The $500 Mac Mini has upset the whole Mac pricing structure
and the market will force a correction. As a result the eMac is
probably extinct and the the iMac will have to be given a substantial
upgrade and/or it's price cut to under $1000. Meanwhile, the PC
makers have responded to the Mini by offering a PC with Windoze AND
an LCD display for a bit under the Mini's price point. In the laptop
market with Linux and Windoze running PC laptops below $500 there's
no point in spending over $1000 for a laptop. The PowerBook's market
is thusly limited to a small but loyal cadre of Apole devotees and
the iBook will need further price drops to be competitive..
flame away...
Dyna
It's hard to say, Apple did a good job over the last year of falling
completely out of their upgrade cycle in several lines. The iMac G5
has remained the same since September when it was released.
Typically apple revamps each series every 6 months or so, so
March-April would be a good guess, but you can't really say for sure
since so many lines lately have fallen out of the normal routine. I
think the only line that is still on it's normal routine for
revamping is the iBook, but, of course, that could change come this
spring.
If you want one, keep an eye on www.macrumors.com and I wouldn't
wait any longer than a month or month and a half if you absolutely
need the most up to date version.
Brian
On Feb 23, 2005, at 2:46 AM, Larry le Mac wrote:
Hi!
I have been doing some serious thinking and have realised
that maybe a PowerBook isn't what I really need, but a slightly
more powerfull, but semi-moveable computer, and when I
read on Apple's site that the iMac G5 is even sold as a moveable
machine, I figured that maybe I should consider this instead.
Well, I am pretty much decided, half the price, G5 instead
of G4, 1440 over 1280 is enough to sell it to me.
However, the PowerBook range was recently updated with
speeds and specs going up, and prices going down, but as
I haven't taken much notice of the iMac, I presume we're
still buying rev.1 machines...
Any rumours, or typical timing of an update ?
Laurence
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