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UK Buyers: Expect more price increases

nick9191 said:
Well the pound has dropped to a ten month low against the dollar due to the worry regarding the upcoming election.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8543007.stm

So if you're waiting for an upcoming laptop revision, expect more price increases. Probably £900 for a MacBook, £1000 MacBook Pro, £1300 Air.
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this country is going from bad to worse. can't blame apple for this though.
 
Igantius said:
Although, as previous history has shown, if sterling does get stronger Apple doesn't tend to lower its prices over here.
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Well, they do sometimes.

The white MacBook went from £799 to £749 to £699 in 2006-2008. I remember some PPC gear getting cheaper as well.

The increase always seems to be more than the decrease though.

Still what can you do? Vote Tory? Pffffftt.
 
nick9191 said:
Well, they do sometimes.

The white MacBook went from £799 to £749 to £699 in 2006-2008. I remember some PPC gear getting cheaper as well.

The increase always seems to be more than the decrease though.

Still what can you do? Vote Tory? Pffffftt.
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whoever you vote, a hung parliament will be terrible for the UK. may as well give up and leave to somewhere where we can buy macs at decent prices ;)
 
student_trap said:
whoever you vote, a hung parliament will be terrible for the UK. may as well give up and leave to somewhere where we can buy macs at decent prices ;)
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A hung parliament is the only chance we have for neccessary electoral reform to get to the point where we can have a government not formed of the Labour or Tory parties.

Phazer
 
The Phazer said:
A hung parliament is the only chance we have for neccessary electoral reform to get to the point where we can have a government not formed of the Labour or Tory parties.

Phazer
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It would be impossible to pass any meaningful reform into law though. Each party would disagree over every single thing.

The country would go to faeces.
 
The Phazer said:
A hung parliament is the only chance we have for neccessary electoral reform to get to the point where we can have a government not formed of the Labour or Tory parties.

Phazer
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I don't really want to get into politics, just how it relates to apple prices, however while I agree with you that in the long term this would be a good thing (given the leverage it would give the lib dems), in the short term it can only make any form of economic recovery more difficult.

If this happens, things, including macs, are going to get very expensive
 
I suggest that the only way you can save some money when you buy new macbook is at the airport. I'm planning to do it that way. I will fly abroad in May (hopefuly new macbooks pro will be released) from London Stansted and you can buy MBP from airport store without vat and collect it when you return. It will save me 17,5% so I dont realy care if new price will be slightly higher.
I will still save :)
 
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