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Macbook Pro 17" is actually cheaper than 15"
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<blockquote data-quote="imaging" data-source="post: 210575"><p>Macbook Pro 17” cheaper than 15” ? Here is how… and wonder the logic behind Apple pricing. taken straight out of Apple US site.</p><p>Macbook Pro 17” at $ 2799 sports a 2.16ghz intel Core Duo Processor. For 15” this upgrade costs another USD 300 making the cost for both at par at $ 2799…</p><p>It does not end here… The 17” also has a 120GB 5400-rpm Serial ATA hard drive! The 15” has a 100GB 5400-rpm serial ATA Hard Drive and to upgrade to 120GB it will cost you another $100</p><p>After matching the processor and Hard drive configuration of 15” Macbook Pro with 17”, the 15” costs $ 100 more and comes to $ 2899.</p><p>No it does not end here. Pay more to get less!</p><p>The 17” has 8X double layer super drive. 15” has ONLY 4X Super Drive.</p><p>The 17” has 2 firewire ports (400 & 800). The 15” has ONLY firewire 400</p><p>The 17” has 3 USB ports compared to ONLY 2 on the 15”</p><p>I wish apple can explain the logic in the pricing of 15” here…</p><p></p><p>From the apple site</p><p></p><p>Macbook Pro 17” $2,799.00</p><p>17-inch widescreen display</p><p>1680×1050 resolution</p><p>2.16GHz Intel Core Duo(1)</p><p>1GB (single SODIMM) 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM</p><p>120GB 5400-rpm Serial ATA hard drive</p><p>8x double-layer SuperDrive</p><p>ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 with 256MB GDDR3 memory</p><p>One FireWire 400, one FireWire 800, and three USB 2.0 ports</p><p></p><p>Macbook Pro 15” $2,499.00</p><p>15.4-inch widescreen display</p><p>1440×900 resolution</p><p>2.0GHz Intel Core Duo—upgradeable to 2.16GHz(1)</p><p>1GB (single SO-DIMM) 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM</p><p>100GB 5400-rpm Serial ATA hard drive</p><p>4x SuperDrive</p><p>ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 with 256MB GDDR3 memory</p><p>One FireWire 400 and two USB 2.0 ports</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="imaging, post: 210575"] Macbook Pro 17” cheaper than 15” ? Here is how… and wonder the logic behind Apple pricing. taken straight out of Apple US site. Macbook Pro 17” at $ 2799 sports a 2.16ghz intel Core Duo Processor. For 15” this upgrade costs another USD 300 making the cost for both at par at $ 2799… It does not end here… The 17” also has a 120GB 5400-rpm Serial ATA hard drive! The 15” has a 100GB 5400-rpm serial ATA Hard Drive and to upgrade to 120GB it will cost you another $100 After matching the processor and Hard drive configuration of 15” Macbook Pro with 17”, the 15” costs $ 100 more and comes to $ 2899. No it does not end here. Pay more to get less! The 17” has 8X double layer super drive. 15” has ONLY 4X Super Drive. The 17” has 2 firewire ports (400 & 800). The 15” has ONLY firewire 400 The 17” has 3 USB ports compared to ONLY 2 on the 15” I wish apple can explain the logic in the pricing of 15” here… From the apple site Macbook Pro 17” $2,799.00 17-inch widescreen display 1680×1050 resolution 2.16GHz Intel Core Duo(1) 1GB (single SODIMM) 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM 120GB 5400-rpm Serial ATA hard drive 8x double-layer SuperDrive ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 with 256MB GDDR3 memory One FireWire 400, one FireWire 800, and three USB 2.0 ports Macbook Pro 15” $2,499.00 15.4-inch widescreen display 1440×900 resolution 2.0GHz Intel Core Duo—upgradeable to 2.16GHz(1) 1GB (single SO-DIMM) 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM 100GB 5400-rpm Serial ATA hard drive 4x SuperDrive ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 with 256MB GDDR3 memory One FireWire 400 and two USB 2.0 ports [/QUOTE]
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