New mac mini and ibook prices

[piedad]

Can this be true?
From ThinkSecret:

Three new Mac mini configurations will be available in the near future, priced at $499, $599, and $699, sources say. Apple currently does not offer a $699 Mac mini configuration.

New iBook part numbers are meanwhile showing up at $999 and $1,299 price points, with the $1,499 model seemingly dropped from the line-up. Think Secret first brought word of the pending iBook earlier this week.

As before, specifications for the new systems remain unknown, suggesting the omission of a $1,499 iBook model could simply represent a shift to the SuperDrive becoming a build-to-order option. Similarly, the $699 Mac mini configuration may represent a pre-configured model with additional RAM or storage space and not an entirely new configuration in its own right.

Sources say the new systems could be announced early next week.

[XyNo]

It can be true, if you base on ThinkSecret's reputation But we could all wait until next week if Apple will officially announce these rumors

[lamski]

The 699 USD mac mini would probably have the 599 USD configuration plus the internal Bluetooth and Airport Extreme card built-in.

[Dave_D]

I am just hoping the entry level iBook finally has a bigger HD. 30GB doesn't go very far nowadays when you use a Mac with the iLife suite.

[SuperMom]

my dream ibook 12 config would be 1.2ghz min, 100gb hd, 1.2gb ram, ape, bt, sd... that will be the only time i'll upgrade...

i love the whiteness of my ibook!!!

[keyboardstyli]

Originally posted by piedad
Can this be true?
From ThinkSecret:

Three new Mac mini configurations will be available in the near future, priced at $499, $599, and $699, sources say. Apple currently does not offer a $699 Mac mini configuration.

New iBook part numbers are meanwhile showing up at $999 and $1,299 price points, with the $1,499 model seemingly dropped from the line-up. Think Secret first brought word of the pending iBook earlier this week.

As before, specifications for the new systems remain unknown, suggesting the omission of a $1,499 iBook model could simply represent a shift to the SuperDrive becoming a build-to-order option. Similarly, the $699 Mac mini configuration may represent a pre-configured model with additional RAM or storage space and not an entirely new configuration in its own right.

Sources say the new systems could be announced early next week.

Hey, come to think of it... if this is really true (w/the rumored Mac mini @$699), Apple would've covered almost every price point already (they have a hardware offering for about a doller less after every one hundred dollar price point, below a thousand dollars; except only for the $899 price point!).

$2,999 PowerMac Dual 2.7GHz, 30"Cinema HD Display
$2,899 ?
$2,799 ?
$2,699 17"PowerBook 1.67GHz
$2,599 ?
$2,499 PowerMac Dual 2.3GHz
$2,399 ?
$2,299 15"PowerBook 1.67GHz
$2,199 ?
$2,099 ?
$1,999 15"PowerBook 1.5GHz, PowerMac Dual 2GHz
$1,899 ?
$1,799 20"iMac 2GHz
$1,699 12"PowerBook 1.5GHz Super
$1,599 ?
$1,499 17"iMac 2GHz, 14"iBook 1.33GHz Super, 12"PowerBook 1.5GHz Combo, 23"Cinema HD Display
$1,399 ?
$1,299 17'iMac 2GHz, 14"iBook 1.33GHz Combo
$1,199 ?
$1,099 ?
$ 999 12"iBook 1.2GHz, eMac 1.42GHz Super
$ 899 ?
$ 799 eMac 1.42GHz Combo, 20"Cinema Display
$ 699 Mac mini (rumored new price point)
$ 599 Mac mini 1.42GHz
$ 499 Mac mini 1.25GHz
$ 399 iPod color 60GB
$ 329 iPod U2 20GB
$ 299 iPod color 20GB
$ 249 iPod mini 6GB
$ 199 iPod mini 4GB, Airport Extreme Base Station
$ 129 iPod 1GB, Airport Express
$ 99 iPod shuffle 512MB
$ 79 Airport Extreme Card
$ 59 Apple Wireless Keyboard, Apple Mouse
$ 29 Apple Keyboard, Apple Mouse

Apple Products are getting very affordable as time goes by, but unfortunately doesn't translate that well enough in pesos, when the dollar to peso exchange isn't favoring the peso! :sleep:

But nevertheless, it's good to know anyway that Apple products are getting very affordable already nowadays, unlike before! :cheers:

[Lloyd]

Originally posted by XyNo
It can be true, if you base on ThinkSecret's reputation But we could all wait until next week if Apple will officially announce these rumors

It is very exciting indeed to wait for its new look, widescreen or not as it may be the oldest of the Mac line- chassis wise. This is maybe the second to the last revision of the iBook before it switches to an Intel processor.

[tweek]

Apple always had 3 configurations for almost all the Macs they've sold. It's akin to "small, medium & large".

[FAV]

how's the performance... can anyone post some feedbacks... tnx.

[sabsar]

Originally posted by FAV
how's the performance... can anyone post some feedbacks... tnx.

Performance of which?