Google| Subject | Re: mac sales down |
| From | ZnU |
| Date | 2008-05-16 09:40 (2008-05-16 03:40) |
| Message-ID | <znu-698F42.03401216052008@news.individual.net> |
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| Newsgroups | comp.sys.mac.advocacy |
| Follows | Mayor Of R'lyeh |
In article <p08q245cpl0e3d4202rluj5bnlbo97ksh0@4ax.com>, Mayor of R'lyeh <mayor.of.rlyeh@gmail.com>wrote:
Mayor Of R'lyehThe point is that when they're done stuffing the latest and greatest into it (and keeping the price the same), it *won't* be priced several hundred dollars above what a compatible PC can be had for. At least if history is any guide.
On Fri, 16 May 2008 01:03:31 -0400, ZnU <znu@fake.invalid>wrote:ZnUMayor Of R'lyeh
In article <9vbn24hgijvrrrjn5oncad6vk4tbmkkled@4ax.com>, Mayor of R'lyeh <mayor.of.rlyeh@gmail.com>wrote:Mayor Of R'lyehZnU
On Tue, 13 May 2008 00:58:50 -0400, ZnU <znu@fake.invalid>wrote:
[snip]ZnUApple could make the thing a fair bit cheaper by just making it a bit larger, so it wouldn't have to use laptop RAM and optical & hard drives.Mayor Of R'lyeh
The 'parts are expensive' excuse for Apple's pricing has been blown out of the water more times than the French Navy. Its especially hard to justify this now that everybody uses the same parts. There are PC laptops with similar features to the Mini for less money which makes your argument obviously not true.
As I said, the Mac mini is not particularly competitive at the moment because it hasn't been refreshed in a long time.
It won't matter if they stuff the latest and greatest in it tomorrow so long as they price it several hundred dollars above what a comparable PC can be had for.
It will still be *somewhat* more expensive if it's still using laptop parts, which is why I think Apple should introduce a low-end system which doesn't do that. (It could probably still be pretty small -- the Cube used desktop parts.)
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-- "More than two decades later, it is hard to imagine the Revolutionary War coming out any other way." --George W. Bush in Martinsburg, W. Va., July 4, 2007
2008-05-08
