At Besy Buy the other day, I was checking out the Mac mini.Besy Buy had a package deal where if you bought the $499 mini, you got a 15" monitor and keyboard/mouse for $649 total - that's $150 for a 15" LCD and cheepo input devices. Now sure it isn't Apple quality but it was fine for email/web surfing.

Why isn't Apple offering a $200 - $300 15"? Who is going to pay $499 for a mini and then drop nearly twice that on the monitor and keyboard/mouse?

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At Besy Buy the other day, I was checking out the Mac mini.Besy Buy had a package deal where if you bought the $499 mini, you got a 15" monitor and keyboard/mouse for $649 total - that's $150 for a 15" LCD and cheepo input devices. Now sure it isn't Apple quality but it was fine for email/web surfing.

Why isn't Apple offering a $200 - $300 15"? Who is going to pay $499 for a mini and then drop nearly twice that on the monitor and keyboard/mouse?

No need for apple to sell cheap products. There's a bunch of other companies to do that. Apple has style and quality and that's what they're focussing on, not competing for cut-throat cheap quality sales.

That 15" LCD monitor won't be very good for that price.

Just like my 19" CRT (Mitsubishi Diamondtron) for $400 was much better than the 19" CRT at $200 when I bought it two years ago. My eyes thank me.

I actually agree that a cheapo 15 or 17" Apple LCD couldn't hurt. Even if it was spec'd to the quality of the iMac monitors (they aren't quite as high quality correct?)

Heck I'd potentially buy a 17" as a second monitor if I had the new version of Apple LCD. Alas, I have the 20" ADC and ain't no way I'm paying $900 CDN for a 17" ADC... especially not now!

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Why isn't Apple offering a $200 - $300 15"? Who is going to pay $499 for a mini and then drop nearly twice that on the monitor and keyboard/mouse?

Why can't Apple have a high-quality 17" display (at maybe $400-$500), instead of a crappy $150 one? It is absurd that Apple doesn't sell a monitor for less than $800. There are plenty of people who are willing to shell out the money for a Power Mac, but are not going to lay down another $800 for a display, even if they wish they could get an Apple monitor. Then they go home or to the office, stick the Mac under the desk, and as far as anyone else is concerned they're using a Sony computer (or whatever brand monitor was used). A monitor with an Apple logo is a great advertising/mindshare opportunity.

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Why can't Apple have a high-quality 17" display (at maybe $400-$500), instead of a crappy $150 one? It is absurd that Apple doesn't sell a monitor for less than $800. There are plenty of people who are willing to shell out the money for a Power Mac, but are not going to lay down another $800 for a display, even if they wish they could get an Apple monitor. Then they go home or to the office, stick the Mac under the desk, and as far as anyone else is concerned they're using a Sony computer (or whatever brand monitor was used). A monitor with an Apple logo is a great advertising/mindshare opportunity.

Oooh, even though $799 is still a lot, $200 is a big discount

Having purchased a card to accommodate a 30 inch and waiting for a price drop on the 30, I am very disappointed. The price drops should have been across the board.