.mac is relatively cheap... . mac "lite"

bioflavonoidbioflavonoid
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in Mac Software edited January 2014
From what I've seen, everyone, even hardcore Mac fans are pissed off about .mac. But, if you break the 100 dollar payment into 12 equal monthly payments it's only about $8.33 a month. Really, If you think about it, for most things we pay up to 20 dollars a month (ya know, netflicks, etc... So, really, .mac is a pretty good deal. Something I would like to see though is some sort of .mac "lite" where you could only get the mac.com email address....20 dollars a year per se. I guess this really isn't "future hardware" whoops...



[ 07-26-2002: Message edited by: Bioflavonoid ]</p>
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  • Reply 1 of 33
    michael greymichael grey Posts: 384member
    [Okay, before we all get in a tizzy because this isn't 'Future Hardware' let's note that this is his first post.]
  • Reply 2 of 33
    iq78iq78 Posts: 256member
    I don't mind $99/yr for 100MB + .mac services. I've found making homepages from iPhoto to be worth every penny. 2-click homepages are fantastic!



    BUT, why is this in "future hardware" ??



    It seems to me that .Mac is neither hardware nor a 'future' product.
  • Reply 3 of 33
    scott_h_phdscott_h_phd Posts: 448member
    Apple sucks and can go to hell for all I care.
  • Reply 4 of 33
    bioflavonoidbioflavonoid Posts: 723member
    Ya, I've been waiting for my dam n user name to be looked over. Plus, I didn't mean to put this in this section...this is the only thing I look at here...
  • Reply 5 of 33
    majormattmajormatt Posts: 1,077member
    Scott_H, why take such effort to write such a thing?



    Well, if you're set on writing something, surely your "Phd" can conjure something with more content?
  • Reply 6 of 33
    bioflavonoidbioflavonoid Posts: 723member
    LOL!!!
  • Reply 7 of 33
    microsoftosxpmicrosoftosxp Posts: 91member
    .Mac seems a bit of a waste for services most people will never use. I think it would be well worth the money though if they teamed up with a filtering company like bess, net nanny, cyber sitter or somebody like that. It would go over really well with the school market as well. I would also bet that a heck of a lot more people would pay the $100 fee, specially parents with kids.
  • Reply 8 of 33
    bodhibodhi Posts: 1,424member
    Belongs in Software...off you go...
  • Reply 9 of 33
    cablecable Posts: 76member
    .Mac is a good idea, I just can't see everyone using it. They should also allow a low-cost account that is email only for those who want a .Mac email address but not the other stuff. Some ISPs offer the same services for a much lower rate.
  • Reply 10 of 33
    mimacmimac Posts: 872member
    You want the name?......you gotta pay.

    $20 a year for email only sound about right
  • Reply 11 of 33
    junkyard dawgjunkyard dawg Posts: 2,801member
    dot mac is priced OK for what you get, not great, but OK.



    The problem is that most of us don't NEED everything that comes with dot mac. I don't need all that storage space, none of the apps...



    What I need is the mac.com email, and maybe 5-10 MB of space on my iDisk for sharing files. Apple promised that iTools would be free for life when it was introduced, and heralded it as a feature of Macs that Mac users get with the purchase of a Mac. It's a perk for being a Mac user.



    Now Apple abruptly decided to charge for what was once a free feature. That's the reason so many people are mad. If I had known that Apple would someday charge for iTools, then I wouldn't have used mac.com as my PRIMARY email addy! I wouldn't have used iTools at all! It's a bait and switch tactic and it wreaks of foul play. Apple is playing us like suckers.



    I understand that Apple needs all the revenue they can get, but they went about this the wrong way. What Apple SHOULD have done is the following:



    1. Continue to offer free email services at mac.com. This doesn't cost them much and it's a nice perk to mac users, plus it helps to advertise Macs by having emails end with "mac.com". If Apple can spend millions on dumb-ass ads showing Macs spinning around Jeff Goldblum's head in the air, then they can afford to give us free email services.



    2. Offer a low-end dot mac service for $25 per year that gives the user more email accounts and some iDisk space...enough to share photos and files.



    3. Offer a mid-range dot mac service for $50 per year, same as the low end dot mac but with more iDisk space.



    4. Offer a high-range dot mac service at $100 per year. For this much money, one should get not only MANY email accounts, but also a nice 100 MBs of iDisk space, with generous allowances for bandwidth and file transfers. Basically, for this amount of cash, one should be able to set up a website that gets a decent amount of traffic every day.



    Since Apple is offering dot mac to Mac USERS, it should be a DEAL, a FEATURE of Macs, not another way for Apple to make money. The entire point of iTools was to give Mac users something that Windows users don't have. Just because Apple cannot afford to keep it free, doesn't mean they can't keep it as a FEATURE, by charging nominal fees and keeping the features special. dot mac shouldn't be seen as a revenue generator, more like a non-profit arm of Apple that breaks even. It's free advertising for Apple, and they should use it that way. It should be an extension of OS X for those who want to use it, and by charging token fees for it, Apple could keep Mac users happy, give them features that Windows doesn't offer, AND increase their Market Share.



    Instead, Apple elevated the importance of short term profits over growing their market share, and keeping their loyal users content and...well, loyal!



    Stupid business decisions, stupid marketing decision...the whole thing wreaks of bean counting and greed. Pathetic.
  • Reply 12 of 33
    macosxmommymacosxmommy Posts: 35member
    My household would not mind paying for .mac services so much if it were offered a la carte. Since all we have ever used of iTools is the e-mail and Homepage, why should we pay for all the extras we won't use in the first place? As it is, with our 3, primary addys that can't be changed (as they are on business cards and various registrations and such), we are gonna have to fork-over an additional $20.



    $10 a month is alot to pay for e-mail and a webpage--I could get all that for much cheaper by registering for a domain name and having a family website (multiple e-mail addys all included)--had I known what would become of iTools only 5 months after buying our iMac G4, I would never have used the mail service or Homepage. Now we have no option but to pay the premium.



    Thanks guys, nice way to pay for your yachts and estates....



    Kirsten <img src="graemlins/surprised.gif" border="0" alt="[Surprised]" /> <img src="graemlins/oyvey.gif" border="0" alt="[No]" />
  • Reply 13 of 33
    buonrottobuonrotto Posts: 6,368member
    The problem with ala carte is that it's a nightmare from Apple's perspective. I think a compromise can be found, as many have suggested, in a tiered system of .Mac services.
  • Reply 14 of 33
    pyr3pyr3 Posts: 946member
    [quote]Originally posted by macosxmommy:

    <strong>My household would not mind paying for .mac services so much if it were offered a la carte. Since all we have ever used of iTools is the e-mail and Homepage, why should we pay for all the extras we won't use in the first place? As it is, with our 3, primary addys that can't be changed (as they are on business cards and various registrations and such), we are gonna have to fork-over an additional $20.



    $10 a month is alot to pay for e-mail and a webpage--I could get all that for much cheaper by registering for a domain name and having a family website (multiple e-mail addys all included)--had I known what would become of iTools only 5 months after buying our iMac G4, I would never have used the mail service or Homepage. Now we have no option but to pay the premium.



    Thanks guys, nice way to pay for your yachts and estates....



    Kirsten <img src="graemlins/surprised.gif" border="0" alt="[Surprised]" /> <img src="graemlins/oyvey.gif" border="0" alt="[No]" /> </strong><hr></blockquote>



    <a href="http://www.godaddy.com"; target="_blank">www.godaddy.com</a> is a good place to register for those that need to transfer. They have very cheap registration fees and hosting fees. If anyone has watched "<a href="http://www.thescreensavers.com/"; target="_blank">The Screen Savers</a>" they've endorsed this site from personal use a couple of times.



    BTW, what was the result from that other thread you have macosxmommy?



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  • Reply 15 of 33
    macosxmommymacosxmommy Posts: 35member
    I think I will end-up using <a href="http://www.webworkzcentral.com"; target="_blank">http://www.webworkzcentral.com</a>; for my hosting. $8/month sounds reasonable for a 100MB site and they have been very prompt in responding to a couple of my questions.



    Thanks,

    Kirsten
  • Reply 16 of 33
    pyr3pyr3 Posts: 946member
    [quote]"Behold the power of CHEESE!"<hr></blockquote>



    So pick-up lines ready DO work !!



    ( for those that are humor-impaired, cheese = cheesy and picky lines are cheesy )



    [ 07-26-2002: Message edited by: pyr3 ]</p>
  • Reply 17 of 33
    macosxmommymacosxmommy Posts: 35member
    I don't know whether pick-up lines work or not, but I am from Wisconsin and LOVE cheese, so it has become my motto--I will never suffer bone-density problems!



    Wow, what a digression from the thread--fun though. I think we could all use a break from the stress and irritation caused by Jobs and Co., re: .mac. I think I'll go have myself another brew....



    :cool: <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" />
  • Reply 18 of 33
    pyr3pyr3 Posts: 946member
    [quote]Originally posted by macosxmommy:

    <strong>I don't know whether pick-up lines work or not, but I am from Wisconsin and LOVE cheese, so it has become my motto--I will never suffer bone-density problems!



    Wow, what a digression from the thread--fun though. I think we could all use a break from the stress and irritation caused by Jobs and Co., re: .mac. I think I'll go have myself another brew....



    :cool: <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" /> </strong><hr></blockquote>



    Sounds like fun. Drinking and reading appleinsider.com ... ah, the finer things in life.
  • Reply 19 of 33
    derrick 61derrick 61 Posts: 178member
    [quote]Originally posted by macosxmommy:

    <strong>I think I will end-up using <a href="http://www.webworkzcentral.com"; target="_blank">http://www.webworkzcentral.com</a>; for my hosting. $8/month sounds reasonable for a 100MB site and they have been very prompt in responding to a couple of my questions.



    Thanks,

    Kirsten</strong><hr></blockquote>



    You will switch to webworkzcentral for $8/month, when .mac is &8.33/month??

    <img src="confused.gif" border="0">
  • Reply 20 of 33
    pyr3pyr3 Posts: 946member
    [quote]Originally posted by Derrick 61:

    <strong>



    You will switch to webworkzcentral for $8/month, when .mac is &8.33/month??

    :confused: </strong><hr></blockquote>



    I'm thinking that that is for hosting AND domain name as she wanted a different domain name in the other thread.
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