The curious pricing of the 27" iMac
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The curious pricing of the 27" iMac
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Re: The curious pricing of the 27" iMac
#2$1700 seems like a pretty good price for that. I hate Apple, but could almost see myself replacing my 4-year-old laptop (which I never undock) + 24" monitor with one of these. (I would not keep OS X, of course.)
Re: The curious pricing of the 27" iMac
#3I found the price strangely low.
As usual with any Apple release, I started some friendly banter with my Apple-loving friends about how poor the value is compared to a regular PC, until I got to the 27" Imac and realised you couldn't buy a screen that good, elsewhere - at any price.
Re: The curious pricing of the 27" iMac
#4I dont think the price is that low. If you look at these cheap (and smaller) (E-)IPS panels that are popping up (NEC EA231WMi 23"for 300 euro, dell's ips for 200 or samsung c-pva for 200) i think its pretty obvious that its possible to produce an inexpensive screen. The computer on the back might cost like 300 so I think there is still a decent margin for apple
Re: The curious pricing of the 27" iMac
#5Perhaps the price of LCDs is about to drop sharply?
Re: The curious pricing of the 27" iMac
#6LCD display(not panels) makers manufacturers still make decent margin. There is a reason why these guys keep selling these things with a lot of competition on price.
Apple is most likely still making a nice ~20% margin on the 27" iMacs.
Re: The curious pricing of the 27" iMac
#7$1700 seems like a pretty good price for that. I hate Apple, but could almost see myself replacing my 4-year-old laptop (which I never undock) + 24" monitor with one of these. (I would not keep OS X, of course.)
Why? Are you a Microsoft programmer?
Re: The curious pricing of the 27" iMac
#8$1700 seems like a pretty good price for that. I hate Apple, but could almost see myself replacing my 4-year-old laptop (which I never undock) + 24" monitor with one of these. (I would not keep OS X, of course.)
Keep the 24" monitor, you can use it as a second display on the iMac.
Re: The curious pricing of the 27" iMac
#9$1700 seems like a pretty good price for that. I hate Apple, but could almost see myself replacing my 4-year-old laptop (which I never undock) + 24" monitor with one of these. (I would not keep OS X, of course.)
Why? Are you a Microsoft programmer?
No, but OS X does not work for me. It powers a computer under my TV that I use for watching movies, but it doesn't even do well for that task. (OSX's VLC often crashes, NicePlayer can't play partial AVI files, the built-in DVD player doesn't let you skip the ads at the beginning, etc.)
For development, I could never use OS X. I rarely use the mouse, and I need a package manager for installing random libraries. I tried this on OS X and it just doesn't work as well as Debian. Emacs also doesn't work right.
A unique monitor with generic Intel hardware running Linux is a great computer. That with OS X and it's just a paperweight. Your mileage may vary, but I have to say that my eyebrow raises itself a bit when I hear a developer say they use OS X.
Re: The curious pricing of the 27" iMac
#10I never thought I'd find something that I'd actually consider buying from Apple, this is the first product to break that rule, it's a really nice monitor for a real computer, and if I feel like having a fap about how designer I am, I can use the free mac...
:D