The Best Way for Apple to Go:

[mnkeybsness]

demand-supply

demand does not drop prices. increased supply drops prices. which means that more companies need to start investing in lcds. when more companies start producing them, we will have more, thus...dropping prices.

people need to study simple economics more.

 

[reddrop]

What New Harware I think will be at MacWorld


iMac (revised LCD based system, white like iBook)
-Fast ($999)
-800mhz G3
-nVida Geforce2Mx 32mb VRam, 1 ADC port
-128mb Ram (max 2gb)
-CD-RW (4X2X24) or DVD (4X24)
-10/100 Ethernet
-Optional Airport2 Card
-2 USB2 ports, 2 Firewire2 ports
-Faster ($1299)
-Same as Fast but with:
-900mhz G3
-CD-RW (8X4X32) or DVD (8X32)
-Fastest ($1499)
-Same as Faster but with:
-1ghz G3
-nVida Geforce2Mx 64mb VRam, 1 ADC port
-256mb Ram (max 2gb)
-CD-RW/DVD (12X10X40X12)

Power Mac G4 Cube (revised metalic like enclosure)
-Fast ($1699)
-1ghz G4
-nVida Geforce3Mx 64mb VRam, 2 ADC ports
-256mb Ram (max 2gb)
-CD-RW/DVD (12X10X40X12)
-10/100/1000 Ethernet
-Optional Airport2 Card
-2 USB2 ports, 2 Firewire2 ports, 1 Gigawire port
-Fastest ($1899)
-Same as Fast but with:
-ATI Radeon2 64mb DDR VRam, 2 ADC ports
-1.2ghz G4
-512mb Ram (max 2gb)
-DVD-R (2X12X10X40)

Power Mac G5
-Fast ($2499)
-1.2ghz G5 (64 bit, 32 bit backwards compatible)
-512mb DDR Ram (max 4gb)
-DVD-R (2X12X10X40)
-10/100/1000 Ethernet
-Optional Airport2 Card
-2 USB2 ports, 2 Firewire2 ports, 1 Gigawire port
-Faster ($3099)
-Same as Fast but with:
-1.4ghz G5 (64 bit, 32 bit backwards compatible)
-1gb DDR Ram (max 4gb)
-DVD-R (4X24X12X40)
-Fastest ($3599)
-Same as Faster but with:
-1.6ghz G5 (64 bit, 32 bit backwards compatible)
-1.5gb DDR Ram (max 4 gb)
-DVD-R (8X24X12X40)

 

[AmbitiousLemon]

reddrop...

very optimistic january line up. i think apple fans like us would all be incredably excited if you are right.

let me try to dive into your thinking here.

lcd imacs: because all the rumors are pointing to it. not much imagination needed here.

g4 cubes: moto needs apple to keep making g4 computers. moto announced apollo g4 chips and they have to go in something. too expensive for imacs and if we want g5s then we need to bring back the cube. weve all been talking about a new cube but there hasnt been any rumors indicating this will happen, but we can always hope.

g5 powermacs: some rumors have been talking about the g5 like it was definitely going to happen. we were all upset when we heard about the apollo, but if we put the apollo in a cube (big if) maybe then we might still get a g5 powermac. not sure why after being so optimistic you went with the 1.4ghz for the top model but i dont think it matters much to any of us considering how much we want a g5.

well reddrop i (and probably every one here) would love to see this prediction come true. also i think your lineup really is apple's best bet. with the indroduction of a g5 powermac and the continuation of g3s in a lcd imac this finally provides room for a cube.

 

[oldMac]

economics and "stuff happens"

LCD prices could rise, though it is unlikely. Look at what RAM prices have done over the past 10 years.

They've been up and down with the fortunes of companies and fires and explosions and typhoons.

While the general trend certainly supports the prices coming down, stuff can happen to make it a bouncy ride.

Regarding the laws of supply and demand... It's not just some kind of magic formula.

Supply of LCD displays will only go up if the demand and profit potential is there. And the demand will only go up if the prices get lower. At this point, the balance is only shifted by lower production costs (which is thankfully happening).

My point is simply that if Samsung went out tomorrow and made a billion LCD displays the price would go down, but Samsung won't do that because of that whole self-preservation thing.

 

[jefhatfield]

increased supply

what he says is right

have you seen what the majority of computer stores are like now?

there are more and more lcd monitors on the shelves and this indicates that there is probably a larger supply out there

the prices are "crawling" down about fifty to seventy five dollars every three months or so and that may not be quick enough to warrant a cheap enough lcd imac by january 2002

when i first saw a 15" inch lcd monitor it was in late 1999 and it went for over fifteen hundred dollars, the following year i saw it dip below a thousand, and now it is below four hundred dollars and there will be a chirstmas time rebate which will make this same 15" lcd monitor just $349.95 at office depot...so my guess is by next summer in 2002, this monitor will be $199.00 and we will definitely have lcd imacs

when lcd monitors fall below one hundred dollars, then there will be no more crts around except for high end crts for color critical graphic design machines and for video work

but i still hope that apple will make that rumored lcd imac next month

[Edited by jefhatfield on 12-09-2001 at 11:46 AM]

 

[mnkeybsness]

i'm glad someone else still knows a few things about the real world and a little logic.