main workhorse, most (i for one) will want to get a brand new one.

Oh well. Time to start saving those pennies I guess

 

[Nermal]

Try here, that's where I got my MBP for cheap

 

[Alex72]

its an idea but when you;re going to get one which is to be your main workhorse, most (i for one) will want to get a brand new one.

Oh well. Time to start saving those pennies I guess

Agreed -- I'm kind of in the same boat, though current generation ones do show up in the refurb section every now and then for a few hundred dollars (US) cheaper.

What I'm mainly interested in is some definitive tests that show whether or not SSE4 provides a big enough boost for me to not look at a previous generation model for ALLOT less...

A.

 

[alphaod]

I was going to say, "If it's $600NZ cheaper it would be called a Dell."

 

[RabidRabbit]

$600 cheaper would still make it more expensive than a Dell, but around that price it would be a much better contender.

If it was $1000 cheaper then Apple would be in trouble because everyone would buy one! They wouldn't be able to keep up with demand!

 

[RabidRabbit]

Try here, that's where I got my MBP for cheap

Hey, thanks for that! i`ll give it a go.

 

[ruskiwi]

Try here, that's where I got my MBP for cheap

They're still more than they cost in the US. What I don't get is - they all ship from China anyway, right? It's not like they're cheaper in the US because that's where they're assembled...

 

[Michael CM1]

The title says it all really.

If it was around $600 cheaper down here in New Zealand I know Apple would be inundated with sales. The amount of people i've met who say they'd get a mac if only they weren't so expensive. Its always the same. "I'd love one but for the price I can get a Dell" etc etc.

Come on Apple. Lower the prices to a more competitive amount!

First of all, they'll spend at least an extra $100 on anti-virus/firewall/spyware software.

Second of all, show them iLife. You don't get anything like iLife with Windows. There's another $100.

As for the rest of it, explain how Mac OS is like a Lexus and Windows is like a Hyundai. Unless they're a Hyundai fanboy, they'll understand. You get what you pay for.

 

[ruskiwi]

As for the rest of it, explain how Mac OS is like a Lexus and Windows is like a Hyundai.

More like: Windows is like a Lada... which reminds me... you know why they have those window heater strips on the rear window of a Lada car? It's to keep your hands warm in winter when you're pushing it...

 

[alphaod]

More like: Windows is like a Lada... which reminds me... you know why they have those window heater strips on the rear window of a Lada car? It's to keep your hands warm in winter when you're pushing it...

Explain why I have heat strips on my Beemer?