| disolitude said: don't worry, I completely understand how it works. Telling the consumer to wait 6 months till the new cycle begins to buy a laptop is quite and argument. In any case, in my reply which you acused me for not reading the thread for...I showed a PC computer that is 400 dollars (~40%) cheaper with better specs that the most basic macbook. And I wasn't even looking, I just picked the first one with similar specs... I really doubt that 6 months ago this laptop was sold by Gateway for 400 dollars more and was even with apples macbook in price. Technology depriciates but does not lose value that fast. 100-200 dollars more tops... |
Hooray! It took a while =)
As I told ya, it's an option if you don't want to pay an overprice. If you don't mind of course, buy whenever you want. But the point remains, you don't need to pay apple a premium if you don't want.
Anyways, we can keep this sort of a perma-thread "the apple price watch" and compare their prices to similar options anytime they revise their products. It might be an interesting exercise. I suggest we compare three prices: apple, big name pc manufacturer (dell, HP, etc), and cheaper parts from pricewatch (assuming user builds it himself/herself - just for desktops, obviously). A few months ago it'd be sorta tough finding what to compare the imac with but since then there's been some alternatives cropping up.
Current-gen game collection uploaded on the profile, full of win and good games; also most of my PC games. Lucasfilm Games/LucasArts 1982-2008 (Requiescat In Pace).
