Apple just wouldn't be Apple if they didn't f*** up something unbelievably obvious, like those original prices.

Don't see a UK price massage yet, perhaps a bit of a petulant foot-drag after the Euro pricing petition.

Good move

Part of me wonders if this is not only to make up for originally high prices, but a drop off in orders now that there's a significant wait time for delivery.

Economy of scale and management's resolve to remove obstacles to adoption of Mac mini.

This is a nice step in the right direction, but one more thing they should do is have the 'hi-end' Mac Mini (the $599 one) come with 512 MB of RAM standard.

Its kinda silly that you'd buy the more expensive MM and still have to shell out mo' cash to have a good amt of RAM. Makes the Mini look way more ghetto than it really is.

> but one more thing they should do is have the 'hi-end'
> Mac Mini (the $599 one) come with 512 MB of RAM standard.

I can't fault Apple for not including 512 on this model when the much higher end iMac and laptop lines come with 256 standard...

I didn't know there was such a card. Where is it on the apple store? (Staff says that has been reduced to $99 as compared to the $79 for Airport Extreme card only).
Please anyone, point me to this card and will it work with an older iBook (the 14" 1.07GHz that did not come with Airport card).

Thanks

Dell only charges $153 for 1GB RAM, less than half of Apple's $325, and Dell is still making good money at $153. Still iLemming prices for Apple Kool-Aid drinkers.

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I didn't know there was such a card. Where is it on the apple store? (Staff says that has been reduced to $99 as compared to the $79 for Airport Extreme card only).
Please anyone, point me to this card and will it work with an older iBook (the 14" 1.07GHz that did not come with Airport card).

Thanks

All this complaining that Apple needed a 499 computer and now complaining when they get it.

In the 80's I worked for a national restaurant chain that had a great chicken special every Tuesday and Thursday evening. For 1.99 you got a leg and thigh or a wing and thigh, french fries, coleslaw, and a biscuit. Gor 3.49 you got your choice of three pieces chicken. Baked, fried, or hash brown potatoes. A dinner salad, texas toast and corn on the cob. Families would come in order the chicken for the kiddies and the wife while the husband bought the steak and all had sodas and dessert.

Unfortunately we attracted a huge senior crowd that lobbied to change the coleslaw to a fresh salad. Management decided to allow it since it was a small thing. Encouraged they lobbied for thier choice of chicken, potatoe, and even the texas toast. Management gave in to all. They were getting an awful lot for thier 1.99, drinking water and leaving no tip. In this state if the wait staff doen't make more than mininum wages in tips the restaurant has to make up the difference, which we were doing on Tuesday and thursday's even though we were packed with senior citizens. There were so many of them that the families the restaurant was trying to attract on those nights would avoid us due to the line of seniors that were taking full advantage of the company. The special was eventually dropped and deemed a failure since there was no way to make a profit on a loss leader if no one bought up.

The same could happen to Apple if they give in to all the whining.

I'm always pleased to see RC so worried about us. Someone needs to tell him that a lot of us know to buy RAM from a reputable 3rd party.

As for Dell, sure they can bait & switch you for cheap RAM as it's S-H-A-R-E-D RAM. Now someone needs to let RC know what that means. I would guess that Dell manages to get an average or around $1,500 per order on their "cheap" computers - and that doesn't include iLife.

Apple's RAM is expensive? Uh oh. That means if someone wants to upgrade their Mini's memory for a less expensive price, they'll have to buy LESS EXPENSIVE RAM! Reality Check wins again.

RC> Dell only charges $153 for 1GB RAM...

That's because its for 2*512MB DIMMS and not 1*1GB DIMM.


FWIW, the $75 BTO upgrade for 512MB total is IMO a reasonable price from Apple. Yes, it would be nicer still if the $40 difference in generic retail value between a 256 and a 512 DIMM didn't get completely sucked up as a labor charge, but since any touch labor's going to have to add at least $20 to the cost, we're really only niggling about no more than $20...that's chump change.

Heck, I'll even take RC out for a $20 lunch if it will discourage her from whining about chump change.


-hh

<quote>I can't fault Apple for not including 512 on this model when the much higher end iMac and laptop lines come with 256 standard...</quote>

Actually, that's kind of more of an argument for Apple including 512 MB RAM on its hi-end iMacs and laptops than it is for them not to do it on their hi-end Mac Mini, when you think about it.

OS X, for all its wonderfulness, is a ram-sucker and a bit slow. It needs the RAM to look responsive and snappy.

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All this complaining that Apple needed a 499 computer and now complaining when they get it.

In the 80's I worked for a national restaurant chain that had a great chicken special every Tuesday and Thursday evening...

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All this complaining that Apple needed a 499 computer and now complaining when they get it.

In the 80's I worked for a national restaurant chain that had a great chicken special every Tuesday and Thursday evening...

Boy you sure wasted alot of time making up that story just to convey a fairly simple analogy.

> If that's all they buy, then you do loose money.

You might even LOSE money... learn to spell!

Just read a comment that those that paid the original prices can call to get a refund for the difference.

I first looked up the BTO options and decided that it might be cheaper to get an iMac, in that it might have the options that I pay extra for in a mini.

Why do you think web people do not know the diference between "lose" and "loose"?