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From: D.M. Procida on 15 Jun 2010 06:44 Tim Streater <timstreater(a)waitrose.com> wrote: > No Firewire > No optical drive They do have FireWire. Daniele
From: Chris Ridd on 15 Jun 2010 06:46 On 2010-06-15 11:44:47 +0100, D.M. Procida said: > Tim Streater <timstreater(a)waitrose.com> wrote: > >> No Firewire >> No optical drive > > They do have FireWire. I think Tim was talking about the Acer box. -- Chris
From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 15 Jun 2010 06:55 On Tue, 15 Jun 2010 11:47:20 +0100, Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: >On 2010-06-15, zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Removable bottom panel for memory upgrades. >>>> >>>> w00t! >>>> >>> >>> Base price is now 649UKP - for comparison an iMac starts at 969UKP. >>> >>> The prices feel like they're heading in the wrong direction, to me. >> >> Weren't they once under three hundred quid? > >I think they dipped under 400 for a while (399) but I don't think they've >been as low as 299. Could be wrong though, I don't follow the Mini that >closely. I think my first mini (the final G4 one) was just under �300, but only because I bought it in America for $500. Cheers - Jaimie -- It's all fun and games until someone loses an eye. Then it's a scavenger hunt.
From: Ben Shimmin on 15 Jun 2010 06:56 Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com>: > On 2010-06-15, zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote: >>>>> Removable bottom panel for memory upgrades. >>>> >>>> w00t! >>> >>> Base price is now 649UKP - for comparison an iMac starts at 969UKP. >>> >>> The prices feel like they're heading in the wrong direction, to me. >> >> Weren't they once under three hundred quid? > > I think they dipped under 400 for a while (399) but I don't think they've > been as low as 299. Could be wrong though, I don't follow the Mini that > closely. Me either. I've often been vaguely interested, but they've always been too expensive; 399GBP would be tempting, but whatever the new one is (649GBP, were people saying? The Store seems to be down for me) is way too much. Still, it looks very pretty. b. -- <bas(a)bas.me.uk> <URL:http://bas.me.uk/> `Zombies are defined by behavior and can be "explained" by many handy shortcuts: the supernatural, radiation, a virus, space visitors, secret weapons, a Harvard education and so on.' -- Roger Ebert
From: David Empson on 15 Jun 2010 07:04
zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote: > Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > > On 2010-06-15, Pd <peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid> wrote: > >> Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> wrote: > >> > >>> Removable bottom panel for memory upgrades. > >> > >> w00t! > > > > Base price is now 649UKP - for comparison an iMac starts at 969UKP. > > > > The prices feel like they're heading in the wrong direction, to me. > > Weren't they once under three hundred quid? Wasn't the UK Pound once worth more against the US Dollar? If you look at the entry level US price, it has increased from the original $499 (PowerPC Mini) to $599 (Intel Mini) and now $699 (Mid 2010 Mini). i.e. the US price has increased 40% since the start of 2005. According to MacTracker, the UK price was originally �339, so it has gone up 91% from the original Mac Mini. The difference is mostly explained by the exchange rate: US$1 = UK�0.6795 now, UK�0.5213 then. Ratio is about 1.3, and 1.3 x 1.4 = 1.82. There is a small additional increase, perhaps due to additional duties or some forward exchange rate pessimism. -- David Empson dempson(a)actrix.gen.nz |