{"id":439051,"date":"2010-03-17T13:45:49","date_gmt":"2010-03-17T17:45:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theappleblog.com\/?p=42500"},"modified":"2010-03-17T13:45:49","modified_gmt":"2010-03-17T17:45:49","slug":"australian-website-hints-at-new-macs-higher-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/439051","title":{"rendered":"Australian Website Hints at New Macs, Higher Prices"},"content":{"rendered":"

An Australian tech website<\/a> has started running ads featuring Mac Pros and MacBook Pros whose entry-level prices are noticeably higher than those in the current Mac lineup.<\/p>\n

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So what, right? The ads are probably incorrectly labeled, or something. But the word on the street (well, the word on Engadget<\/a>, anyway) is that these might predict the much-anticipated Mac refreshes that we\u2019ve been waiting for.<\/p>\n

From Engadget:<\/p>\n

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Apple’s Australian online store lists the most affordable versions of the MacBook Pro, MacBook Air and Mac Pro at A$1599, A$1999 and A$3599, respectively, but the ads show significantly higher “starting at” prices of A$1899, A$2399, and A$4499.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Following the ads to Apple\u2019s Australian online store reveals the same Mac models at the same old prices, so either these ads are terribly wrong or they\u2019re been released a little early\u2026 <\/span><\/p>\n

It has been over a year since Apple released a major update to its high-end Mac Pro computer. I know very well because I bought one last April at an astronomically high price, and as such, guard it with my life. (No one else is allowed near it. No one!) If history has taught me anything, it is that I am not allowed to have the best and brightest kit for long. Therefore, an update is imminent. As for the MacBook Pro, we can probably expect to see Apple upgrade it with Intel\u2019s powerful i7 Chipset.<\/p>\n

But why so much more expensive? Engadget’s Vladislav Savov suggests:<\/p>\n

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The rise in MacBook Pro pricing could be attributed to the cost of the i7 chipset, but it seems unlikely that in a recovering economy Apple would increase their prices significantly without having a cheaper baseline model available.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I am hoping to see something more than just a chipset upgrade this time around; support for Blu-Ray is one of those things I want (even though it\u2019s something most people don\u2019t need) and who wouldn\u2019t like to see high-capacity SSD\u2019s as-standard?<\/p>\n

I know only this; I\u2019m a weak-willed slave to Apple\u2019s hardware. I was the same way with PC\u2019s, but let\u2019s face it, a tech-obsessed geek with a weakness for shiny new toys will usually spend far less on generic PC equipment than on the latest newness from Cupertino.<\/p>\n

At a time when the entry-level iPad would more than easily meet my needs, I know for a fact that, instead, I\u2019ll be ordering the most expensive model available when we Brits can (finally!) get our hands on them. The same thing happened a year ago when I bought my painfully-expensive Mac Pro — truth is, I could have gotten by with an iMac. And even now, despite having twin 30\u201d HD Cinema displays, I feel like I\u2019m missing out not owning a 27\u201d iMac as well. Thankfully, I\u2019m in a tiny minority of crazy people.<\/p>\n

Are these ads correct? If they are, will we have new Macs before the end of the month? Apple’s New Zealand online store also displays odd pricing inconsistencies along similar lines to those on the Australian store. Perhaps we\u2019re reading too much into it (as Apple crazies want to do) but let\u2019s face it, one of two things will happen from here; either the ads will be replaced with \u2018corrected\u2019 prices, or, one day very soon, that little yellow sticky note will appear on Apple\u2019s online store and insane gadget freaks like me will reach for our credit cards\u2026<\/p>\n

Am I as crazy as I think? Share your thoughts with me in the comments below.<\/p>\n

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An Australian tech website has started running ads featuring Mac Pros and MacBook Pros whose entry-level prices are noticeably higher than those in the current Mac lineup. So what, right? The ads are probably incorrectly labeled, or something. But the word on the street (well, the word on Engadget, anyway) is that these might predict […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-439051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439051","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=439051"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439051\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=439051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=439051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=439051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}