----- Original Message ----- From: "Marcelus G. Zalotti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PCI PowerMacs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, April 26, 2004 6:45 AM Subject: Re: [PCI] Perspective - Macs sales are flat... :(
> on 25/04/2004 18:09, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > sigh. I wonder if Jobs will ever wake up and get out of the toy > > market? We really need a new low end Mac that consumers can afford... > > Well, the original Bondi Blue iMac was one of these machines. But its price > increased through time and we've got the current situation which iMacs now > are much more "classy" than "popular"... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The two words most likely to fit this situation are, "JOBS WON'T". Apple Computer was crippled in the path it should have taken when run by uninspired executives hired to manage but not "Bought Into The Dream" of what Apple was in the ninties. All along the PC has become less and less expensive to the point that I can go to any computer retailer and put together a machine that has gigs of memory, mega-gigs of hard disk, megs of video card and gigs of processor for around $400. It's hard to find a new Mac for under $1000. I love all my Macs. But the question is a daunting; haunting "Do I REALLY want to pay THAT MUCH for a computer when all I do is websurf, email and sell on eBay?" Apple may have an economy-of-scale issue. They can't get processors for what the PC people pay for AMDs. Motherboards are proprietary, too. I believe we can't see a $499 new Macintosh. I know if Apple's going to survive we NEED to see a new $499 Mac. Or just get behind Job's idea of Apple as a consumer electronics company that once upon a time made insanely great computers........ Jeff G -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.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/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
