Agreed, $850 and as good as new. Keep checking back to see what they have.
http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/specialdeals/mac/macbook
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Next-Generation iMacs to See Price Cuts?
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Agreed, $850 and as good as new. Keep checking back to see what they have.
http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/specialdeals/mac/macbook
wowpeople still use desktop ?
wow
people still think laptops will take over the world ?
I don't see why we can't have it at $999. It must be the cost of the Al. Apple should put the white iMac back into the lineup if that is the case (no pun intended). Transplant the current low-end internals into it, get rid of the glass and replace the IPS display with a TN one.
wow
Who are you.....WHO SENT YOU? What are you doing.... no, no, no not the backlit keyboard...NO! ARGGGGHHHHHH!
I don't know about you but the price of my aluminium cans has dropped more than half.
A ton of steal is cheap too. You could afford one. Seriously...
Sure, but you know Apple likes to charge more for the same stuff.
I think you mean "steel." But steel rusts and it is heavier as well.
Quite the amusing typo I made.
My point still stands that metal prices for aluminium and steel are even lower than they were at this point last year.
So basically you want the current Quad Mac Pro with a $100 cheaper board, $70 cheaper processor, 1GB more base memory and a faster graphics card. For $800 less. Good luck with that
A possible return to the $999 price point? That's the lowest I can see them going although it seems like too large of a cut. Any price cut though would certainly be welcomed although I'm sure there will be some sort of compromise for the lower price.
Don't think so. Last Friday my sister's Apple Store sold 65 Macs along with their inventory of iPhones. That's not a bad day for one retail store.
Microsoft is laughing their ass off about this. Clearly Microsoft's commercials, along with a slowing economy, have had an impact on Apple's pricing strategy. And Apple realizes that Window 7 has significantly narrowed the gap at the OS level and must do something to keep their 8% market-share and noT loose ground.
So basically you want the current Quad Mac Pro with a $100 cheaper board, $70 cheaper processor, 1GB more base memory and a faster graphics card. For $800 less. Good luck with that
No. The updates would include appropriate updates to the higher end lines to offset this line.
Besides, the Quad Core Nehalem 2.66Ghz with 8MB L3 is > $1000, per CPU.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117182
The 2.93 Model is nearly $1500.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117180
Apple's getting a discount for sure which means they'll get a discount on the lower Quad Core2 Duo I cited.
No Core i7 then, or perhaps low-end ones...
this is not possible due to the fact that the imac uses laptop processors. So, unless intel comes out w/ core i7 laptop processors, its not happening. maybe next year gkarris.
wow
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some people use laptops AND desktops!I know, it's shocking.
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- are there people really that ignorant?all of the above people made perfect responses for the reasons desktop exist for both consumers and commercial purposes.
anyways, i have been holding off buying an iMac and this fall will be the perfect time with another round of models and a small price break to boot. glad i waited but feel for those frustrated with the march models to have another come so soon. similar to how i feel with my macbook from christmas seeing another improved release in less than 6 months. oh, well.
I do have one potential gripe about cutting the price on the iMac: Apple may start skimping on features to make the price point. Can you imagine an iMac lacking IEEE-1394 ports in favor of more USB 2.0 ports or eventually switching to the USB 3.0 port?
No the quad core systems use Xeon 3500s, $284 for the 2.66, $562 for the 2.93, same as the Core i7s. Apple just have like a $1,000+ premium over the retail cost of Mac Pro hardware. That alone is why I don't think we will see any sort of headless non-Mac Pro desktop, but there are many other reasons. Major ones being notebooks sell more and with iMacs Apple also get to make sure they get a profit on the display.
7% and 10% price cut is really nothing when the original price cost $1,199.00, they should at least price it at $899 the entry iMac.