Who will buy new iMac (PM vs. iMac)?
Prices now:
iMac with 17-inch flat panel TFT display now $1999
1GHz PowerMac + 17" Apple Display $2198
Who will buy new 17" iMac, if price difference will be small? Buying a PowerMac you will get better value for your money now.
Apple has to drop iMac prices quite a lot.
iMac with 17-inch flat panel TFT display now $1999
1GHz PowerMac + 17" Apple Display $2198
Who will buy new 17" iMac, if price difference will be small? Buying a PowerMac you will get better value for your money now.
Apple has to drop iMac prices quite a lot.
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<strong>Who will buy <a href="http://www.apple.com/imac/" target="_blank">new 17" iMac</a>, if price difference will be small? Buying a PowerMac you will get better value for your money now.</strong><hr></blockquote>
A lot of people will buy the new 17" iMac, because the price difference will be substantial. As you state yourself, a 1Ghz PowerMac plus 17" ASD will cost you $2200. If Think Secret's predictions are true, you'll be able to get an iMac 17" for $400 less. Not only will you save money, you will get a gorgeous widescreen display and a built-in SuperDrive, neither of which you get with the bottom-end PowerBook/ASD combo.
The 17" ASD has 1280x1024 = 1,310,720 total pixels. The current 17" iMac has 1440-by-900-pixel = 1,296,000 pixel resolution. So the difference in resolution is completely marginal. If you don't need expandability, and don't want to keep your LCD when you upgrade, the iMac is, and will remain, a better deal than the low-end PowerMac.
Escher
[ 02-04-2003: Message edited by: Escher ]</p>
<strong>If Think Secret's predictions are true, you'll be able to get an iMac 17" for $400 less. Not only will you save money, you will get a gorgeous widescreen display and a built-in SuperDrive, neither of which you get with the bottom-end PowerBook/ASD combo.
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What about quality of display? I have seen few iMac 15" displays and quality wasn't so good. I have used Apple Display 17" and quality was excellent.
PowerMac with SuperDrive + Apple Display 17" $2,398.00
iMac with 1GB RAM $2,348.00
[ 02-04-2003: Message edited by: wormboy ]</p>
iMac 1 GHz, 17", SuperDrive, 256 MB RAM, 80 GB HD, GForce4MX 64 MB = 1799$
PM 1 GHz, SuperDrive, 256 MB RAM, 60 GB HD, GForce4MX 64 MB + 17" StudioDisplay = 2398$
The difference is 600$
If you need expandability and goodies like FireWire800 and Gigabit ethernet go for the PM, if not then go for the iMac. Simple.
[ 02-04-2003: Message edited by: Power Apple ]</p>
<strong>New prices:
PowerMac with SuperDrive + Apple Display 17" $2,398.00
iMac with 1GB RAM $2,348.00</strong><hr></blockquote>
Why are you loading the iMac with a gig of RAM for the comparison? Sounds like someone wants to make the PowerMac seem like the right choice.
We might as well toss a 80 GB drive into the PowerMac to even out all the specs... that makes the price difference:
$2423 - $1799 = $624
That's a pretty significant difference, considering most people only *think* they will use the expandability of their computers.
In Canada, it's $1059. Save a thousand dollars, get a compact, fast little Mac with a widescreen display that probably runs much quieter... I'll probably end up choosing the iMac myself.
Apple's new pricing is getting better and better. I hope it keeps heading this way with the eventual introduction of the 970 chip later this year.
Im currently upgrading from an iMac DVSE 400mhz. This thing was the beast among iMacs back then, but now it is really outdated for what I need. I've been wanting to upgrade for over a year now but never had the funds. During that time, I could have used a computer with more expansion capabilities. Since the iMac still doesn't offer this, I simply wouldn't buy it. I must admit though, the 17inch is pretty cool, but I know two years later it won't be faster enough no mo'.
Now I sit and play the waiting game... <img src="graemlins/cancer.gif" border="0" alt="[cancer]" /> ....ahhh, that should help <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" />
[ 02-04-2003: Message edited by: Dank ]</p>
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Im currently upgrading from an iMac DVSE 400mhz. This thing was the beast among iMacs back then,
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HA! my DVSE 500 is better