Re: Updated Minis and iBooks

In article <1122405006.812510.23450@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
steve.travis@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

> TravelinMan wrote:
> > In article <1122392689.204745.279120@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> > steve.travis@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >
> > > TravelinMan wrote:
> > > > The Minis were updated slightly. At the low end, it's just more RAM. At
> > > > the high end, they made SuperDrive standard.
> > > >
> > > > Not a very impressive upgrade.
> > > >
> > > > iBooks were also updated slightly, but again, nothing all that
> > > > impressive.
> > >
> > > What exactly did you want them to do?
> > > You do realise that Apple announced that they are moving their low end
> > > to Intel in 2006, so if you thought they were going to do some major
> > > revamping to the Mini (a product that was released less than 6 months
> > > ago), or their low end laptop you only have yourself to blame for the
> > > dissapointment.
> >
> > I didn't expect a major revamp. But they certainly have much faster G4
> > processors available - and could easily have bumped the clock speed.
> > Typically, Mac systems see clock speed bumps every 6-9 months, so it was
> > about time.
>
> I think the one constant in computers, is that price doesn't change
> much. A manufacturer will increase either the speed of the processor,
> add more HD space, add other features or what have you, but try to keep
> the price as constant as possible.
>
> As far as what Apple has done in this case, they've effectively given
> Mac Mini consumers a $75 discount by upping the RAM to 512MB. Sure you
> can do it yourself, but considering the market that the Mini is
> targeted for, I don't think there's too many do it yourselfers in
> there.

That's what I said. I also said that, given the 6 months that have
passed since the introduction, I'm disappointed that they didn't
increase the processor speed, as well.

That was before you jumped all over me.
.

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