Price increased.

Spit · 29 Oct 2016 at 06:11

Wow the 12" MacBook is now £1249. That was £1049 before :eek:

deaglecat · 29 Oct 2016 at 08:27

kristmace · 29 Oct 2016 at 10:29

Sasahara said:
You do get an extra small touch screen monitor for that £500.

You don't!

2015 Base spec 13" MBP - £999.
2016 Base spec 13" MBP - £1449. No touch bar.
2016 13" MBP with touch bar - £1749.

Benchmarks are showing the base 2016 model is actually slower than the 2015 model. They've moved from a 5th to a 6th generation i5, but this is more than offset by a much lower clock speed.

Other than being slimmer and lighter, the new base model is £450 more for a worse machine. They've bumped this price up everywhere too, so it's not just to do with the drop in the £.

Chris1712 · 29 Oct 2016 at 11:33

Worth noting that this isn't all currency, prices have gone up dramatically everywhere. In fact we're cheaper than the US on some models (remember US prices are ex VAT!)

Raymond Lin · 29 Oct 2016 at 12:32

Chris1712 said:
Worth noting that this isn't all currency, prices have gone up dramatically everywhere. In fact we're cheaper than the US on some models (remember US prices are ex VAT!)

But it ranges from 0% to 8%, so one can still make an argument for 0% as much as the 8%.

silverblack · 29 Oct 2016 at 12:37

Surprised the price of the iphone has remained the same no Brexit price rise there.

Razor Time · 29 Oct 2016 at 14:02

silverblack said:
Surprised the price of the iphone has remained the same no Brexit price rise there.

The iphone price increased on the release of the 7.

silverblack · 29 Oct 2016 at 14:19

Razor Time said:
The iphone price increased on the release of the 7.

Right enough £50 increase but at least 32GB now.

Destination · 29 Oct 2016 at 15:33

silverblack said:
Right enough £50 increase but at least 32GB now.

lol, yeah, the 'free' additional memory they spoke of, the free doubling of memory that oddly had a price tag.

malachi · 29 Oct 2016 at 16:32

silverblack said:
Right enough £50 increase but at least 32GB now.

Not for the U.S. they didn't get an increase on the 7. They even highlighted that in their keynote.

chilipeppersc · 29 Oct 2016 at 16:38

Just don't buy it if you don't think it's worth it, or order it abroad....

hartgeh3 · 29 Oct 2016 at 17:47

Just fly over there and bring one back

malachi · 30 Oct 2016 at 13:16

hartgeh3 said:
Just fly over there and bring one back

Doesn't make a difference anymore as the pound is so weak. I was in the US last month looking to get an iPad, was cheaper to by it in the UK.

It was £130 cheaper back in June even when you add on the 8 or 9% city tax.