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Originally posted by simX
If I were Apple, this is what I would have done: released the eMac to all educational buyers, whether institutional or not, and have the price start at $899 and the high-end model at $1099.
I just think Apple is confusing the whole lineup: now we have the G4 CRT eMac, the G4 flat-panel iMac, the G3 CRT iMac, and the PowerMac as all desktop solutions. It's just weird and confusing. |
Hmm, it seems like you're proposing that the eMac should be widely available then you're saying that there are too many alternatives.
I agree with Apple's lineup. They no longer lead the education market, Dell does. Their offering was old and and slow not cheap enough to make up the difference.
The eMac helps them compete by adressing two major concerns, 1) speed, 2) screen size.
The problem with making it more widely available is that it will canabalize the sales of their other desktops. By not having a superdrive I don't want one. However, I can see somebody else buying it to save money.
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PS Besides, charging $1000 for a text editor is crazy.
