1.) latest G4 towers... piece of shit upgrade that had no significant changes and has no where near the sales volume of the iMac
2.) iPod is pretty easy to manufacture. they also gave themselves a month lead on manufacturing.
3.) first iBook was not available in sufficient amounts early on. nor was the tibook
4.) the last Mac update was nothing. no one bought it. it was the same thing they had been shipping for 2 years just with updated components. all of which were swappable components and required no motherboard changes or case changes.
[quote]Originally posted by: Eugene4) The iMac wasn't a bad deal at all. 700 MHz G3, 60 GB HDD, 256 MB RAM vs the $1499 iMac today with a 700 MHz G4, 40 GB HDD, 256 MB RAM, Combo drive. The benefit of the flat panel? No extra resolution. Ghost trails? You lose 20 GB of HDD space? Sure, it had a Rage 128 Ultra, but so do some Dells in that price range. Sony and other manufacturers still ship Riva TNT2s on some machines.<hr></blockquote>
Maybe it wasn't a bad deal, but no one wanted it. At MWNY everyone expected LCD iMacs and they didn't get them. How many people actually purchased the iMacs from July '01?
<strong>You think the iMac LCD debacle is bad? Wait until the G5 comes out... bwahahaha!</strong><hr></blockquote>
Exactly...
Clearly, the iMac LCD debacle is a big lie. The iMac shortage is a fabrication designed to diminish customer dissatisfaction when the G5 is announced (when there will be real shortages). Everybody always says Apple doesn't plan ahead with respect to meeting customer demand. Actually, the truth is, they really plan ahead.
[edit: figured I better put a smiley on that, or be branded a loon]
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1.) latest G4 towers... piece of shit upgrade that had no significant changes and has no where near the sales volume of the iMac
2.) iPod is pretty easy to manufacture. they also gave themselves a month lead on manufacturing.
3.) first iBook was not available in sufficient amounts early on. nor was the tibook
4.) the last Mac update was nothing. no one bought it. it was the same thing they had been shipping for 2 years just with updated components. all of which were swappable components and required no motherboard changes or case changes.
short memory
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Kinda sounds like my post in this thread. Like you always say, great minds think alike
Maybe it wasn't a bad deal, but no one wanted it. At MWNY everyone expected LCD iMacs and they didn't get them. How many people actually purchased the iMacs from July '01?
<strong>You think the iMac LCD debacle is bad? Wait until the G5 comes out... bwahahaha!</strong><hr></blockquote>
Exactly...
Clearly, the iMac LCD debacle is a big lie. The iMac shortage is a fabrication designed to diminish customer dissatisfaction when the G5 is announced (when there will be real shortages). Everybody always says Apple doesn't plan ahead with respect to meeting customer demand. Actually, the truth is, they really plan ahead.
[edit: figured I better put a smiley on that, or be branded a loon]
[ 03-19-2002: Message edited by: spotbug ]</p>