In article <p08q245cpl0e3d4202rluj5bnlbo97ksh0@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
Mayor of R'lyeh <mayor.of.rlyeh@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Fri, 16 May 2008 01:03:31 -0400, ZnU <znu@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> >In article <9vbn24hgijvrrrjn5oncad6vk4tbmkkled@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> > Mayor of R'lyeh <mayor.of.rlyeh@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >
> >> On Tue, 13 May 2008 00:58:50 -0400, ZnU <znu@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >
> >[snip]
> >
> >> > Apple could make the
> >> > thing a fair bit cheaper by just making it a bit larger, so it
wouldn't
> >> > have to use laptop RAM and optical & hard drives.
> >>
> >> The 'parts are expensive' excuse for Apple's pricing has been blown
> >> out of the water more times than the French Navy. Its especially hard
> >> to justify this now that everybody uses the same parts. There are PC
> >> laptops with similar features to the Mini for less money which makes
> >> your argument obviously not true.
> >
> >As I said, the Mac mini is not particularly competitive at the moment
> >because it hasn't been refreshed in a long time.
>
> It won't matter if they stuff the latest and greatest in it tomorrow
> so long as they price it several hundred dollars above what a
> comparable PC can be had for.
The point is that when they're done stuffing the latest and greatest
into it (and keeping the price the same), it *won't* be priced several
hundred dollars above what a compatible PC can be had for. At least if
history is any guide.
It will still be *somewhat* more expensive if it's still using laptop
parts, which is why I think Apple should introduce a low-end system
which doesn't do that. (It could probably still be pretty small -- the
Cube used desktop parts.)
[snip]
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"More than two decades later, it is hard to imagine the Revolutionary War
coming
out any other way."
--George W. Bush in Martinsburg, W. Va., July 4,
2007
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