Macs are not expensive

[baggss]

Based on past history, I'd say it's unlikely but who knows.

 

[Kash]

I believe the term would be "open"? But we really should get back on topic. Do you think Apple will at some point start adopting the practice of dropping prices in between product line refreshes? It might help their image in the pricing area.

Every once in a while Apple will do a slight price drop. However, there is a reason why Apple doesn't need to drop prices with each revision, and that's because Apple doesn't sell the older models, only the newer ones. Since it's new technology, it costs the same as when the previous model was brand new. You can find older models on Apple's refurb section for less than when they were new, but otherwise it makes sense as to why the base Macbook will always be $1099/$1199 regardless of how many revisions it goes through.

 

[Discerptor]

Every once in a while Apple will do a slight price drop. However, there is a reason why Apple doesn't need to drop prices with each revision, and that's because Apple doesn't sell the older models, only the newer ones. Since it's new technology, it costs the same as when the previous model was brand new. You can find older models on Apple's refurb section for less than when they were new, but otherwise it makes sense as to why the base Macbook will always be $1099/$1199 regardless of how many revisions it goes through.

This is true, but since Apple tends to have gaps in between product refreshes on the order of half a year or so, I wondered if they might do something like a price drop at the mid-life point. Then again, with their current model, they can always claim that they never "raised the price" significantly with a new revision, so that might be something to hold on to. I just feel like it should be less likely to work now that their hardware is directly comparable to that from other manufacturers... still, it seems to be working for them pretty well if you look at their market share growth rates. I guess if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

 

[dtravis7]

I'm not even going to get started on how wrong it is because I'll probably get neg-repped and told to "go back to Vista" by some anonymous Mac fanboy again.

How about if I say to you "Go back to XP" instead of back to Vista??


If I got told to go back to XP, I would say, I never completely left it!