Prices for G4s Collapsing?
[Please move this thread to CH if it is off topic here.]
Just wanted to see if everyone was noticing the G5's effect on G4 machines! Are we now moving forward at a speed where older Mac's have to be unloaded at cut rates? There are some incredible deals out there:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...385400-9787938
(PB 12' NEW (without DVI?) with free iSight for $1100)
I don't know as much about the market for older G4's, but I would imagine that prices for older G4 desktops would also be going down rapidly. This could accelerate if faster G5s and powerbooks at MWSF push the fall models into budget territory.
G4 prices seem to be falling accross the board, but I wanted to talk about the broader trend. I wanted to ask people if they think that now that Mac's are advancing more rapidly whether Macs' tendency to have high resale value will be strongly diminished?
I'm not talking about whether Mac's will be ready for the garbage heap after 2 years like PCs, but whether the mentality that has some people still expecting to get $900-1000 for their Pismo G3s and $1000 for a 400 Mhz G4 up until a few months ago is threatened by a sea change.
What happens to the common idea in the Mac community that you get 30-50% of the cost of your new machine by selling your old one? What happens to places that sell upgrades when people start giving up on their older boxes rather than nursing them along for 4-5 years? Is a sea change taking place? Discuss. . . .
Just wanted to see if everyone was noticing the G5's effect on G4 machines! Are we now moving forward at a speed where older Mac's have to be unloaded at cut rates? There are some incredible deals out there:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...385400-9787938
(PB 12' NEW (without DVI?) with free iSight for $1100)
I don't know as much about the market for older G4's, but I would imagine that prices for older G4 desktops would also be going down rapidly. This could accelerate if faster G5s and powerbooks at MWSF push the fall models into budget territory.
G4 prices seem to be falling accross the board, but I wanted to talk about the broader trend. I wanted to ask people if they think that now that Mac's are advancing more rapidly whether Macs' tendency to have high resale value will be strongly diminished?
I'm not talking about whether Mac's will be ready for the garbage heap after 2 years like PCs, but whether the mentality that has some people still expecting to get $900-1000 for their Pismo G3s and $1000 for a 400 Mhz G4 up until a few months ago is threatened by a sea change.
What happens to the common idea in the Mac community that you get 30-50% of the cost of your new machine by selling your old one? What happens to places that sell upgrades when people start giving up on their older boxes rather than nursing them along for 4-5 years? Is a sea change taking place? Discuss. . . .
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