Lower eMac Educational Pricing

[The Shadow]

Re: Now THAT'S the way to appeal to buyers

Originally posted by Phazer80s
Yes!!!...But a CD-ROM drive and no modem???? Now that's just bas-ackward. What is this, 1995?[/I]

Schools, like big corporates, have no need for a modem in most machines, and perhaps schools can get away with one or two CD/R per classroom (I wouldn't know the exact figure - we never had computers at my school).

Apple's just giving their education customers what they want.

 

[Escher]

Now if only I could get an ADC connector instead of the cheap CRT in the eMac! I'd be all over the eMac, at the same $800 price point, if it didn't have a monitor built-in.

I want my headless eMac!

Escher

 

[rog]

Now Apple needs to make these the prices for everyone. non-pro Wintel users who might switch are used to low prices and a nice all in one for $749 might not seem bad whereas $1799 for a 17" iMac might seem outrageous to them, even though it's a better deal overall in many ways. Apple needs a supercheap Mac, and this should be it. If they're going to stick with the aging 700 Mhz no L3 G4, why not make it under $700?

 

[bokdol]

just to note on the edu price list for emac

$779.00
700MHz PowerPC G4
128MB SDRAM
40GB Ultra ATA drive
CD-RW drive
No Modem

Configured for education only

but now the 15 in imac
$749.00
600MHz PowerPC G3
128MB SDRAM
40GB Ultra ATA drive
CD-ROM Drive
10/100BASE-T Ethernet
56K internal modem
both avaliable in mac edu.
kinda lopsided dont you think?

 

[RBMaraman]

Originally posted by rice_web
Some estimates put broadband penetration at 20% of American homes; if that's the case, then one can bet that most Apple users have broadband. A dial-up modem shouldn't be necessary for most Mac users.

20% of people have broadband? No. I just recently completed a project on this subject for my communications class, and the number is between 5% and 7%. Modems are still a necessity.

I live right across the river from Louisville, Ky (The 16th largest city in the nation) and my town just got broadband activated in December. I don't have it now, and I don't plan on getting it until the price drops. The City Council will only let the cable company provide broadband (DSL is banned by a city ordinance) and in order to qualify to get broadband, you must subsribe to digital cable for $70 per month. Then, broadband service costs an additional $50/month. There is no way in I'm going to pay $120/month for TV I don't watch and internet I use for less than 5 hours per day. I'm quite happy with EarthLink Dialup.

Bottom line, modems are still very much a necessity. The low end eMac doesn't have a modem because it's configured for schools with network connections.

 

[Nermal]

These prices have been available since 2 April. Take a look at http://a192.g.akamai.net/7/192/51/c...com/education/pricelists/pdf/0402EDIPPAdd.pdf

 

[DakotaGuy]

Originally posted by bokdol
just to note on the edu price list for emac

$779.00
700MHz PowerPC G4
128MB SDRAM
40GB Ultra ATA drive
CD-RW drive
No Modem

Configured for education only

but now the 15 in imac
$749.00
600MHz PowerPC G3
128MB SDRAM
40GB Ultra ATA drive
CD-ROM Drive
10/100BASE-T Ethernet
56K internal modem
both avaliable in mac edu.
kinda lopsided dont you think?

Yeah very lopsided, my guess is the price lowering of the eMac, does not mean it will be going away, but means the G3 iMac will be going away. I would also bet that the G3 iMac pricing will drop soon to $550-$650. A G3 iMac still makes sense in many elementary classrooms, but they need more processor speed, at least an 800Mhz G3 and a better graphics card so they can use all the new Apple software. IMO however, the G3 iMac will be done in the next month or two and the eMac will take over as the true economy Mac desktop.

 

[rice_web]

Originally posted by RBMaraman
20% of people have broadband? No. I just recently completed a project on this subject for my communications class, and the number is between 5% and 7%. Modems are still a necessity.

I live right across the river from Louisville, Ky (The 16th largest city in the nation) and my town just got broadband activated in December. I don't have it now, and I don't plan on getting it until the price drops. The City Council will only let the cable company provide broadband (DSL is banned by a city ordinance) and in order to qualify to get broadband, you must subsribe to digital cable for $70 per month. Then, broadband service costs an additional $50/month. There is no way in I'm going to pay $120/month for TV I don't watch and internet I use for less than 5 hours per day. I'm quite happy with EarthLink Dialup.

Bottom line, modems are still very much a necessity. The low end eMac doesn't have a modem because it's configured for schools with network connections.

http://www.websiteoptimization.com/bw/0302/

Oh, and sorry about the crappy broadband connections in Louisville, but in North Dakota, I have 1MB DSL for $29.95/month. Thank God for cooperatives.

 

[maxterpiece]

Re: G3 imacs still available

Originally posted by iSmell
Everybody is talking about what Apple won't do with the portable line because they want to avoid confusion about price/specs, but look at the low end of what they're offering to individual edu customers right now:

imac:
G3 600/40GB/128MB/CD-ROM - $749

emac:
G4 700/40GB/128MB/CD-RW - $779

That's $30 to trade a 600MHz G3 and a modem for a 700MHz G4, a CD-RW drive, a bigger screen and way better gfx card.

$30.

Absurd.



I like monkeys

word up. I think Apple should do special promo pricing for the old iMac.... It would be nice to see it go out the way it came in - by bringing the mac to a whole new group. They should drop it down to like $500. An all in one computer for $500 would entice the users who would really benefit from the simplicity of the Mac OS. Less wealthy people who haven't had a computer in their house before (granted there aren't too many of them left).

max

edit: I felt I had too many hiphens and too few periods (I'm an English major). Besides, I've never edited one of my posts before!