Well, it's cool kit it a crap-looking box, but is it $300 too much? Maybe a lower end video card in a plastic box is still needed. Discuss (obviously).
For a high-end pro Unix workstation? It's not badly priced.
There's a huge gap between the iMac and PowerMacs now... plenty of room for new hardware to take up the slack at better, market share expanding, prices.
Who cares what Matsu thinks, these prices rock. Let's not kid ourselves, the iMac top end and the G5 low end are worlds apart, you can't have a low end G5 priced less then the top iMac with that much spec separation. Anyone who thinks differently is plain ridiculous.
$3k for the top end dual 2ghz P4 crushing 160g HD G5 is $500 less then I paid for my dual gig! That's a great fricking deal! That's a fricking steal!
These are pro machines, speed like pro machines and priced accordingly to pro machines. Compare to Dell.
Prices are OK, within the range of previous models of the PowerMac, right? $3000 at the top, $1700 at the bottom, yes? Could have been about $300 lower at the top, and $100 lower at the bottom. Of course some were expecting Cube II for under $1000 and some will be quite pissed.
How will he also take it that Apple now owns the fastest personal computer. Face it, these prices are not bad for what we get. There's so many features that I want to cry. I'm obviously upgrading, but to which one, I don't know.
Best workstation deals going. Does nothing for pro "desktops" though.
They need a cube, badly.
And they're close.
It has modern I/O.
Take, drop it in a case that cuts that down to the same plugs minus the PCI, but keeps at least half the RAM, the same AGP slot and a CPU daughtercard. Doesn't need that high-end Gfx, doesn't need the superdrive.
These machines are so fast and superior to current offerings, they'll fly off the shelves at these prices.
When this initial demand is satisfied, prices will drop and the total volume of sales will skyrocket.
They will fly off the shelves to Mac houses that have been waiting to upgrade for years. I don't think they'll make a dent in the Window's desktop world at these prices. Sure they're great if you compare it to Dell's highest end--but Dell and other cover a whole gamut of price and features.
Apple has a big, gaping hole in the middle. A 1.25 G4 is not sufficient to fill it.
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There's a huge gap between the iMac and PowerMacs now... plenty of room for new hardware to take up the slack at better, market share expanding, prices.
single 1.25Ghz G4 with 256MB RAM, 80GB, and a Radeon 9000 for $1299.
Seems that that might be the 'low end tower' everyone wanted.
$3k for the top end dual 2ghz P4 crushing 160g HD G5 is $500 less then I paid for my dual gig! That's a great fricking deal! That's a fricking steal!
These are pro machines, speed like pro machines and priced accordingly to pro machines. Compare to Dell.
Originally posted by job
the old 1.25 towers are still available.
single 1.25Ghz G4 with 256MB RAM, 80GB, and a Radeon 9000 for $1299.
Seems that that might be the 'low end tower' everyone wanted.
Not good specs given the new model, s/b $999 or less for that model.
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When this initial demand is satisfied, prices will drop and the total volume of sales will skyrocket.
Best workstation deals going. Does nothing for pro "desktops" though.
They need a cube, badly.
And they're close.
It has modern I/O.
Take, drop it in a case that cuts that down to the same plugs minus the PCI, but keeps at least half the RAM, the same AGP slot and a CPU daughtercard. Doesn't need that high-end Gfx, doesn't need the superdrive.
1299.
Still waiting.
Fast is great, but I for one have been knocked out to the upgrade cycle for this year.
If this is part of a strategy to do three tiers and grow marketshare fine. If the line stay the way it is, marketshare will drop.
The speed rocks, but the Power Mac G5 is the first Apple machine worthy of being hidden under a desk....
at edu prices (since i know that is how you shop)
1899 minus the 190 gets you a bitching tower for 1709...
can't downgrade the video card i am afraid
maybe by christmas they will have a cheaper box for you
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Iguess I'll be waiting a bit... Gotta get lower priced headless gear...
after seeing this, i think you can safely put off g5 Powerbooks for at least 12 months. Cool by me.
Check out the brand new PowerMac G4 line-up at the Apple Store.
Frell ME Dead!
This is what eveeryone wanted, an expandable mac for only:
$1,299.00
cool!
Originally posted by Ompus
These machines are so fast and superior to current offerings, they'll fly off the shelves at these prices.
When this initial demand is satisfied, prices will drop and the total volume of sales will skyrocket.
They will fly off the shelves to Mac houses that have been waiting to upgrade for years. I don't think they'll make a dent in the Window's desktop world at these prices. Sure they're great if you compare it to Dell's highest end--but Dell and other cover a whole gamut of price and features.
Apple has a big, gaping hole in the middle. A 1.25 G4 is not sufficient to fill it.