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Apple Desktop $24,000+ LOL..seriously Apple?
Posted on 12/9/14 at 10:24 am
Posted on 12/9/14 at 10:24 am
I just went in and selected one of only 2 different desktops you can purchase and added all the options.
LMFAO that I'm saving $40.00
The best part is this line:
ETA FORGOT TAX!!
Total cost breakdown Cart subtotal $22,089.87
Free Shipping $0.00
What's This?
Estimated Tax(Zip Code for Estimated Tax) $2,043.31
Total $24,133.18
Total Savings $40.00
LMFAO that I'm saving $40.00
The best part is this line:
quote:
Mac Pro ships without a keyboard or mouse, allowing you to use ones you already own or buy any you choose. Or you can purchase an Apple wired or wireless keyboard, which will be shipped separately from Mac Pro.
ETA FORGOT TAX!!
Total cost breakdown Cart subtotal $22,089.87
Free Shipping $0.00
What's This?
Estimated Tax(Zip Code for Estimated Tax) $2,043.31
Total $24,133.18
Total Savings $40.00
This post was edited on 12/9/14 at 10:29 am
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Posted on 12/9/14 at 10:30 am to CAD703X
Baller status!
Posted on 12/9/14 at 10:30 am to TigerGman
i'll say!
Posted on 12/9/14 at 10:34 am to CAD703X
You know someone will defend this
Posted on 12/9/14 at 10:48 am to CAD703X
Do you have the same reaction when you see a Maybach priced at $381K? It doesn't do much beyond what a $20K Corolla does, but still they sell cars. How do they do it?
On a marketing level, when companies think about Segmenting/Targeting/Poitioning their products for consumers, they know that customers aren't all the same and they pursue the group of customers that make the most sense for their company.
When companies look at how to price their products, they have basically two choices. If your fixed costs are relatively high, the strategic objective is to maximize sales volume to spread the fixed costs over as many units as possible. If instead variable costs are high, they want to maximize per unit margins (they can't really bring down price in hopes to build sales volume because volume drives up variable costs). By basically pricing their products as high as they do, Apple has been very successfully in capturing the consumer surplus which no other company has managed to do on their level.
For anybody that understood basic marketing management and micro economics, this shouldn't be a surprise at all. Apple answers to its shareholders and at the moment they are getting almost everything right.
On a marketing level, when companies think about Segmenting/Targeting/Poitioning their products for consumers, they know that customers aren't all the same and they pursue the group of customers that make the most sense for their company.
When companies look at how to price their products, they have basically two choices. If your fixed costs are relatively high, the strategic objective is to maximize sales volume to spread the fixed costs over as many units as possible. If instead variable costs are high, they want to maximize per unit margins (they can't really bring down price in hopes to build sales volume because volume drives up variable costs). By basically pricing their products as high as they do, Apple has been very successfully in capturing the consumer surplus which no other company has managed to do on their level.
For anybody that understood basic marketing management and micro economics, this shouldn't be a surprise at all. Apple answers to its shareholders and at the moment they are getting almost everything right.
Posted on 12/9/14 at 10:49 am to Palpatine
I wouldn't do the Internets with anything less.
Posted on 12/9/14 at 10:55 am to CAD703X
Jesus. That things a beast.
Can you get it a 0% financing?
Can you get it a 0% financing?
Posted on 12/9/14 at 10:59 am to CAD703X
You sure that's not two of them? The highest I could get it to go was $10,300
Posted on 12/9/14 at 11:16 am to ellunchboxo
I did some debug work for them last year and that is one sweet computer. The case scratches very easily and it's designed where it will not run with the case removed, it can be bypassed with a magnet though.
Posted on 12/9/14 at 11:21 am to CAD703X
While I agree that macs are overpriced, you are being disingenuous here. I just maxed out a Mac pro and added software and accessories and without a monitor the highest I could get was $10,300 give or take.
Posted on 12/9/14 at 11:27 am to CAD703X
Specs? Price of comparable PC?
Posted on 12/9/14 at 11:27 am to CAD703X
DAMN YOU APPLE!!!! No one else has computers that expensive!
....oh
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Posted on 12/9/14 at 11:30 am to efrad
No kidding. Without a corresponding PC, this thread is kinda dumb.
Posted on 12/9/14 at 11:35 am to JollyGreenGiant
quote:
Specs? Price of comparable PC?
apple only gives you two choices; A or B
A starts at $3,000, B starts at $4,000.
I selected "B" and selected all options.
That Dell starts at $2,000 fwiw so I'm not sure what you added to it.
eta you must have added like 12 monitors and multiple copies of Autocad to come anywhere close to that price
even with that i can't come to that price.
did you add multiple quantities?
Your argument is invalid.
efrad is more like EFRAUD
This post was edited on 12/9/14 at 11:56 am
Posted on 12/9/14 at 11:51 am to CAD703X
quote:
Apple Desktop $24,000+
Sweet baby Jesus!!! Can I send a man into space with it or do I get at least that nifty hologram thing like tony stark??
Posted on 12/9/14 at 11:55 am to CAD703X
quote:
eta you must have added like 12 monitors and multiple copies of Autocad to come anywhere close to that price
I could only get up to under 10k before adding the monitors or any accessories on the $4000 Mac Pro.
The Mac Monitor is 1k and the Sharp 4k monitor is $3600. So you are basically milking accessories to get your price as well.
Posted on 12/9/14 at 11:57 am to Dam Guide
quote:
The Mac Monitor is 1k and the Sharp 4k monitor is $3600. So you are basically milking accessories to get your price as well.
i simply added one from each column as i went down that i could.
dell offers 5-10 monitors as options and even with that, it doesn't approach $41,000.
i would LOVE to see evidence of that being only a single PC.
The apple one has 2 monitors, and one of each of the options.
Posted on 12/9/14 at 11:58 am to Dam Guide
So in other words, OP = "dae hate le apple?"
This is just retarded.
If I stacked a 4K monitor, 24 TB of high end storage, and a slew of other crap, I could come up with a similarly priced PC.
This is just retarded.
If I stacked a 4K monitor, 24 TB of high end storage, and a slew of other crap, I could come up with a similarly priced PC.
Posted on 12/9/14 at 11:58 am to WavinWilly
quote:
While I agree that macs are overpriced, you are being disingenuous here. I just maxed out a Mac pro and added software and accessories and without a monitor the highest I could get was $10,300 give or take.
OP added ALL the options:
27" thunderbolt display ($1k)
32" 4k second display ($3600)
$580 in software
$350 in service contracts
200 FOOT thunderbolt cable ($1300)
24TB RAID box ($3600)
thunderbolt network adapter ($900 wtf?)
3TB time machine backup ($400)
and a fricking printer for $160 (this is where the $40 savings was)
So remove all that and you're left with a machine that costs about $10k. Still not worth it, but it doesn't sound as bad obviously.
Posted on 12/9/14 at 12:02 pm to Korkstand
quote:
thunderbolt network adapter ($900 wtf?)
that one got me too. wtf is that?
also lol no keyboard included with a "bare bones" $4,000 computer.
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