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RUMOR: iMacs to get spec bumps and price cuts

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We like tech posts here at jon4lakers, but what we love are exclusives. What you are looking at is a screen capture of an internal intranet of an anonymous apple employee. According to our source, and the image, Apple is set to drastically drop the price of their consumer desktop iMacs within the next 3-5 weeks. Also of note is the increase in RAM in the higher end models. Our source tells us these updates and price cuts are a lock, but the timing is unknown. He stands by his 3-5 window. I would expect these price cuts to occur when Macbook and Macbook Pro updates happen (which we will have info on), but that is unverified at this time. When this image shows up on Apple's website in a few weeks, don't forget where you heard it. That's right, www.jon4lakers.com. Spread the word!
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http://www.jon4lakers.com/blog/2008...-imacs-to-get-spec-bump-and-massive-pric.html

Hopefully it's true! :D
 
Not bad prices, looks like a fairly good deal.

You could get the $1,399.00 iMac, upgrade to the 8800GS & 3GHz, add 3rd-party RAM and save $100.

Why's "drive1" underlined?
 
Why would the base model cost $990, and not $999?

I think it's fake, although good for the faker to drum up advertising revenue.
 
Knocking $400 off the price would drop margins a good deal more then the 5% Apple has given guidance for.

The 3.06GHz X9100 CPU alone has a tray price of $851. Apple likely get's a discount off that, but we're still talking $750 or so. Add ~$300 for the LCD. ~$75 for the RAM. ~$75 for the HDD. ~$100 for the GPU. ~$100 for the systemboard. ~$50 for the case. Parts could be close to $1500 so at $1799 that would be a 16% margin compared to their current ~35%.

If true, Apple better really double Mac sales or their stock price is going to get killed.
 
The only difference between the $1799 iMac in that picture and the one I just bought a month ago for $2800 is mine has a 1TB HD.

That's $1000 for 250GB of hard drive space.

This had better be a fake, or I'm going to be calling Apple and asking for my money back.
 
If thats true...I might consider the low end 24" iMac instead of a MBP. Then again, they might lower the MBP prices...
 
It's a fake. Take a look at the "or low as $xx.xx a month" under each computers price. It is exactly the same monthly payment amount as is currently at the real iMac page. If the amount financed were lower the monthly payment amount would change as well.

Nice try, but you have to make sure all the fields are updated dude.
 
WOW! If this is true, I'll get one for every room :D
 

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gehrbox said:
It's a fake. Take a look at the "or low as $xx.xx a month" under each computers price. It is exactly the same monthly payment amount as is currently at the real iMac page. If the amount financed were lower the monthly payment amount would change as well.

Nice try, but you have to make sure all the fields are updated dude.
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Not to mention the spellcheck underline. If this is an "intranet screenshot," then it was taken by one of the website devs.

Either that, or it's not an internal screenshot at all, rather it's something someone faked in Word.



My money's on the latter.
 
Fake!

Look at the 20 inch 2.66 and you'll find the word 'drive' spell marked! Unfortunately HTML files rendered using a web browser dont spell check!
 
Not to mention the iPod Back to School promo which would certainly not apply to new models.
 
Also the URL. if it was an internal file, it would certainly not have the store address. Dont forget the bookmark bar... I'm fairly certain an employee wouldn't have facebook and Jackass clips links on his computer. Xbox?

Fake.
 
omg

I swear this better be fake.
I just baught my imac... and for $200 extra, I could get the best one here.

It better be fake!

If not, I'm selling my iMac before they come out.
 
My fake (and even better priced) screen shot notwithstanding, I believe it's true because it happens every time I buy anything expensive :mad:
 
jon4lakers said:
This actually came from my web site. I do 100% trust the source, but I suppose as with everything, take with a grain of salt.
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I'm sorry, but the URL in your screencap is the exact same URL I have up right now in Safari for the iMac page of the Apple Store.

That means the page in your screencap would have to be an actual live page on the actual US Apple Store that any person accessing the iMac section of the US Apple Store would have seen.

There is no way Apple would test an updated page on the live store - especially a page with a $400 price drop. They would test it against the development and test web server so you'd have a local hostname instead of http://store.apple.com.
 
CWallace said:
I'm sorry, but the URL in your screencap is the exact same URL I have up right now in Safari for the iMac page of the Apple Store.

That means the page in your screencap would have to be an actual live page on the actual US Apple Store that any person accessing the iMac section of the US Apple Store would have seen.

There is no way Apple would test an updated page on the live store - especially a page with a $400 price drop. They would test it against the development and test web server so you'd have a local hostname instead of http://store.apple.com.
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agree- fake, stupidly done:rolleyes:
 
CWallace said:
The 3.06GHz X9100 CPU alone has a tray price of $851. Apple likely get's a discount off that, but we're still talking $750 or so. Add ~$300 for the LCD. ~$75 for the RAM. ~$75 for the HDD. ~$100 for the GPU. ~$100 for the systemboard. ~$50 for the case. Parts could be close to $1500 so at $1799 that would be a 16% margin compared to their current ~35%.
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More like $650 for the CPU, $20 for the ram, $50 for the mobo, $45 for the GPU and $30 for the case.
 
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