Comments on: New Macs – am I excited? http://www.databasesandlife.com/new-macs-am-i-excited/ Adrian Smith's blog Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:43:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Robin Salih http://www.databasesandlife.com/new-macs-am-i-excited/comment-page-1/#comment-2192 Robin Salih Fri, 06 Mar 2009 13:52:53 +0000 http://www.databasesandlife.com/?p=330#comment-2192 You do indeed pay a huge premium for an apple product. Although I'm not sure about your prices, €599 for a Mac mini sounds like too much. In the apple store they are £469.20 (with discount), which is approx €525.85. You do indeed pay a huge premium for an apple product. Although I’m not sure about your prices, €599 for a Mac mini sounds like too much. In the apple store they are £469.20 (with discount), which is approx €525.85.

]]> By: Robin Kearney http://www.databasesandlife.com/new-macs-am-i-excited/comment-page-1/#comment-2186 Robin Kearney Fri, 06 Mar 2009 08:26:43 +0000 http://www.databasesandlife.com/?p=330#comment-2186 Whilst I agree with what you say based on pure facts, it is a bit like comparing a Ford with a BMW. If you compare the plain facts between a £15k Mondeo and a £40k BMW, clearly the Bavarian motor makes no sense. But for a lot of people it will be the one they aspire too, even if they can only afford the Ford. Apple seem to positively thrive on producing desirable products and will always charge a premium for them, nobody in the PC industry seems to want to make products that people aspire too, giving Apple a monopoly in that area. Having said that some of the new Dell laptops do indeed look like they have been designed by somebody with design skills rather than just being purely functional products, maybe the increase in competition for these designer products from existing PC manufacturers will cause Apple to have to rethink their pricing. /me goes to play with new iMac ;) Whilst I agree with what you say based on pure facts, it is a bit like comparing a Ford with a BMW. If you compare the plain facts between a £15k Mondeo and a £40k BMW, clearly the Bavarian motor makes no sense. But for a lot of people it will be the one they aspire too, even if they can only afford the Ford.

Apple seem to positively thrive on producing desirable products and will always charge a premium for them, nobody in the PC industry seems to want to make products that people aspire too, giving Apple a monopoly in that area.

Having said that some of the new Dell laptops do indeed look like they have been designed by somebody with design skills rather than just being purely functional products, maybe the increase in competition for these designer products from existing PC manufacturers will cause Apple to have to rethink their pricing.

/me goes to play with new iMac ;)

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