Uh eD, that's for an additional 384MB RAM.
Time to get that calculator out again! :-)
Your comments got me to thinking, so I checked again.
Apple charges $144 for the 384MB RAM.
They charge $51 for the stand.
That's a difference of $196.
The actual prices are $1,249 and $1,516 for a difference of $267. So
they are charging more to include these two items? That doesn't make
sense!
So I did some more checking. Under the hardware portion of Apple's web
site, vice the Apple Store, it lists the following for optical storage:
> One of the following optical drives:
> =8B 32x-speed (maximum) CD-ROM drive
> =8B Combo drive (DVD-ROM/CD-RW); reads DVDs at 8x speed,
> writes CD-R discs at 12x speed, writes CD-RW discs
> at 8x speed, reads CDs at 32x speed
My guess, is that the cheaper model comes with a CD-ROM drive, and that
the more expensive model comes with a Combo drive. Currently the Apple
Store has them both listed as having the Combo Drive, which I now believe
is incorrect.
Assuming that my hypothesis is correct, then for $267 more, you get 384MB
more RAM memory, a Combo Drive, and the swivel stand.
That makes more sense.
Here is an updated table:
> CPU G4/700 G4/700
> RAM 128 512
> VRAM 32 32
> HD 40 40
> Disp 17 17
> FW 2 2
> USB 3 3
> CD CD-ROM Combo
> Stand N Y
>
> Cost 1249 1516
Sushi
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>On 5/1/02 @ 4:31 AM, the Ed Kummel wrote:
>
>My question is how can Apple in good conscience charge
>$270 for an additional 256mb RAM? That's highway
>robbery! I can pick up a 256mb stick of RAM for my PC
>(granted, it's not a Mac) for under $60 each! (ok,
>they also include a stand..big whoop). BTW, the prices
>for this is entirely out of order...I can pickup a
>Sony branded trinitron 17" monitor brand new for $170.
>Way, way too expensive for any school I have ever seen
>and I live in one of the most expensive counties in
>the United States!
>Look at what Dell is offering for the Education
>market! And under $600 w/free shipping...
>Ed
>web/gadget guru
>http://newton.tek-ed.com (download Newton packages)
>http://npds.tek-ed.com (my NPDS server and it's new
>subdomain)
>
>--- Sushi <Sushi_at_ragingbull.com> wrote:
>>
>> >On 4/30/02 @ 6:15 PM, Andr=3DE9 Baron wrote:
>> >
>> >For one thing, according to my infrmation (can
>> someone
>> >pipe in with the exact details) the new eMacs are
>> going
>> >to be comming in around 900-1000usd, far cry from
>> the
>> >"Twice that much [the $600 dell system]"
>>
>> Education costing information on the new eMac
>> systems:
>>
>> CPU G4/700 G4/700
>> RAM 128 512
>> VRAM 32 32
>> HD 40 40
>> Disp 17 17
>> FW 2 2
>> USB 3 3
>> CD Combo Combo
>> Stand N Y
>>
>> Cost 1250 1520
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