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  • From: Mark Rushing <markrushing AT gmail.com>
  • To: "Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/" <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [internetworkers] Apple goes for market share
  • Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 17:26:26 -0500

and obviously it makes no sense to buy anything but the 30" cinema
display so you can add another 3 grand to that.

http://www.apple.com/displays/#


On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 17:21:51 -0500 (EST), Sil Greene <quack AT ibiblio.org>
wrote:
>
> tsk, tsk, tsk. Careful, David, or someone might accuse you of false
> advertising.
>
> for $499, you get a 1.25GHz G4 and a 40gig hard drive, 90 days
> phone support, a one-year warranty, and no optional anything. that's
> according to the brochure page (URL in David's message).
>
> did anyone manage to get to the store before it melted? what does the
> 1.4GHz/80gig machine run? i haven't seen any official numbers, so i'll
> predict a price in the neighborhood of $699. that's an estimated $100
> each for upgraded CPU and harddrive, which may be off, but doesn't seem
> unreasonable for an out-of-the-*ss estimate.
>
> of course, you add AppleCare, and AirPort, and maybe some more RAM, and
> oooh what about that SuperDrive... I'll be very surprised if a
> fully-tricked-out miniMac weighs in under $1k. And don't forget you
> still haven't bought a screen. :)
>
> --sil
>
> from David Minton:
> >
> > I guess we will find out, now that Apple has released a headless iMac,
> > with
> > prices starting at $499.
> [...]
> > 1.4GHz G4 processor
> > 256MB of PC2700 (333MHz) DDR SRAM, supports up to 1GB
> > ATI Radeon 9200 with 32MB of DDR SDRAM with AGP 4X support
> > Slot-loading Combo Drive (DVD-ROM/CD-RW)
> > One FireWire 400 port; two USB 2.0 ports; DVI output
> > Built-in 10/100BASE-T Ethernet and 56K V.92 modem
> >
> > Optional (internal) 802.11g and Bluetooth
> >
> > http://www.apple.com/macmini/
> >
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