Comments on: The New iMac: Keeping Up With the Joneses http://gigaom.com/apple/the-new-imac-keeping-up-with-the-joneses/ Sat, 26 May 2012 15:55:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Kevin Cox http://gigaom.com/apple/the-new-imac-keeping-up-with-the-joneses/#comment-341109 Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:07:24 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=18441#comment-341109 I was informed of an upgrade about three or four days ago. I have dial -up and always go to my sister’s house to get my upgrades. When I got here and tried the ‘upgrades’ selection, it said I had ‘no upgrades’ at this time.
Did I miss my opportunity? Did I hit the wrong button and screw myself out of that upgrade?
Where could I find out what that upgrade was and try to retrieve it?

]]> By: gnuga http://gigaom.com/apple/the-new-imac-keeping-up-with-the-joneses/#comment-341108 Tue, 12 May 2009 11:10:08 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=18441#comment-341108 Powered by the latest Intel Dual Core processor, 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor and 4GB of the latest industry DDR3 RAM (max. of 8 GB), Apple iMac MB418LL/A 24-Inch Desktop is the speediest machine from Apple.

]]> By: Greentooth http://gigaom.com/apple/the-new-imac-keeping-up-with-the-joneses/#comment-341107 Wed, 04 Mar 2009 23:09:31 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=18441#comment-341107 I have finally taken the plunge and ordered my 1st imac 24″ 2.93 as i have finally had enough of my 2 yr old pc. Always updating,not responding etc etc etc etc. It has to be worth the extra dosh!!!

]]> By: againseminoma http://gigaom.com/apple/the-new-imac-keeping-up-with-the-joneses/#comment-341106 Wed, 04 Mar 2009 20:28:21 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=18441#comment-341106 Save your money. Buy a $250 Dell Mini, buy OSX, and install it on the Dell Mini. Voila, cheaper even than Apple’s lowest price product, the Mac Mini. OSX runs perfect on Mac Mini.

Plus you get a solid state drive, and a portable netbook to boot! Great savings and great utility!

]]> By: GaryJ http://gigaom.com/apple/the-new-imac-keeping-up-with-the-joneses/#comment-341105 Wed, 04 Mar 2009 20:11:36 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=18441#comment-341105 I don’t think I’d have the nerve to try but I was on a flight from JFK to the UK a while back and the guy in front came on with a brand new 20″ iMac.

I’d much rather Apple simply sorted out their UK pricing structure though.

]]> By: joe petrocelli http://gigaom.com/apple/the-new-imac-keeping-up-with-the-joneses/#comment-341104 Wed, 04 Mar 2009 16:02:02 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=18441#comment-341104 What do u do if I want a new iMac? Do i bring in my old one? Do they transfer everything from one computer to another?

]]> By: frd75 http://gigaom.com/apple/the-new-imac-keeping-up-with-the-joneses/#comment-341103 Wed, 04 Mar 2009 15:56:06 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=18441#comment-341103 Once again apple has told its customers “take it or leave it.” No more firewire 400 and no option fora matte screen. Microsoft may be the dark side, but Apple is getting darker by the minute.

]]> By: Justin V http://gigaom.com/apple/the-new-imac-keeping-up-with-the-joneses/#comment-341102 Wed, 04 Mar 2009 15:20:04 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=18441#comment-341102 Good luck getting your new imac back from the US GaryJ. I recently attempted to go overseas with my 24 inch imac. Nightmare. would have cost me 300 bucks in extra flight charges even before buying a good protective case for it. I ended up buying a new macbook instead. I miss my imac :(

I like the fact that they reduced the price of the lowest 24 inch imac though. Plus it got another USB something I’m always wrestling with. I don’t like the fact that my imac is now considered a generation old. but it happens.

]]> By: GaryJ http://gigaom.com/apple/the-new-imac-keeping-up-with-the-joneses/#comment-341101 Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:36:34 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=18441#comment-341101 Personally I think Apple have shot themselves in the Foot with this upgrade.

I would dearly love to replace my ageing PC with an iMac but the UK price of £1799 puts the high end machine out of most peoples budgets (especially given the current economic climate).

What’s more gauling for me though is that the US price of $2199 actually equates to £1555.69 at todays exchange rates.

Meaning that in the UK we’re expected to pay the equivalent of $2543.16 US for the same machine. Go figure?!?

Anyone know where I can get cheap flights to the US?

]]> By: Gordon R. Vaughan http://gigaom.com/apple/the-new-imac-keeping-up-with-the-joneses/#comment-341100 Tue, 03 Mar 2009 23:56:37 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=18441#comment-341100 This is quite disappointing. As a 25-year Mac user, I’ve seen Apple do this over and over. They finally build some sales momentum, then instead of passing along any economies of scale to customers in the form of lower prices, they hold the line on prices or even raise them.

Yes, the iMac/eMac lines once had an entry-level model at $799 here in the U.S. It’s really unfortunate they didn’t lower the entry-level iMac price this time around. The lowest-priced all-in-one is 50% higher than it used to be ($1,199)!

I guess you could make the argument that with display prices dropping, the Mini is less, but it’s not that good a value. The all-in-one form factor has always represented the best overall value, and there Apple’s pricing themselves out of most of the market, especially in this economy.

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