Who plans on buying 10G ipod?
I mean its $800CAD, does apple think people are on crack!?!?!?!?!
I was so excited when it debuted because I thought the 5Gig might drop in price.
Aw hell, who am i kidding, I wouldn't consider even the damn 5G for more than 50% of what they are currently charging. Apple can get away with this 50% profit margin bullshit on PCs, but not on consumer electronics.
Pres
I was so excited when it debuted because I thought the 5Gig might drop in price.
Aw hell, who am i kidding, I wouldn't consider even the damn 5G for more than 50% of what they are currently charging. Apple can get away with this 50% profit margin bullshit on PCs, but not on consumer electronics.
Pres
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the iMac has very low margins.
the drive for the iPod retails for the price of the entire iPod. i don't think apple is getting much in the way of margins on either product.
edit: oh yeah, and what the **** does this have to do with future hardware?
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the iMac has very low margins.
the drive for the iPod retails for the price of the entire iPod. i don't think apple is getting much in the way of margins on either product.
edit: oh yeah, and what the **** does this have to do with future hardware?
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yawn.. the drive has dropped significantly in price. so much that Smartdisk now offers it in an external firewire enclosure smaller than the iPod for $199
<a href="http://www.smartdisk.com/Products/Storage Products/Hard Drives/FWFL.asp" target="_blank">http://www.smartdisk.com/Products/Storage Products/Hard Drives/FWFL.asp</a>
Apple is selling them briskly at 399 and sees no reason to lower the price I guess.
I want a 10GB iPod but after I add a connection kit it would be 550 nevermind taxes and if I wanted to get it engraved. could easily jump to over 600
they'll probably sell a few thousand more until demand slows down, and only then will they lower the price.
if they can get $400 for something, why charge less?
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I want a 10GB iPod but after I add a connection kit it would be 550 </strong><hr></blockquote>
Connection kit?? All U need is a Mac with Firewire...or am I missing something here? <img src="confused.gif" border="0">
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Connection kit?? All U need is a Mac with Firewire...or am I missing something here?
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and either an FM transmitter or cassete tape adapter.
I would buy that in addition. For the premium we are paying Apple should include a leather case. it only makes sense for such a "high quality" device
I worked at Loeb in Ottawa way back when I was in high school... A baguette cost the store $0.02-0.04 to produce... and they sold them for $1.29.
The point is that as long as Apple keeps selling lost of iPods at the current price, you're stuck payign whatever the market can take. Just remember these margin examples and think about all the items you buy.
Apple has gone WAY over the top with this one. I too am from Canada, and the 10GB model ships for a 'mere' $799!!
Apple needs to get in touch with reality. There is no way, I'm going to blow over $800 on portable hard drive with firewire, that plays music. Let's get real here.
Maybe you American's are paid a little better than your neighbors to the north, and can afford such luxury items, but I still think the price is simply outrageous!
Apple has broken new ground on these iPods. It takes mobile MP3s to a whole new level. And maybe, I can't afford one right now.
But they've made it popular. And they've made flatscreens popular.
I still have a honkin 17" CRT on my desk, but the next monitor I buy will be a 15" or 17" flatscreen. They've come down to the point where they are affordable (finally!).
It might be a year or two before the iPod comes to the point where I can afford it (or I might get tired of waiting and my budget might increase) - but that's the great thing about technology.
It keeps getting cheaper. And better. Just talk to all those people out there using Performa's or G3 B&Ws. They are happy with their boxes. Of course, now they can buy more for less money.
Everytime Apple introduces/pushes a technology or idea, it improves the user experience (iPods, flat screens, Firewire, USB). It might cost more initially, but eventually it works its way down into the consumer devices and budgets and everybody lives a happier life for their innovation.
So don't complain about Apple and their iPod pricing. At the very least, they've shown the way to other MP3 manufacturers so that they will make their products better (such as Archos, etc).
And this means life will be better for all of us, no just those fortunate enough to have the budgets to buy Apple branded merchandise.
:-)
-t
ps - applenut, don't waste your money on a connection kit. The cassette adapter sucks and FM transmitter is not worth it. Just get an Aiwa deck in your car with an aux in plug and you're set.
<strong>Then don't buy one! What whiners you people are. Read the sig. Give me a ****in' break. Computers are something of a necessity these days, so griping about price is somewhat ok, but an iPod is NOT. It's a luxury item. Deal with.
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ps - applenut, don't waste your money on a connection kit. The cassette adapter sucks and FM transmitter is not worth it. Just get an Aiwa deck in your car with an aux in plug and you're set.</strong><hr></blockquote>
get over it man. are you forgetting you are a consumer? jeez, it's like we have apple execs here.
thanks for the tip about the connection kit. My fathers car has an AIWA deck but it only has digital in. My family car has the standard radio in it but we likely would not replace it as it integrates well with the car (controls in back seat and steering wheel).