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Monday, August 07, 2006, 05:00 pm
Briefly: Cinema Display cuts, keynote stream
Apple Computer on Monday enhanced the introduction of its Mac Pro desktops by slashing prices across the aesthetically matching Cinema Display line.Apple's 30-inch Cinema Display HD model now retails for just $1999, a price cut of $500 from $2499.
Meanwhile, the 23-inch Cinema Display HD saw a $300 reduction from $1299 down to $999.
Finally, Apple shed $100 off the cost of its non-HD 20-inch Cinema Display, bringing the model down to $699.
Keynote stream posted
Apple this afternoon also posted a pre-recorded stream of chief executive Steve Jobs' presentation this morning.
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Apparently the specs have also been improved so these are not just the old displays with a price drop.
Mmmm, $99 displays. I'll take ten please.
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Originally Posted by craiger77
Apparently the specs have also been improved so these are not just the old displays with a price drop.
Apparently the specs have also been improved so these are not just the old displays with a price drop.
I was wondering this as well looking at the specs, is this confirmed?
A nice drop but Apple's monitors have never been the best value. HP's L2335 was the Editor's Choice for monitors in its class. It can Pivot from Portrait to Landscape and comes with a 4 port USB hub!
http://www.macworld.com/2005/02/revi...hlcd/index.php
Even Dell's UltraSharp 2405FPW is competitive with Apple's offering.
http://www.macworld.com/2005/12/revi...0fpw/index.php
The best (or worst depending on how you look at it) part is, even with Apple's price drop both are still cheaper than Apple's Cinema display. 
Why is the botton a quick time movie??
http://events.apple.com.edgesuite.ne...ent/index.html
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Originally Posted by icfireball
Why is the botton a quick time movie??
http://events.apple.com.edgesuite.ne...ent/index.html
Why is the botton a quick time movie??
http://events.apple.com.edgesuite.ne...ent/index.html
Why wouldn't it be a QuickTime movie? It always has been.
It's a QuickTime stream. It's from Apple, you know. It's sure as hell not going to be some WMA shit or RealPlayer.
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Originally Posted by lundy
Why wouldn't it be a QuickTime movie? It always has been.
It's a QuickTime stream. It's from Apple, you know. It's sure as hell not going to be some WMA shit or RealPlayer.
Why wouldn't it be a QuickTime movie? It always has been.
It's a QuickTime stream. It's from Apple, you know. It's sure as hell not going to be some WMA shit or RealPlayer.
He was asking why the actual button was a QuickTime element.
As far as I know, the answer is to make sure the user can play the movie by testing for QT7, using a QT element to press. If you haven't got QT you can't press the button.
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Apple's 30-inch Cinema Display HD model now retails for just $1999, a price cut of $500 from $2499.
Why do they do this? Why do they wait years to drop the price and then drop it 25%?
By all accounts these monitors have been overpriced for some time now, couldn't they drop a hundred here and a hundred there as the componant prices drop? It would certainly decrease the buyers remorse for people who buy before the huge cut.
I sound like I'm complaining, but I am mostly curious as to the rationale...It seems inelegant.
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Originally Posted by Bageljoey
Why do they do this? Why do they wait years to drop the price and then drop it 25%?
By all accounts these monitors have been overpriced for some time now, couldn't they drop a hundred here and a hundred there as the componant prices drop? It would certainly decrease the buyers remorse for people who buy before the huge cut.
I sound like I'm complaining, but I am mostly curious as to the rationale...It seems inelegant.
Why do they do this? Why do they wait years to drop the price and then drop it 25%?
By all accounts these monitors have been overpriced for some time now, couldn't they drop a hundred here and a hundred there as the componant prices drop? It would certainly decrease the buyers remorse for people who buy before the huge cut.
I sound like I'm complaining, but I am mostly curious as to the rationale...It seems inelegant.
It's simple:
1) If they can sell more at a high price and thus higher profit margin, more power too them.
2) Technology gets less expensive over time. It is actually cheaper (by how much I don't know) for Apple to produce a 30" LCD this year than 2 years ago.
3) Apple wants to remain competative and pull in new customers whose budget would not allowed for a 30" LCD previously.
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Meanwhile, the 23-inch Cinema Display HD saw a $300 reduction from $1299 down to $99.
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