Who said Apple never listens

[Craig Seeman]

[Steve Connor] “They’ve removed the “new” badge from the Mac Pro on the Store!”

Now we wait for them to fix the mistake in their pricing.

[Jim Wiseman]

Apple confirms (really) new MacPros and iMacs in 2013 in Forbes. See my most recent post.

Jim Wiseman
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[Chris Harlan]

[Jim Wiseman] “Apple confirms (really) new MacPros and iMacs in 2013 in Forbes. See my most recent post.
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Not quite. Apple confirms new desktops in 2013. That’s a very different thing.

[Herb Sevush]

[Craig Seeman] “Now we wait for them to fix the mistake in their pricing.”

nice.

Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions
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“Deciding the spine is the process of editing” F. Bieberkopf

[Chris Harlan]

[Lance Bachelder] “Seriously though – what gives? Seems like some internal confusion at Apple that I’ve never seen in the past…
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I don’t know. It’s crazy though. They rewrote the entire Mac Pro page to remove all references to Nehalem and Westmere, making the only reference to the actual CPUs a buried page where they were listed by number and not by name, something that Apple has not done before. So, somebody there knew that “Westmere” would be a dead give-away that any significant change had not come. A little slick, no?

[Rick Lang]

Craig:
“Now we wait for them to fix the mistake in their pricing.”

Apple did significantly drop the price of the 12 core configuration, didn’t they? New $3800 with RAM compared to old price of $5000 without RAM according to one article I read today.

Rick Lang

iMac 27” 2.8GHz i7 16GB

[Craig Seeman]

[Rick Lang] “New $3800 with RAM compared to old price of $5000 without RAM according to one article I read today.”

I noted the price drop but considering it’s 2010 technology with a short live span (IMHO) I still think the price is on the high side. This is even more so when you look at the Quad core at $2500 when compared to an already year plus old iMac which, at top BTO price is about $2300 and will outperform it.

[Herb Sevush]

[Rick Lang] “New $3800 with RAM compared to old price of $5000 without RAM according to one article I read today.”

The new $3800 model is for the 2.40 12 core. I may be mistaken about this but I believe the old $5000 model is for the 2.66 12 core, which is the same price as the new 2.66 12 core. The only difference I see in prices is they throw in some xtra memory on the new model, which is hilarious considering how much they overcharge for the memory.

Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions
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nothin’ attached to nothin’
“Deciding the spine is the process of editing” F. Bieberkopf

[Rick Lang]

Herb:
“but I believe the old $5000 model is for the 2.66 12 core, which is the same price as the new 2.66 12 core.”

Not only are you (and Tim) a brilliant and entertaining wit on these forums, you have an encyclopedic memory! I didn’t even click on the ‘sorta maybe kinda new’ 12 core to see the prices of options. Thanks Herb and Craig!

Rick Lang

iMac 27” 2.8GHz i7 16GB

[Herb Sevush]

[Rick Lang] “you have an encyclopedic memory! I “

Actually I’m a case study in approaching senility, but if you go to the refurbished section of the Apple store you will find older MacPro models listed at 15% off their original price (even if they don’t say 15% off.) If you do the math, you get what I got.

Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions
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nothin’ attached to nothin’
“Deciding the spine is the process of editing” F. Bieberkopf