Alomex: Apple is not going to cut to those prices
The new high-end iMac has an LCD and a SuperDrive in it. Those components alone mean the price must stay up for a while longer yet. Also, Apple is going to sell a ton of those new high-end iMacs at their $1799 price. There is no reason to expect that it will drop before MWNY, plain and simple, and no reason to expect that it will drop significantly this year at all. More likely is that in 6-9 months, the new iMacs will get speed bumps and stay at or very near their present prices. After all, if you want to spend less, you have the option of buying two lower-priced LCD iMacs, and lower-priced-still CRT iMacs, all the way down to $799, or $749 if you qualify for an education price.
You cannot buy a computer from any vendor that matches the new high-end iMac's specs. Here's a very thorough effort to do so, even trying to compare CRT competitors:
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I honestly don't understand where people get the idea that many Apple models are not price-competitive with WIntel systems. It's like they're trying to compare Macs with bottom-feeder Wintel hardware, without adding the same features that come standard with Macs onto the Wintel systems. |
