I like Apple computers. I wouldn’t go so far to say I’m a fanboy, but I’m definitely a fan. The line revisions on March 3rd, 2009 have me calling into question the Logic of the pricing gods at Apple for their computers.
I was very anti-apple until mid 2006. When I was offered a job, I chose to go the Apple route because the performance per price was much better than in a PC. The biggest performance gain came from OS X, but the hardware package was flat out cheaper than buying the same specs on a Dell or HP workstation.
In terms of the current Mac Pro, I’m not sure if that is still the case. But when I could have bought an 8-core mac pro for $2,800 on March 2nd. On March 3rd, an 8-core Mac Pro would cost me $3,300. Isn’t the price of comparable computer technology supposed to go down with time? I’m well versed about the specifics… I know all about the newer CPU’s, more RAM, and a different video card… but none of those components are new enough to the market to command such premium rates. Looking at the upgrade options for the Mac Pro is even more crazy to me. I know Apple always has premiums on components, but we’re talking up to and over 100% or twice the cost over buying the same pieces elsewhere.
The other head scratcher was the Mac Mini. I’m really glad it’s still on the market, but there is no way to justify a $200 increase between models with the only differences being 1gb of ram and 200gb hard drive space. That’s complete BS with not even the possibility of any rational explanation.
Right now, none of this has any real impact on me. I’m not in the market for a computer, nor is the business. If I was, I’d have to do some serious pondering about whether the premium is worth it. Right now, I’m not thinking so. After that, I just don’t get it because they’re in the midst of a spike in PC market share, so why would you do anything to jeopardize further increases in market share by unnecessarily raising prices – especially in this economic climate?
I’m just hoping that by the time I’m in the market either the price will come down on the Mac Pro (not very possible) or Windows 7 will be out and stable enough to consider…
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