I don't know if this was posted up-thread, but Fry's Electronics had the 1TB TC advertised online for $399 last week... and no, it wasn't a mistake.
Just an FYI.
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I don't know if this was posted up-thread, but Fry's Electronics had the 1TB TC advertised online for $399 last week... and no, it wasn't a mistake.
Just an FYI.
Why would I void the warranty, can you enlighten me? Isn't it a simple matter of opening it up and swapping the hd?
Hey guys can someone who's been ther done that with drive swapping in the tc vouch for it pleas??!?!?!
Knowing Apple, they'll probably update to 640 GB and 2 TB. Well best to have low expectations and then not be unhappy later eh? 
Now I'm glad I didn't rush out and upgrade to the recently bumped "dual band" Time Capsule.
If this is true, then I may just go for it.
If this is true, then I may just go for it.
The funny thing about your link is the first page of hits doesn't provide a useful link for the guy. If you used the search parameters:
apple "time machine" upgrade +warranty
You'll get better results with the sarcasm.
Apple needs to set the prices according if, in fact, a 2TB Time Capsule surfaces. Something like...
500GB: $109
1TB: $199
2TB: $299
But knowing Apple this will never happen.
I'm guessing the 2TB will run anywhere between $300 and $400.
500GB: $109
1TB: $199
2TB: $299
But knowing Apple this will never happen.
I'm guessing the 2TB will run anywhere between $300 and $400.
Yeah, where's the RAID? You'd think that they would have thought of that for the rest of us.
Apple needs to set the prices according if, in fact, a 2TB Time Capsule surfaces. Something like...
500GB: $109
1TB: $199
2TB: $299
But knowing Apple this will never happen.
I'm guessing the 2TB will run anywhere between $300 and $400.
Since 2TB hard drives are three hundred dollars right now, your prices are absolutely impossible.
That's MRSP, not what a hardware supplier would pay. Therefore, while not being impossible, it's unlikely that they'd be priced that way.
You don't understand. Apple makes around 30% profit per item sold. They would never lower their margins to MSRP.
Price to the consumer will need to be the price of an AirPort Extreme plus the standard price of a 2TB HDD, plus enough after that to hit the right margins.
Well the store is down and the only rumours are this and the XServe. So it looks good for this rumour being true.
No, I'm stating that there is no way that Apple would sell something for the cost of just one of its components.
With a Time Capsule, you're going to pay the full end-user price for both the hard drive inside and the AirPort Extreme hardware. Obviously, there are additions to the price on top of just that.
That's where I am confused. If the MSRP on a 2TB hard drive is $300, which is what you stated. I assume that you stated the consumer retail price that you could purchase a drive for.
Why would Apple pay that price? They'd buy them by the 10 000 or 100 000s and would probably pay half (or less) than you would as an endpoint-consumer.
Like, I said, it's not impossible, just improbable.
They wouldn't. That's the point. Apple pays whatever it pays for drives and whatever AirPort Extreme components cost.
But that's meaningless.
They'll charge us full MSRP for the drive plus the AirPort Extreme in one package.
Yes, but they won't sell to the customer at that price, they have to add on their profit margin to make it worth while.