Apple to drop sub-$500 Mac bomb at Expo

[YBG]

Mac is heading in the right direction now..

Now lets drop the price of those powerbooks a couple hundred dollars :ninja:

[radioboy]

headles imac... for the ladies :ninja:

[dt]

headles imac... for the ladies :ninja:

http://img101.exs.cx/img101/9100/headlessimac.jpg

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Eugh.... blargh... argh... etc.... :D :x :x :x

[mpat1024]

Mac is heading in the right direction now..

Now lets drop the price of those powerbooks a couple hundred dollars ninja.gif

I agree!

Not a bad idea for apple though. I'd still buy an iBook g4 though.

[nekrosoft13]

still would never get one

i had to use mac osx at college :x

worst experience ever

[ThunderRiver]

Well, if you go read on OSNews.com, there are some horror stories where you may have a hard time to upgrade to a system with SuperDrive. Apple doesn't supply SuperDrive to system that did not have SuperDrive in the first place. Furthermore, for system with SuperDrive that requires replacement, the price can go up as high as $450+

Anyway, I never had a very pleasant experience with Mac OSX. Their hardware is not that great either. If you have a PowerBook, you would know that you can't open the LCD display 180 degree. I tried to do that once with my friend's powerbook, and she screamed at me like "noo! you are going to break it!" lol how ridiculous.

[Pilsbury]

Well, if you go read on OSNews.com, there are some horror stories where you may have a hard time to upgrade to a system with SuperDrive. Apple doesn't supply SuperDrive to system that did not have SuperDrive in the first place. Furthermore, for system with SuperDrive that requires replacement, the price can go up as high as $450+

Anyway, I never had a very pleasant experience with Mac OSX. Their hardware is not that great either. If you have a PowerBook, you would know that you can't open the LCD display 180 degree. I tried to do that once with my friend's powerbook, and she screamed at me like "noo! you are going to break it!" lol how ridiculous.

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1) you can add an external DVD burner, or get a third party internal drive for MUCH less than $450

2) Almost all laptops don't let you turn the display more than about 150 degrees. So, how is that ridiculous? About from the fact that they aren't a Tablet PC, how is the hardware "not that great"?

[Senseotech]

1) you can add an external DVD burner, or get a third party internal drive for MUCH less than $450

2) Almost all laptops don't let you turn the display more than about 150 degrees. So, how is that ridiculous? About from the fact that they aren't a Tablet PC, how is the hardware "not that great"?

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Maybe because it isn't beige or black and doesn't have a mixed bag of Intel/Windows stickers on it.

[MorningWood]

Well, if you go read on OSNews.com, there are some horror stories where you may have a hard time to upgrade to a system with SuperDrive. Apple doesn't supply SuperDrive to system that did not have SuperDrive in the first place. Furthermore, for system with SuperDrive that requires replacement, the price can go up as high as $450+

Anyway, I never had a very pleasant experience with Mac OSX. Their hardware is not that great either. If you have a PowerBook, you would know that you can't open the LCD display 180 degree. I tried to do that once with my friend's powerbook, and she screamed at me like "noo! you are going to break it!" lol how ridiculous.

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Why would you want to open the display at 180 degrees? That's ridiculous.

[Timan Veteran]

If this rumor becomes true, perfect time to get the rest of the family to switch over, nothing more worse than hearing your parents gripe to fix their pc, because of a virus or spyware.

Would be neat for apple to make something to hook up to your tv, like MCE. Have a dvr then be able to edit your recorded shows in imovie or whatever.

[IK47]

in my country:

$500 = $750

$750 gets you a 2.8 Pentium 4 with LCD

so apple wants me to buy their computer that has been obsolete for a year for $750 and then spend $1799 on one of their monitors?

wtf^ mate?

[Pilsbury]

so apple wants me to buy their computer that has been obsolete for a year for $750 and then spend $1799 on one of their monitors?

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You can use ANY DVI / VGA display.

Plus, if you don't see the appeal of it, you aren't a target customer, so, Apple don't want you to buy it, no.

If you can buy 2.8GHz P4 machines with TFT monitors for $500 US, you should start importing them into the US and Europe.... :rofl:

[ZZOOzzoo]

Why would you want to open the display at 180 degrees? That's ridiculous.

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I agree.. LOL

Except that my Thinkpad is able to do that. :p

[[idkfa]]

I agree.. LOL

Except that my Thinkpad is able to do that.  :p

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My BenQ Joybook can do that, too, but in the 1,5 years since I have it, I never needed that 'feature' :rofl:

[ZZOOzzoo]

My BenQ Joybook can do that, too, but in the 1,5 years since I have it, I never needed that 'feature' :rofl:

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Yeah, same as me.

Nobody will need that 'feature' unless someone wants to hang laptop on the wall like plasma TV. :p

[randy_tho]

Allowing it to open all the way could potentially keep it from breaking. Its more flexible I guess.

Btw.. Thinkpad > Apple :p

[Senseotech]

Allowing it to open all the way could potentially keep it from breaking.  Its more flexible I guess.

Btw.. Thinkpad > Apple  :p

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Nice troll attempt. Actually if it were open that far, it would be much easir for something to get wedged into the hingee, or for the screen to get snapped off.

[Pilsbury]

Nice troll attempt.  Actually if it were open that far, it would be much easir for something to get wedged into the hingee, or for the screen to get snapped off.

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It's also much easier to drop something on the screen and destroy it if it folds back flat...

[randy_tho]

I'm not trolling. Its not that big of a deal but I'd rather it do it then not be able to. Old old notebooks used to be that way. If for some reason you had to get to your notebook in a confined space where you had to see it directly under you or something it might come in handy.

I never knew apples were like this and am surprised. But then again I am not, considering apple's inherent inflexibility. But hey I'm not saying they are junk. I've not been around a newer one so I couldn't know. I know in the past Apple has had some problems with screens and whatnot. If I remember correctly they wern't even honoring warranty repair on some things but I think it changed when people began complaining.

[Senseotech]

I'm not trolling.  Its not that big of a deal but I'd rather it do it then not be able to.  Old old notebooks used to be that way.  If for some reason you had to get to your notebook in a confined space where you had to see it directly under you or something it might come in handy.

I never knew apples were like this and am surprised.  But then again I am not, considering apple's inherent inflexibility.  But hey I'm not saying they are junk. I've not been around a newer one so I couldn't know.  I know in the past Apple has had some problems with screens and whatnot.  If I remember correctly they wern't even honoring warranty repair on some things but I think it changed when people began complaining.

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So basically, because they lack a useless and potentially damaging feature that only you want, they're not up to par? :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

[archibald]

its not actually useless, as with any normal laptop, one can has to KNOW to what extent one can open them, and will otherwise BREAK OFF THE SCREEN!! with apples its a bit easier...you just push it back as much as you want, till the screen hits the table. anyhow, this is not really a FEATURE, nor has it got anything to do with the 499 mac...case closed.

[bugs.]

I found two nice "concept - pictures", although nobody knows if this rumor ever comes true :D

http://www.macuser.de/galerie/data/504/263...load_323032.jpg

http://www.macuser.de/galerie/data/504/263...load_322981.jpg

Anyway, it sounds/looks quite nice, but it is not really interessting for ME, because I'll buy an iBook soon ;) . I need something mobile for the universitiy.

But "the new" Apple would be really cheap for me in Europe through the exchange rate (Dollar/Euro) :whistle:

[randy_tho]

So basically, because they lack a useless and potentially damaging feature that only you want, they're not up to par?  :rolleyes:  :rolleyes:

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No. If I felt the need to get a Mac I would. I personally just like the choice that the PC platform provides.Anyway I don't mean to carry this out any longer.

It will be interesting to see what Apple does with this new piece of equipment.

[ZZOOzzoo]

I found two nice "concept - pictures", although nobody knows if this rumor ever comes true :D

http://www.macuser.de/galerie/data/504/263...load_323032.jpg

http://www.macuser.de/galerie/data/504/263...load_322981.jpg

Anyway, it sounds/looks quite nice, but it is not really interessting for ME, because I'll buy an iBook soon ;) . I need something mobile for the universitiy.

But "the new" Apple would  be really cheap for me in Europe through the exchange rate (Dollar/Euro) :whistle:

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Wow, I like that much more than current iMac G5.

If they make it as compact as possible, it will certainly be attractive to me.

[[idkfa]]

It even has the PSU built in :wacko:

One or two USB front connectors would have been nice, but I guess they left them out, as they expect people to have it stand on their desktops, not underneath.

Am I the only one who thinks it looks like an iBook?