Morning All,
Yeah price hit quite a shock as US gets a little relief. (AU$ we are
better of than US but our dollar is going south???)
Apple have not done much on previous models except for update
processor and move things around in case.
In fact single CPU has taken a 1200 price hike and reduced available
memory, still no Blu-Ray. Especially now that the argument has been
sorted. Still looks unlikely to connect to that super IO highway via
Serial ATA which is a necessity when burning Blu Ray disks.
So people will be weighing up what one can get on the other side of
fence, or searching for alternatives. But, there is a lot of bang for
your buck as High End Desktops are concerned; price comparison is
tangible.
I know my current situation will not modify much, although the higher
prices mean a larger tax relief if one can sustain income levels.
Something I think we all are asking ourselves at moment, whilst
reducing or sustaining charges to clients. A task made more difficult
when governments are asking for restraint, as necessary services are
reporting substantial increases into the near future.
This will test Apple faithful as alternatives are on the surface
substantially cheaper, but productivity and relevant software becomes
an issue. Something I believe in many circumstances the gap has
closed, but certain industries have some variance or substantial
increases to change. Then there is the Hackintosh factor!!!!
As a loyal Apple user for sometime now it gets disconcerting when
Apple does not support local market. Yes I know we are a little blip
on their radar, direct importation could make machinery little more
competitive. Something Dell, HP, Sun, and other specialist US based
companies have been doing for a while now, reference their US pricing
against local?
Disappointed with upgrades, Apple missed an opportunity to move to the
next level in digital media production. Life cycle of my current
machinery to be extended, whilst utilising other alternatives to fill
in an ever growing HD market. Alas the wait for HD - Blu Ray
compatible FCP and DVD Pro looks like being a long time coming, oh
well back to the many variations of achieving desired results. Sorry
Apple!!!
Cheers!
`RobD...
On 05Mar2009, at 8:44 am, Daniel Kerr wrote:
Hi Ronni (and Paul)
No worries on that.
AS mentioned it was quite interesting to see it done, had been the
first one
of those I'd seen.
Not something I could see a use for myself as when I'm on the road I
prefer
the large screen size and everything is on my 15" anyway, so I have
it all
there that I need.
I had read a bit on forums about them too, where a lot of people had
done
it,..so to see one "in the flesh" was "a bit of a laugh". (And even
the read
on it seemed all too easy, which was surprising).
Even more so now, with the MacPro pricing for the 8core being quite
expensive there are a lot more on forums (even US ones) talking
about going
that path as well. Shame really, the Mac hardware is very nice, it
just
seems a little pricing at the moment for the top end 8core MacPro.
Still, I
know some people will still buy them. (And I'm sure the USD has a
bit to do
with it as well.)
Oh well, all fun and games.
(And sorry for the misunderstanding Ronni,..that lack of sleep I
think is
getting to me,..and everyone told me a new baby would be loads of
fun,..I
want some more sleep! Lol) :o)
Enjoy!
Kind Regards
Daniel
On 5/3/09 8:16 AM, "Ronda Brown" <ro...@wn.com.au> wrote:
Hello WAMUGers,
I must post a retraction for my previous email to WAMUG Mailing list.
Daniel Kerr did not do this a Client of Daniel's had done it.
I had been speaking with Daniel and he had told me it was interesting
to see.
Sorry for my error.
Cheers,
Ronni
On 04/03/2009, at 4:34 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
On 04/03/2009, at 4:24 PM, Paul Weaver wrote:
I wish Apple would produce a small no-frills notebook like the Dell
'Inspiron' Mini 9 which only costs AU$599. Wish! Wish! Wish!
Hello Paul,
Buy a Dell Mini 9 and install Leopard on it.
<http://i.gizmodo.com/5156903/how-to-hackintosh-a-dell-mini-9-into-the-ultima
te-os-x-netbook
Daniel Kerr has done this for a client and says it runs very well.
Cheers,
Ronni
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