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Apple cuts prices on Power Macs, displays

Michael Stanclift   on 28 January 2003 - 18:44 · 8 comments & 738 views

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Apple Computer Inc. on Tuesday cut prices on its high-end Power Mac line of desktop computers and on its flat-panel display monitors amid slumping demand for personal computers.

"What we wanted to do is make the economics of the entire Power Mac system ... approachable to more customers," said Greg Joswiak, vice president of hardware product marketing at Apple.

Apple cut the price of the 1 gigahertz Power Mac G4, which runs at a speed of 1 billion cycles per second, to $1,499 from $1,699. That's the lowest price point it has offered in the Power Mac line since the late 1990s, said Tom Boger, director of Power Mac product marketing. It also lowered its price on the 1.25 gigahertz Power Mac G4 to $1,999 from $2,499, he said.

Apple introduced a 20-inch cinema display model that starts at a price of $1,299 to replace its 22-inch model, and cut the price on its 23-inch screen by 43 percent to $1,999 from $3,499. It also cut the price of its 17-inch Studio model to $699 from $999.

News source: TechNews.com


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#1 Panorama on 28 Jan 2003 - 18:55
Damn, those are some cheep PowerMacs and screens!
(1 reply) #2 vetDazzla on 28 Jan 2003 - 19:09
The Dual 1.25 plus 17" or the 1Ghz plus 20" is calling my name
#2.1 superfula on 29 Jan 2003 - 05:24
I think that dual 1.25 has my name written on it. I'd love that 20" display...but that may have to wait.
#3 giantsnyy2002 on 28 Jan 2003 - 20:14
u also didnt mention that there is a new 1.42GHz model, and the support for the Radeon 9700 Pro video card.
(2 replies) #4 brn2prgrm on 28 Jan 2003 - 22:04
That new Powermac kicks major butt! Dual 1.42GHz G4's and a Geforce4 tiXXXX with 128mb VRAM, firewire 800 AND Bluetooth enabled! Not to mention the 120GB HD and 2mb of L3 cache either!
#4.1 kirk26 on 28 Jan 2003 - 23:57
[neoquote=#4.0 by brn2prgrm]That new Powermac kicks major butt! Dual 1.42GHz G4's and a Geforce4 tiXXXX with 128mb VRAM, firewire 800 AND Bluetooth enabled! Not to mention the 120GB HD and 2mb of L3 cache either! [/neoquote] Yea, I'm still wondering when PC's will catch up!
#4.2 superfula on 29 Jan 2003 - 05:23
So is every single Mac user. Seriously...
#5 mrsean on 28 Jan 2003 - 23:14
Good, now how about doing something about those outrageous iPod prices....

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