On 5/7/04 11:53 am, "Charles Martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> What this *does* do is allow Apple to continue to sell the iMac at full > price right up to the moment the new models appear. I'm not suggesting > that they did this deliberately -- the fact that they've broken with > their long tradition of not commenting on future products indicates > that this is a genuine fubar -- all I'm saying is that this *could* > work to their advantage. Consider: the iMac market now breaks down into > three categories: > 1. People who want a current iMac and will pay full price (or possibly > more) to get one. > 2. People who were thinking of an iMac in the short-term but will > settle for an eMac or low-end G5 or refurb iMac instead. > 3. People who will wait, happy that they now KNOW when the new model is > coming out and won't get burned. I work for a small reseller in the UK. We keep minimal stock as we can normally get stock delivered the next day. Apples two UK distributors, Computer 2000 and Ingram Micros, today had no stock of 15" iMacs, and only a few 17 and 20's. Combo and Superdrive eMacs were also out of stock, we suspect due to increased demand due to no 15" iMacs available. This doesn't work to our advantage. On hearing why there were no 15" iMacs available some potential customers wondered what Apple were playing at. 14" iBooks are selling well since the last price drop, more so now. It's a long wait. Luckily the majority of our revenue comes from servicing. Steve Bell -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
