Price Gouging OS 9 Users
For all those who are thanking their lucky stars that they bought a dual 867 when they could, here is one more reason: Apple charges $100 premium on the OS9 machine which does not even have FW 800 or Airport Extreme! Observe the following prices:
OS 9 Machine:
$2,499.00
Dual 1.25GHz PowerPC G4
2MB L3 cache/processor
512MB DDR333 SDRAM
120GB Ultra ATA drive
SuperDrive
ATI Radeon 9000 Pro
Mac OS 9 boot supported
New Machine:
$1,999.00
Dual 1.25GHz PowerPC G4
1MB L3 cache/processor
256MB DDR333 SDRAM
80GB Ultra ATA/100
Combo Drive
ATI Radeon 9000 Pro
64MB DDR video memory
FireWire 800
56K internal modem
Bluetooth Ready
BTO:
$2,399.00
Dual 1.25GHz PowerPC G4
1MB L3 cache/processor
512MB DDR333 SDRAM
120GB Ultra ATA/100
SuperDrive
ATI Radeon 9000 Pro
64MB DDR video memory
FireWire 800
56K internal modem
Bluetooth Ready
Talk amongst yourselves...
OS 9 Machine:
$2,499.00
Dual 1.25GHz PowerPC G4
2MB L3 cache/processor
512MB DDR333 SDRAM
120GB Ultra ATA drive
SuperDrive
ATI Radeon 9000 Pro
Mac OS 9 boot supported
New Machine:
$1,999.00
Dual 1.25GHz PowerPC G4
1MB L3 cache/processor
256MB DDR333 SDRAM
80GB Ultra ATA/100
Combo Drive
ATI Radeon 9000 Pro
64MB DDR video memory
FireWire 800
56K internal modem
Bluetooth Ready
BTO:
$2,399.00
Dual 1.25GHz PowerPC G4
1MB L3 cache/processor
512MB DDR333 SDRAM
120GB Ultra ATA/100
SuperDrive
ATI Radeon 9000 Pro
64MB DDR video memory
FireWire 800
56K internal modem
Bluetooth Ready
Talk amongst yourselves...
Comments
I think not.
As for Classic, my experience is that Classic is an imperfect substitute.
<strong>Fair enough. Is the increase in L3 from 1MB to 2MB enough to compensate for the absence of FW800, the absence of an airport extreme option, a noisier case, AND a $100 price premium?
I think not.
As for Classic, my experience is that Classic is an imperfect substitute.</strong><hr></blockquote>
How many Power Mac owners do you think are using AirPort?
Furthermore the Mac OS 9 model has the same fans as the new Power Macs, which are less noisy.
<strong>the absence of FW800, the absence of an airport extreme option</strong><hr></blockquote>
To make use of those additions they'd need to update the system itself. It has been obvious for quite some time that Apple wasn't updating OS 9 anymore and OS 9 users would be left behind on new hardware.
<strong>Fair enough. Is the increase in L3 from 1MB to 2MB enough to compensate for the absence of FW800, the absence of an airport extreme option, a noisier case, AND a $100 price premium?
I think not.
As for Classic, my experience is that Classic is an imperfect substitute.</strong><hr></blockquote>
YES IT IS. Airport extreme is so essential to your wirless tower network? Get serious. You don't know what you're talking about if you'd trade an extra megabyte PER PROCESSOR of L3 for firewire 800. Tell me, how many firewire 400 peripherals do you own?
All Apple is doing is continuing to sell the old machine. Be glad they're doing that. OS 9 is dead. Relax. And don't post <a href="http://forums.appleinsider.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=2&t=002044" target="_blank">redundant</a>, <a href="http://forums.appleinsider.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=2&t=002020" target="_blank">and doubly redundant</a> threads.
The pricing point I believe warranted a new thread.
But the Ebay point is well taken.
While you might not agree with what he's saying, I think discussing the pricing of the only OS9 booting PowerMacs available is fine in it's own thread.
It isn't being done to rip-off OS 9 users. This happens everytime there's an upgrade, where the mid-level approaches or meets the former high level machine in processor speed. Pricing on the old high-end machine drops by only a few hundred dollars, which makes the new mid-level machine look like a bargain.
[ 01-30-2003: Message edited by: jesperas ]</p>
Apple is going to stick it to you, and you know what, you deserve it. Bitch at quark, because we all know that they are the only reason or most of the reason 9 isn't totally dead now. Deal with it and move on.
Apple has planned on killing 9 for some time now, feel lucky or unlucky if you ask me....that you still have an option of machines for 9