Temptation
With a member of my household in the education realm (who is likewise a Macintosh comrade-in-arms), we find prices getting rather tempting. Apple's decision to chop off an extra $100 on its dual 1Gig machine (for education users) amounts to a pretty package. In the past I have been a bit testy, waiting for more speed. But without a modem, my partner could grab up a dualie with the Radeon 7500 for $2699, or so. Despite all of the talk (legitimate, it seems to me) of the motherboard's being yesterday's technology, this price is ... tempting.
Comments
Here in Canada the lowest price I can find for a dual gigger (academic) with Radeon is around $4550 CDN or $2850 US
[ 03-30-2002: Message edited by: Leonis ]</p>
If they can' do anything about the spec to price ratio, they should re-introduce DP machines across the board. All DP machines would really help with the perception of value, and it would add substantially to Mot's PPC sales, which might, just maybe, possibly, but don't hold your breath, encourage Mot to roll out faster PPC's in a more timely fashion. They should move the powermacs to all DP and keep them that way, permanently. Not take away the configs the second proc speeds climb a bit. Prices are just that much harder to swallow in markets outside the USA. Apple needs to do something.
[ 03-30-2002: Message edited by: Matsu ]</p>
I couldn't agree more. If Apple had DP machines for all of its power line, I never would have had the need to write my first comment--we'd be working on a new machine right now.