I could find room for one.
Bushels.
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A $499 Mac. Apple will sell tons of these things.
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And that's precisely why they won't do it.
This is the standard Mac Expo rumor every year, and every year it doesn't happen. Should, but likely won't.
Ummm. KVM switches'll work?
Right now I'm using a Compaq Presario 1200 Laptop. It is over 3 years old, has a 1.0 GHz processor and I added 128 MB of RAM to it, to bring it up to 160 MB total. 15 GB Hard drive and the biggest feature is the DVD/CD-R/RW combo drive. I'm not selling it or getting a new one for the same reason that you buy a car and drive it until it dies. But, if this thing is as portable as a laptop and sells for $500 - has a faster processor, probably more hard disk space, more RAM and a USB 2.0 connection? I'm game. I don't watch DVDs on my computer anyway.
What they lose on each sale they will make up in volume.
This could be part of a strategy to get back into the schools. Schools seem to have two types of computers these days. New PCs or elderly Macs.
They had better be able to turn a profit on these, though.
Cool. Set it up with Windows or buy an extra Mac Monitor.
Bundling one of these with a new iPod (at an appropriate price point) would open up new markets.
I am still waiting for the audio computer that can fit in a pocket. never mind.
I might even pop for a sub-$500 Mac.
1.25 Ghz G4? My 4 year old Athlon XP would destroy that.
At $499...AND it comes pre-installed with and runs OSX!?!?! Unbelievable if they can pull it off.
I guess I can put my plans on hold to upgrade a beige POWER MAC desktop to run OSX...purchased for large sum of $7.99 :0)
Dear Apple Computer:
If you build this, I will purchase one. If you build me a much much nicer one for 800 bucks I'll buy that too.
I won't dump my linux and windows boxes for it but I will buy a Mac at this price.
GET SOME FREAKING GAMES FOR IT AND YOU GOT A DEAL.
Of course, everybody knows about the 7th FASTEST SUPERCOMPUTER in the world -located at Virginia Tech's TERASCALE Computing Facility. Built entirely out of APPLE MAC G5's for a FRACTION of the cost of other computers...no INTEL or AMD on THAT list ;)
SYSTEM X SUPERCOMPUTER: http://www.tcf.vt.edu/
Prices will come down. I love the smell of Capitalism in the morning!
Sub $500 MacPING!
As always should you or anyone want to become a member of the Mac Ping List, freepmail the secretary who will add you to the list (I am the secretary) should you want off the secretary will disavow all knowledge you were ever on the list...
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Thanks for posting this. Good morning. :)
Be still my beating heart!
Maybe now I'll be able to talk my Mother in Law into off-loading her POS Gateway.
The existence of that thing is an offense to my wireless home network.
Did any tech companies have manufacturing plants in the area of the earthquake and tsunami?