Last Minute Specs: iMac, Mac Minis, Airport Extreme, Time Capsule and Mac Pros?

[ChrisTheFeral]

You're F**KING KIDDING, $1900 INCREASE on the 8-core Mac Pro for Australia. SCREW THAT.

 

[NightFox]

No quad core under £1,899.00 (UK)

Well, it looks like I'm going back to PCs, since Apple obviously doesn't care about desktop customers any more. The Dell XPS with 2.66Ghz Core i7 is £649 here. Apple have just lost a customer.

Yes, but it's a quad core Nehalem, so you can't compare it like-for-like with a quad-core Xeon

 

[ClaphamChris]

These price rises are going to hurt in the UK.

On the one hand, we've been lucky the past few months with exchange rates heavily in our favour. But now, iMac, Mac Mini and MacPro prices are not good. Not good at all.

 

[malachiman]

NZ store is still down?? i want to look at the terrible prices too

EDIT: the store button goes to the USA store

 

[JonDownin]

This makes the rumored event more interesting. Maybe something new with all of these remedial updates out of the way?

 

[SwiftLives]

WRONG

It's a fake. If you zoom in, you can easily tell the image was digitally created. I want to see a video before I decide whether or not it's real.

(I'm honestly kidding here, folks )

 

[rawlus]

what's the diff between the three graphics proccessors? besides price obviously?

is there a compelling reason to choose ATI over Nvidia or the 120 over the 130?

NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 256MB
NVIDIA GeForce GT 130 512MB
ATI Radeon HD 4850 512MB

 

[Lesser Evets]

Lol, upgrading RAM from 4GB to 8GB costs $1,700. Are you for real Apple?

NEVER buy memory or drives from Apple unless you can't replace them yourself. NEVER. NEVEEERRR! Even Warren Buffet buys his Apple RAM and drives at the cheap store.

 

[thejadedmonkey]

What the F! The cheapest mac desktop with a real video card costs $1800!

 

[designgeek]

Upheval and excitement! What's with the apple keyboard?

 

[bigmc6000]

ok australia store is up...

new mini has gone up!!! rediculous..

Looks like they are adjusting the overseas prices for the decreased trade value. By comparison in july the base Mac Mini was 391 Euros - since July the USD has gained 26.17% so to get the same USD out of those 391 Euros you need to charge 493 Euros. So, I guess that's what Apple was doing here.

It's still stupid tho, they should have dropped the prices $100 if they expect to sell any of them in the current market - people aren't going to spend that kind of money for a computer w/ no peripherals...

EDIT: Same time frame #'s. USD up 42.31% vs GBP, USD up 50.23% vs AUD.

 

[NightFox]

That's a pic of the wireless keyboard. The wired ones are the same as before and included in the iMac.

Er, isn't that a wire coming out of it though?

 

[Willis]

another observation.

the Quad Mac Pro only supports 8GB of ram and the Octo supports upto 32GB..

go figure

EDIT: Also, click 'compare' and the iMac 24" is compared against the Mac Pros. Has this always been the case?

 

[ChrisTheFeral]

Australian student discount store is down.

 

[ChrisTheFeral]

another observation.

the Quad Mac Pro only supports 8GB of ram and the Octo supports upto 32GB..

go figure

however, it's ddr3 and a lot faster.

 

[esburrito]

Excuse what I said about disappointment...

Although the Mini prices are absolutely outrageous, the iMac prices are beautiful. Huge drop. I love it. Apple's definitely trying to put the focus on the iMacs and Mac Pros.

 

[bergmef]

Er, isn't that a wire coming out of it though?

It's the antenna ... LOL

 

[Kebabselector]

Looks like my bonus will go towards my credit card bill now. Sorry Apple, but I'll stick with my current Mini.

Might consider the base mini so long as they haven't knackered internals to make it worse to upgrade (memory, don't really need HDD space - 120gb is fine).

 

[DoFoT9]

You're F**KING KIDDING, $1900 INCREASE on the 8-core Mac Pro for Australia. SCREW THAT.

rediculous..

Looks like they are adjusting the overseas prices for the decreased trade value. By comparison in july the base Mac Mini was 391 Euros - since July the USD has gained 26.17% so to get the same USD out of those 391 Euros you need to charge 493 Euros. So, I guess that's what Apple was doing here.

It's still stupid tho, they should have dropped the prices $100 if they expect to sell any of them in the current market - people aren't going to spend that kind of money for a computer w/ no peripherals...

yes i agree. i was going to buy the new mini.. but seeing as though the price has gone UP! around $~200 i dont think im even going to bother.

 

[koobcamuk]

Looks like they are adjusting the overseas prices for the decreased trade value. By comparison in july the base Mac Mini was 391 Euros - since July the USD has gained 26.17% so to get the same USD out of those 391 Euros you need to charge 493 Euros. So, I guess that's what Apple was doing here.

It's still stupid tho, they should have dropped the prices $100 if they expect to sell any of them in the current market - people aren't going to spend that kind of money for a computer w/ no peripherals...

What gets me is that when £1 = $2 they didn't change prices accordingly. ****ers.

 

[brisbaneguy29]

Why can I get a GT130 in an iMac and only a GT120 in a Mac Pro

 

[goffski]

1 TB Time Capsule

1 TB Time Capsule - Not too sure if this is a new price but its £50 more than what i paid back in October. £329 now £379!

 

[DoFoT9]

Australian student discount store is down.

STILL down...i tried lol need it cheaper!

 

[DoFoT9]

Why can I get a GT130 in an iMac and only a GT120 in a Mac Pro

ones mobiel and ones desktop?

 

[Kebabselector]

The iMac specs list a keyboard with numeric keypad as an optional extra, so looks as if that mini wired keyboard is the new iMac standard. Yet more they chop away but charge more for.

Steve maybe off, but the stupidity continues