toggle

AAPL Stock: 562.29 ( -3.03 )

MacNN News

Apple lowers eMac pricing, now starts at $799

updated 08:50 am EDT, Wed October 22, 2003

Apple today announced lowered prices on its desktop computer. Starting at $800, the new eMac features a 17-inch flat CRT in a compact all-in-one design, Mac OS X 10.3 "Panther" pre-installed, and an optional SuperDrive. The eMac features an ATI Radeon 7500 graphics with 32MB of dedicated DDR SDRAM and hard drives up to 80GB as well as support for AirPort Extreme. The $800 model features a 1GHz PowerPC G4 processor, 128MB of memory, a Combo DVD-drive, and a 40GB hard drive, while the $1,100 model features 1GHz PowerPC G4 processor, 256MB of memory, a SuperDrive, and an 80GB hard drive.

by MacNN Staff

(15)

TAGS :

industry

Share the Article

Facebook Twitter Delious Slash Dot Digg

toggle

Comments

MacNN.com Reader
Fresh-Faced Recruit

Joined: Jul 2001

0

10/22, 09:25am | report spam | close Reply |
kill the all-in-oner

for $800, and they have a match. Why does apple insist that people pay $2500 to get a machine where they can use the monitor they want?

MacNN.com Reader
Fresh-Faced Recruit

Joined: Jul 2001

0

10/22, 09:35am | report spam | close Reply |
apple needs to diversify

Look at your choices:

1) Cheap computer, non-upgradable
2) Expensive computer, upgradable

The problem with this scheme is there's no middle ground. If I want a computer that will last, I pretty much have to choose #2. But with that, I typically feel apple is s******* me into it- full well knowing that I will care about upgradablablity, and dicking me into buying the expensive model. Why can't I get:

3) Cheap computer, upgradable?

The only reason why I think this is not happening is because apple can't beat components on price. Otherwise, they could sell the upgrades directly from apple and make money, while at the same time making a LOT more customers. It's infinately better to put things at a reasonable price and win customers then piss customers off but make your high gross margins.

MacNN.com Reader
Fresh-Faced Recruit

Joined: Jul 2001

0

10/22, 09:45am | report spam | close Reply |
No NEW macs for me only.

I agree with the previous poster, after being an apple customer since the age of six, I am now 22. I decided to never purchase a new Desktop apple machine. Why you ask?

For the simple reason, They are over priced and I can get the same thing 6 months later used for half the price. This is something I always enjoyed about building people custom tailored pc's. They have a choice.

MacNN.com Reader
Fresh-Faced Recruit

Joined: Jul 2001

0

10/22, 09:48am | report spam | close Reply |
E is still for Education

I've seen these in a lot of schools, schools do like the all-in-one design. You don't have to pay $2500 for a computer where you can get any monitor you want, the G5s start at $1699, and there is G4 Tower still available for $1299.

MacNN.com Reader
Fresh-Faced Recruit

Joined: Jul 2001

0

10/22, 10:37am | report spam | close Reply |
The CDROM only version

edu-only model not price cut? :(

MacNN.com Reader
Fresh-Faced Recruit

Joined: Jul 2001

0

10/22, 11:20am | report spam | close Reply |
geesh

Why post here if you're not using/ever going to buy a Mac again? And you can't get the same PC 6 months later for half the price? Overpriced compared to what? Give me examples here or go make your "Yugo" computer already.

MacNN.com Reader
Fresh-Faced Recruit

Joined: Jul 2001

0

10/22, 11:20am | report spam | close Reply |
Pricing...

I'm taking a business class this semester at college, just for the background in it..

One thing we're learning in marketing and pricing is that the lower price doesn't always sell..

A company may be able to MAKE the same machine and sell one for $800 and another for $1099...it maybe the exact same machine but statistics shows that the more expensive one will sell better...

Its a perceived value of being a better machine...because its more, its gotta be a better machine.

Auto manufactures do this all the time. Our teacher used an example of a car that a manufacture made that was a luxury car but at a 'economical price'. It didn't sell... The next year they changed the color, changed the shape of the headlights and priced it almost double...and it sold like hotcakes...

MacNN.com Reader
Fresh-Faced Recruit

Joined: Jul 2001

0

10/22, 11:33am | report spam | close Reply |
Get a clue!!

Excuse me, but the eMac has been at $799 for quite some time now. The price did not change today.

MacNN.com Reader
Fresh-Faced Recruit

Joined: Jul 2001

0

10/22, 11:40am | report spam | close Reply |
MacNN does it again.

MacNN does it again.

I bought a $799 eMac in June. MacNN reports the $799 price 4 month later!!!

MacNN.com Reader
Fresh-Faced Recruit

Joined: Jul 2001

0

10/22, 12:08pm | report spam | close Reply |
Be real

"for $800, and they have a match. Why does apple insist that people pay $2500 to get a machine where they can use the monitor they want?"

Apple does not insist that people pay $2500 to get a Mac without a monitor.

Go to the Apple Store and you can buy a new PowerMac G4 for as low as $1270 or a new PowerMac G5 for as low as $1799. Neither of these PowerMac towers dictate your monitor choice and neither of them costs $2500.

Stop exaggerating Apple pricing.

MacNN.com Reader
Fresh-Faced Recruit

Joined: Jul 2001

0

10/22, 12:40pm | report spam | close Reply |
make mine a cube

Apple:

I'd buy one today for $800 if it didn't have the monitor. Nix the CRT and make a low cost headless Mac, like the cube. Don't your marketing folks look at Ebay? 5 years later and the cube is still selling for close to the original price!

MacNN.com Reader
Fresh-Faced Recruit

Joined: Jul 2001

0

10/22, 12:43pm | report spam | close Reply |
Prices WERE lowered.

So you bought a $799 eMac in June. Did it have a combo drive? No. You would have had to pay $999 for the specs of the now $799 model (although the hard drive is 40 GB, not 60 GB). The SuperDrive model was $1299, but is now $1099. Apparently, there is no CD-ROM model now.

MacNN.com Reader
Fresh-Faced Recruit

Joined: Jul 2001

0

10/22, 12:57pm | report spam | close Reply |
Re: kill the all-in-oner

" for $800, and they have a match. Why does apple insist that people pay $2500 to get a machine where they can use the monitor they want?"

The entry level G5 is $1999. G4s are still being sold for $1299.

Now for my question: Why do people ask questions based on stupid and incorrect assumptions?

MacNN.com Reader
Fresh-Faced Recruit

Joined: Jul 2001

0

10/22, 03:04pm | report spam | close Reply |
my opinion

Yes, the Cube was a good idea. The iMac has the computer cramped into too ugly a base; it is hardly upgradeable. And you are stuck with the monitor you buy it with -- either the 15" or the 17," though they are both beautiful. The eMac is too heavy. I don't want to have to move a 50 pound behemoth to dust my desk. CRT tubes are less desirable than flat panels. And the G5 is too expensive for a non-computer-aficionado. I would like a computer similar to the base of the iMac, but slightly larger, and therefore upgradeable. And I would like to be able to choose my monitor for that base/computer. I would like to be able to easily remove that monitor and be able to replace it with another one from Apple's line of monitors. I like articulated arms attaching lightweight monitors to computers. And I like the ability choose computer and monitor separately.

MacNN.com Reader
Fresh-Faced Recruit

Joined: Jul 2001

0

10/22, 07:55pm | report spam | close Reply |
wrong

Prices WERE NOT lowered.

The price of the low end eMac is still the same.

The specs have been upgraded, but the minimum price for a new Mac is the same as it was back in April.

MacNN's headline incorrectly says "Apple lowers eMac pricing, now starts at $799" - that is absolutely wrong. That headline would indicate that you could not buy an eMac for $799 until now, but the eMac pricing has been starting at $799 for months. The starting price has not been lowered.

Show More Comments

Login Here

toggle

Network Headlines

05/26	Apple updates iOS 5.1.1 release for...
05/25	Sotheby to auction Jobs Atari memo,...
05/25	Apple hiring new chip engineers for...
05/25	Third-gen iPad coming to Philippines...
05/25	Apple to integrate Baidu search into...

Show All

05/27	Manufacturing problems delay blue Samsung...
05/25	Sotheby to auction Jobs Atari memo,...
05/25	Apple to integrate Baidu search into...
05/25	Google picks up webOS Enyo team, Open...
05/24	Apple submits surprise optical stylus...

Show All

05/25	Sotheby to auction Jobs Atari memo,...
05/23	Google launches redesigned Search app...
05/22	Leaked next-gen iPod touch part hints...
05/22	Hulu Plus updates with iPad Retina...
05/22	TiVo Stream to push TV to iPhones,...

Show All

03/02	Save $330 on refurb. 15.4-inch, 2.4GHz...
03/01	Pre-owned 8GB iPod touch 2G, drops...
02/29	$150 off Nikon Coolpix S80 Compact...
02/28	Plantronics BackBeat 903 Bluetooth...
02/27	Refurb. Seagate 1.5TB GoFlex Portable...

Show All

toggle

Apple lowers eMac pricing, now starts at $799

updated 08:50 am EDT, Wed October 22, 2003

kill the all-in-oner

apple needs to diversify

No NEW macs for me only.

E is still for Education

The CDROM only version

geesh

Pricing...

Get a clue!!

MacNN does it again.

Be real

make mine a cube

Prices WERE lowered.

Re: kill the all-in-oner

my opinion

wrong

Login Here

Register for our weekly email newsletter:

Connect tools:

Subscribe

to our RSS

Follow us

on Twitter

10 Most Read

10 Most Discussed

MacNN Marketplace

Apple lowers eMac pricing, now starts at $799

updated 08:50 am EDT, Wed October 22, 2003

Related Articles

Recent Articles

kill the all-in-oner

apple needs to diversify

No NEW macs for me only.

E is still for Education

The CDROM only version

geesh

Pricing...

Get a clue!!

MacNN does it again.

Be real

make mine a cube

Prices WERE lowered.

Re: kill the all-in-oner

my opinion

wrong

Login Here

Register for our weekly email newsletter:

Connect tools:

Subscribe

to our RSS

Follow us

on Twitter

10 Most Read

10 Most Discussed

MacNN Marketplace