NEW iMac - now Revision B and more expensive?

patchouli · March 20, 2002 8:40PM

What have I missed? What justifies this revision and price hike on an already over-priced system? From viewing the specs, I still see dated hardware. Please, someone fill me in. My sister whas looking to order one, and she just asked me why they were more money?! So, I had a look and the Apple Store shows them at more $$$ each and the tech specs page show them as revision *B*.

What goes on? <img src="confused.gif" border="0">

macsrgood4u · March 20, 2002 8:48PM

Then the iMac is not for you. You have plenty of other choices.

eman · March 20, 2002 8:48PM

Nothing's changed except for price.

matsu · March 20, 2002 9:00PM

[quote]Originally posted by MacsRGood4U:

Then the iMac is not for you. You have plenty of other choices.<hr></blockquote>

At this rate, neither the iMac nor any Mac, is going to be for anybody. Without updates, this will quickly become the most outdated line-up Apple has ever fielded. This is pure arrogance to raise prices when they aren't getting the job done on the hardware side. I hope they take a huge hit for it. ANYONE who was thinking of buying an iMac should just buy something else on principle alone. FIND AN F-ING WAY TO MEET DEMAND! Don't raise prices simply because you can at the moment. We don't need over-priced boutique engraving BULLSH!T.

I'm going to order an iPod and pay the extra 50 bucks to have, "THINK OVERPRICED, THINK UNDERPERFOMING, THINK APPLE!" engraved on the back of my iPod.

murbot · March 20, 2002 9:10PM

Hey, you might have trouble doing that. I don't see the link for personalizing it on the Canadian site...

eman · March 20, 2002 9:11PM

[quote]Originally posted by Matsu:



I'm going to order an iPod and pay the extra 50 bucks to have, "THINK OVERPRICED, THINK UNDERPERFOMING, THINK APPLE!" engraved on the back of my iPod.<hr></blockquote>

<img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" /> I'd do it if I had the money to spend.

max8319 · March 20, 2002 9:30PM

no one's forcing you to buy. you have choices. you can get an old imac at a reasonable price. look at dealmac. i have seen great bundle deals on their.

i do agree that it's underperforming, but shit happens. this is the best they can do. if their best is not good enough for you, then don't buy.

eman · March 20, 2002 9:32PM

[quote]Originally posted by Max8319:



i do agree that it's underperforming, but shit happens. this is the best they can do. if their best is not good enough for you, then don't buy.<hr></blockquote>

How's it the best they can do?

max8319 · March 20, 2002 9:38PM

motorolla can't supple anything much better, and apple's not going to sacrifice the pm to put the best chip in they have. i'm sure they'd LOVE to put a 1.4 ghz G4 in it, but they don't exist, except in testing....that limits them....

the bus should definately be faster, closer to what PCs have. the ram should also be updated to faster ram (?) that's out on the market. they should/could fix that. i agree there.

colorclassicg4 · March 20, 2002 11:35PM

Get a grip, Matsu. Apple raised their prices because the price of LCD displays has gone up, and because the price of RAM has skyrocketed.

It's called a profit margin. Apple is selling iMacs at a loss without the raised price. Because it now costs them more to make them.

It's not an evil conspiracy to rip off the Mac-buying public

murbot · March 21, 2002 12:13AM

It's not a secret that this shit is getting more expensive. Dell just raised the prices on some of their LCDs.

Oh well, it's fun to come in here and cry I guess.

pmcd · March 21, 2002 1:46AM

Lot's of things are disappearing from the Canadian site. Educational pricing for example leads to a dead link. I suspect they removed it under pressure from retailers.

Apple is behaving in a very strange way. The $100+ increase is ridiculous at this point in time, a 10gig iPod as a pricey toy, removing educational pricing from Apple Canada, etc...

Sigh perhaps time to look at Windows again...

philip

[quote]Originally posted by murbot:

Hey, you might have trouble doing that. I don't see the link for personalizing it on the Canadian site...<hr></blockquote>

pmcd · March 21, 2002 1:47AM

Doesn't Apple sign longer term contracts for components? They aren't buying hay.

This is a fiasco.

philip

[quote]Originally posted by ColorClassicG4:

Get a grip, Matsu. Apple raised their prices because the price of LCD displays has gone up, and because the price of RAM has skyrocketed.

It's called a profit margin. Apple is selling iMacs at a loss without the raised price. Because it now costs them more to make them.

It's not an evil conspiracy to rip off the Mac-buying public

eugene · March 21, 2002 6:14AM

Yeah, LCD prices have gone up, and so has RAM, but...

Why hasn't Apple raised prices on any other products that have LCDs? iBook? PowerBook? Standalone LCD monitors? They're all the same price.

The price hiked iMacs are still competitive with their PC counterparts over-all.

jccbin · March 21, 2002 7:23AM

As an Apple Stockholder, who benefits from Apple raising prices, I think the Apple product line is overpriced.

For the performance one gets, the prices are too high. the ONLY advantage is the OS, and given it's flakiness (yes I use it 100% of the time), that is not much of an advantage.

Sorry, Steve, but the low-end CRT iMac should be $599,

The G4 towers should be $200 less each.

If they'd put a 133Mhz bus and double the RAM in the LCD iMacs, I'd be all right with the new prices.

Yep. It's alive.

satchmo · March 21, 2002 9:06AM

[quote]Originally posted by MacsRGood4U:

Then the iMac is not for you. You have plenty of other choices.<hr></blockquote>

While not as cool or quiet, I may consider a closeout on a 733 G4 Tower with a 15 LCD display. At least those displays haven't gone up in price.

arondale · March 21, 2002 9:20AM

Good thing I just got my iMac before the prices jumped. I got the 800 model.

It performs great, even with games! <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" />

bauman · March 21, 2002 9:21AM

I just got off the phone with the apple store, the rep said that no physical changes have been made . . . Just a price increase. They probably needed the revision to ensure that backorders will not be charged the extra $100.

I'm glad I ordered mine when I did. Now if only it would come! (going on week 5)

~bauman

codewarrior · March 21, 2002 9:28AM

Rev B is probably corrects the power cord issue and firmware issue that were reported a few weeks ago.

Or just a way to separate from Rev A.

[ 03-21-2002: Message edited by: CodeWarrior ]

jimdad · March 21, 2002 11:23AM

Does this mean for once i've come out ahead of all those who said it was silly to leap in and buy a new untried machine ?

(Sits back, plays games and waits for the flack)

gafferino · March 21, 2002 12:22PM

[quote]Originally posted by Eugene:

Yeah, LCD prices have gone up, and so has RAM, but...

Why hasn't Apple raised prices on any other products that have LCDs? iBook? PowerBook? Standalone LCD monitors? They're all the same price.

The price hiked iMacs are still competitive with their PC counterparts over-all.<hr></blockquote>

Yep they are still competitive and the price hike is perfectly justified. This is economics. Apple is recieving orders faster than it can fill them. This will lead to longer and longer delivery times and annoyed customers. They are ramping up production (clearly imacs are selling faster than Apple had expected). Until they can build as many as they are selling they might as well slow demand slightly by raising the price and benefit from the extra $100 per unit. This is also annoy customers but Apple gets to maintain its margin and will drop prices and upgrade the units as soon as prodcution capacity meets the rate they are selling and the backlog is cleared.

NEW iMac - now Revision B and more expensive?

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