On 19 Apr 2004, at 16:13, Marcus Roberts wrote:
On Monday, April 19, 2004, at 03:26 PM, Roger Houghton wrote:
They're out now (PBs only) but nothing very exciting unless you burn a lot of DVDs:
http://www.apple.com/uk/
Hasn't there been a significant drop in price too, for the 15" powerbook at least?
They now have Airport Extreme built in, rather than an option, and looking at the older info on MicroAnvika's site, the middle-range 15" used to cost �1350 ex VAT, �1587 inc VAT, but the Apple Store shows the 15" at �1399 including VAT.
Marcus
You're right - standard versions of the 15" are down from �1599 to �1399, and from �1999 to �1749, which are huge price drops. The more expensive one included Airport Extreme already, but as you say the lower-spec'ed 15" didn't include it before but does now, so that's a real saving of about �270 (if you want Airport Extreme, of course).
Ah - there are some funny things going on with build-to-order prices on the Apple Store website. If you specify a Superdrive for the 14" iBook you're told it's an extra �40, but the actual total added to your bill is �119 or thereabouts. If you remove the Superdrive from the 15" PB you're advised that this is a saving of �140, and indeed the actual price drops by that amount.
Tom Burke
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