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<blockquote data-quote="chas_m" data-source="post: 1681817"><p>For the record, the base 27-inch iMac is £1499, not £1599 (however, I'm not sure if VAT is included in that, I assume it is). If you add say eight percent sales tax to the US price of $1,799 for that same model, the price is $1,943US -- you're still paying a penalty, as we are in Canada, but that's the way the currency is flowing at the moment).</p><p></p><p>You can pick up a 2TB external HD for far less than you're suggesting (<a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00KWHJVCY/" target="_blank">for example</a>), and Time Machine is included.</p><p></p><p>Apple does, in fact, talk about the importance of backups during the setup of the machine. But the overall point is that this isn't the burden or trickery you're trying to suggest it is. At worst, Apple stores might be guilty of assuming their customers have more common sense than they actually have in some cases, but at least to me it would seem very obvious that a hard drive will eventually fail -- this is indeed WHY Apple includes and encourages the use of Time Machine!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chas_m, post: 1681817"] For the record, the base 27-inch iMac is £1499, not £1599 (however, I'm not sure if VAT is included in that, I assume it is). If you add say eight percent sales tax to the US price of $1,799 for that same model, the price is $1,943US -- you're still paying a penalty, as we are in Canada, but that's the way the currency is flowing at the moment). You can pick up a 2TB external HD for far less than you're suggesting ([URL="http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00KWHJVCY/"]for example[/URL]), and Time Machine is included. Apple does, in fact, talk about the importance of backups during the setup of the machine. But the overall point is that this isn't the burden or trickery you're trying to suggest it is. At worst, Apple stores might be guilty of assuming their customers have more common sense than they actually have in some cases, but at least to me it would seem very obvious that a hard drive will eventually fail -- this is indeed WHY Apple includes and encourages the use of Time Machine! [/QUOTE]
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