Apple Event - 30th October - 2pm - "There's more in the making"
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Mental money tbh for these products now - thanks brexit!! really helping the economy lol
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To be fair I have had my MBA since 2011, It's the same today as it was purchased. Still working. If you spread the cost of what I paid for the MBA back in 2011 I think it was edu price of £999 over 7 year that's £142 a year. £11.83 a month. Not too bad really.
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Knew that would be the first comment, and sure if it was still 999 fine !!
BUT ITS NOT !!
Only products worth buying if your actually gonna do any work is a £1200 ipad, a £1800 macbook air or a £2300 mini.
The rest are too underspecced for any proper work, sure yessssss there cheaper but again, unless your only gonna play candy crush its a false purchase, you need the specced ones for work.
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Exactly what I ordered, it does kill me adding the accessories for that price though haha.
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Get work to buy it then.
Not worth it, it's finally overpriced.
My £650 mini itx build runs rings around a mini.
Yesss I know ur gonna say but it's apple etc apple tax, osx etc. Yeh I know I'm fully invested in the eco system.
But it's now reached the 'not worth it' point.
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Might as well sell all your apple products then
I agree with you the prices are getting steep.
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When do you think these will be in store to demo? I am torn between the 2 ipad sizes.
I'm really confused as to what Apple is doing to their lower end laptop segment.
I was under the impression people loved the air because of the keyboard style, the plethora of commonly used ports, the price, etc.
They have given it all of the Macbook features and more so where does that leave the Macbook. Why on earth would anyone buy the Macbook now?
I was under the impression people loved the air because of the keyboard style, the plethora of commonly used ports, the price, etc.
They have given it all of the Macbook features and more so where does that leave the Macbook. Why on earth would anyone buy the Macbook now?
£1,448.40 edu pricing for this mac mini.
Hardware
Think I'm going to sit tight for an iMac refresh. Really want the 5k retina in my life.
Hardware
- 3.2GHz 6‑core 8th‑generation Intel Core i7 (Turbo Boost up to 4.6GHz)
- 16GB 2666MHz DDR4
- 512GB SSD storage
Think I'm going to sit tight for an iMac refresh. Really want the 5k retina in my life.
Oh lord those prices, that has sucked my intentions to upgrade from my 2015 pro right away.
My 12.9 inch 32gb pro was £729 but pretty sure I got 10-20% off in post Christmas sale. Gonna have to wait for a similar event methinks.
My 12.9 inch 32gb pro was £729 but pretty sure I got 10-20% off in post Christmas sale. Gonna have to wait for a similar event methinks.
Yeah, I would have thought they'd drop the price of the 12" Macbook a bit. Seems they're keeping it where it is so people who want the smallest and lightest Mac laptop possible still have to cough up.
But even then the difference in size and weight isn't massive.
They need to drop the Macbook price to sub £1000, at least then their lineup makes some sense.
Macbook for lightweight, basic tasks (which you could argue the iPad Pro does better)
Macbook Air for the student/semi-professional
Macbook Pro for the higher end as before
They could remove the Macbook completely now that the iPad Pro uses USB-C with display out. That combined with their keyboard and mouse would be a quality setup. Totally mobile but turns into a 'desktop' at home.