Welcome Guest   ·   Login   ·   Register   ·   Member List
Forum Home  >  The Madness  >  On Topic  >  Thread
Search  
  
  Advanced Search
   
 
mac rumour
 
musicdisciple
Posted: 01 January 2005 06:29 PM   [ Ignore ]
Bacon
Rank
Total Posts:  37
Joined  2004-12-21

http://www.thinksecret.com/news/0412expo2.html
Profile
 
 
SilentBobCDN
Posted: 01 January 2005 07:05 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 1 ]
God of Meatballs
Avatar
RankRankRankRankRankRank
Total Posts:  1437
Joined  2004-11-29

I think this is a great idea for apple. Definitely will open up a new market for them. Assuming the rumor comes to reality of course.

 Signature 

Remember kids, Jebus Chris was mildly wounded for your sins.
Profile
 
 
refinedsugar
Posted: 01 January 2005 09:19 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 2 ]
Rubber Chicken
Avatar
RankRankRankRank
Total Posts:  403
Joined  2004-12-15

A 1.25 G4 at $499 is decent for anyone, not just windows crossovers. I’d consider it depending on the HD size and if the rumor turns to reality. Of course, having it be Superdrive ready would be a nice [but unrealistic] bonus too.

 Signature 

Got Any Nuka Cola?
Profile
 
 
kevster
Posted: 01 January 2005 10:09 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 3 ]
Administrator
Avatar
RankRankRankRankRank
Total Posts:  869
Joined  2004-11-29

This could easily double their market share (like other places say). But, as we are looking so into this as mac columnists, and giving it so much press, that if it isn’t what we want (pricewise, think $100 ipod -> ipod mini), or, if they don’t do it at all, could hurt apple a lot. If macworld comes and goes without this announcement, i can see the shares dropping. Fuck the media.

 Signature 

I love Biablo.
Profile
 
 
CCP
Posted: 02 January 2005 03:15 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 4 ]
Administrator
Avatar
RankRankRankRankRankRankRank
Total Posts:  2619
Joined  2004-11-30

If this turns out to be true it would be really interesting to see how it does on the market. Is Apple the next Dell?

 Signature 

Buy my t-shirt! $16 a pop!
Profile
 
 
Jim
Posted: 02 January 2005 06:00 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 5 ]
God of Meatballs
RankRankRankRankRankRank
Total Posts:  1191
Joined  2004-11-29

Sounds good. I hope this is a successful venture for Apple and for anyone interested in Mac but is simply looking for a cheap computer for internet, word processing, virus/spyware-free, etc.

Although a sub-$500 Mac is good, I still say they’re going a bit skimpy on the RAM most of all. Apple could easily bump the RAM to 512MB without changing the price by using a slighty lower cost memory brand. And the 1.25GHz G4 could be a 1.4GHz….

In any case though, I just pray no one is going to buy this thing and expect to play high-performance games on it, only to be disappointed and later bitch about it on IMG forums. Sadly, there’s always at least one…  rolleyes
Profile
 
 
gorilla
Posted: 02 January 2005 06:02 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 6 ]
Bork Bork Bork
Avatar
RankRankRankRankRank
Total Posts:  946
Joined  2004-12-01
[quote author=“CCP”]If this turns out to be true it would be really interesting to see how it does on the market. Is Apple the next Dell?

Mneah, they could be heading that way.  Apple would have to throw in a cheap CRT in order to compare to Dell at that price range.

 Signature 

gorillandy: sleep with me, wheaties
Wheaties: I like real thrillers, not the one’s where I’m like "ew, wtf"
Profile
 
 
Jeebus
Posted: 02 January 2005 04:55 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 7 ]
Ãœber-Chef
RankRankRankRankRankRankRank
Total Posts:  2831
Joined  2004-11-29

Oooh $500 monitorless G4s for those who can’t figure out ebay!
Profile
 
 
SilentBobCDN
Posted: 02 January 2005 07:11 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 8 ]
God of Meatballs
Avatar
RankRankRankRankRankRank
Total Posts:  1437
Joined  2004-11-29

I bet people would feel a bit safer buying a new comp for the same price as what they may find one for on ebay. Course, that may just be me and my innate sense of paranoia and an inherent mistrust of people.

I dont think i would get a comp off of ebay. software sure, but i dont think i would buy any largescale hardware. small things.. maybe. depends.

<edited for grammar. my brain is elsewhere>

 Signature 

Remember kids, Jebus Chris was mildly wounded for your sins.
Profile
 
 
ConEEE
Posted: 03 January 2005 03:21 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 9 ]
God of Meatballs
RankRankRankRankRankRank
Total Posts:  1096
Joined  2004-11-30
[quote author=“Greg Gant”]Oooh $500 monitorless G4s for those who can’t figure out ebay!

You’d be hard pressed to find anything on ebay with the specs of this new box anywhere near $500. At least in the UK, 1.25GHz G4 towers can go for as much as £900-1000 with specs similar to the rumoured box.

 Signature 

Doot, doot, doot, doot doooo doo BOOM.
Profile
 
 
Clave
Posted: 03 January 2005 04:24 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 10 ]
God of Meatballs
Avatar
RankRankRankRankRankRank
Total Posts:  1517
Joined  2004-12-02

I am not seeing a lot of CRTs for sale now, maybe they will do a cheap LCD to go with it…

 Signature 

Sig_AIM120.gif

Profile
 
 
kevster
Posted: 03 January 2005 11:38 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 11 ]
Administrator
Avatar
RankRankRankRankRank
Total Posts:  869
Joined  2004-11-29

I don’t know if anyone in here is looking for one of these to come out, that needs a cheap CRT monitor, the Mitsubishi (now NEC) DiamondPoint SB70 is great. I use one with my G5.

 Signature 

I love Biablo.
Profile
 
 
   
 
 
‹‹ Old Forum, New Name      The great DoB Babe topic! ››