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New Apple Toys: Multi-touch Mouse, 16:9 iMacs, updated white MB, Mini spec bump
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Redfraggle
Platinum Member
So the best I have comes from theories developed as a result of college education in marketing/business/advertising. Breaking mental barriers is a big deal to manufacturers and consumers. Having something *under* $1000 feels better to consumers, and so they are more likely to buy it for their students. I mean, I don't think my first car cost $1000 even, there's no way my mother would have purchased me a $1000 computer.
Eug
Lifer
Yeah, that's regular Leopard, not Snow Leopard.
P.S. I only got that mouse cuz it was free. I really hate Apple's BT implementation. I find it unreliable for autodetect after the batteries die or whatever. Sometimes after replacing batteries I have to reboot to get the mouse recognized.
I also went with the wired keyboard, but there it's also because of the two USB 2 ports and the numeric keypad.
P.S. I only got that mouse cuz it was free. I really hate Apple's BT implementation. I find it unreliable for autodetect after the batteries die or whatever. Sometimes after replacing batteries I have to reboot to get the mouse recognized.
I also went with the wired keyboard, but there it's also because of the two USB 2 ports and the numeric keypad.
Goosemaster
Lifer
droolx10
It's a fair price, any lower and it would cannibalize 13" MBP sales? Isn't the new unibody plastic a misnomer? I can't imagine they actually start with a block of plastic, then machine out the base.
The mythical $499 mini/$899ish MacBook remain.. myths. 😉
With the new iMac, are these desktop CPUs now? Or mobile Core 2 Duos still?
Redfraggle
Platinum Member
Erm, learn to read. They couldn't say unibody if it wasn't. It's a more durable design, and the bits that are machined out are probably melted back down and reused.
scootermaster
Platinum Member
How is this not the deal of the century?
As best I can tell, it's just about a $1999 computer for $1300. It's less than the base unibody 15" without dedicated graphics. Throw in some ram and one of those 2.5" HDs that Newegg had deals on recently and, wow....
I'm tempted. SOOO tempted! If my G4 Powerbook was worth more than a couple hundred bucks I'd upgrade in a second.
As best I can tell, it's just about a $1999 computer for $1300. It's less than the base unibody 15" without dedicated graphics. Throw in some ram and one of those 2.5" HDs that Newegg had deals on recently and, wow....
I'm tempted. SOOO tempted! If my G4 Powerbook was worth more than a couple hundred bucks I'd upgrade in a second.
TheBiggmann
Senior member
If you want deal of the century, you gotta wait for next generation stuf to come out and buy the most recent old generation stuff. Unibodies came out, I bought the previous gen MBP, $2500 MSRP, $1500 on amazon. Love it.
It doesn't have the 7 hour battery however. I am not saying that it isn't a great deal, Tyranicus has that exact model and I used it for about a month and it was great, but the longer life battery is worth a lot to some.
No... it's silly.
And I agree on the 13" MBP. $200 gets you aluminum, an SD card reader, and the firewire port... not worth $200 to me. What I really, really thought they would do is release an 11.6" system, and have that be the MacBook. You want small, light and reasonably powerful? MacBook. You want larger, and more powerful, MacBook Pro.
I also keep hoping that some day they will do colors on their laptops again. I think Product (RED) MacBook would be the bee's knees, the wasp's nipples, the erogonous zone of every major flying insect in the Northern Hemisphere!
scootermaster
Platinum Member
Oooohhh...I didn't realize it was the older model. Damn! Knew it was too good to be true!
And RE: Macbook VS. Pro, with educational discounts I guess it's a little better, since you get $50 off the MB, but $150 off the MBP, meaning the difference is "only" $150.
And RE: Macbook VS. Pro, with educational discounts I guess it's a little better, since you get $50 off the MB, but $150 off the MBP, meaning the difference is "only" $150.
Yea, you know I am not entirely sure where the MacBook Air fits into the lineup. I understand that it is useful for certain people, but I would personally prefer a system that was the absolutely smallest possible but could still fit a full size chiclet keyboard. Past that, I don't care about what else.
ultimatebob
Lifer
So... this Mac Mini "server" edition... can I do software RAID on this thing? If so, how's the performance?
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