An anonymous user writes, "Apple announced it has begun shipping its Xserve G5, the most powerful Xserve yet, to customers. Single processor is $2,999.00, dual processor is $3,999.00."
Re:how long to ship
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Anonymous Coward
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Why does Apple still make the eMac?
When will people stop trolling Slashdot? They make the eMac as a low end machine for home users. Duh. Not everyone needs or wants a $1500 computer.
Re:Hopefully the rumors will hold...
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capmilk
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No flame bait intended:
Looking at Apple's history, I would definately not buy the first model of a new Apple product. Especially the portables have had some pretty severe teething problems for a while.
Re:how long to ship
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cbirdsong64
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See, Clippy was a pain in the ass to get rid of, and he was everywhere. Apple hasn't dumbed down the user interface, they've just left the advanced features there for the taking, assuming you know you want them. If you want to use UNIX in OS X, go to the terminal, but my mom never has to know about it. If you want to use a mouse with five buttons, have at it, but my mom's perfectly happy with the one that came in the box.
Re:how long to ship
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Anonymous Coward
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Actually, no, that's not "enough said."
Let's talk about supply chain management for a second. I know that's a big, scary term, but bear with me.
Apple manufactures computers. They build a few standard configurations and put them in boxes, and put those boxes in warehouses. (Not for long, though. Apple has long been lauded as having one of the shortest inventories in the industry.)
When you go buy a computer, you shouldn't have to specify what kind of mouse you want. That's just unacceptable. To the consumer, it's nickel-and-diming. To the company, it's a waste of shelf space and packaging material, not to mention time and effort to track all those separate bills of materials and whatnot.
So the alternative is to make a multi-button mouse a build-to-order option. But the problem is, of the (let's estimate) 10% of Mac buyers who want a different kind of mouse, not all of them want the same kind of mouse. Some want wired, some want wireless. Some want two buttons, some three, some five. Some wheels, some not. So Apple would be faced with stocking a separate build-to-order item that would only satisfy about 2% of the customers anyway, or just throwing the mouse in the box at build time and letting the customer replace it with a third-party item if he chooses.
In other words, if Apple did what you ask--ask, hell, what you practically demand--it would make Macs more expensive. Either that, or Apple would have to eat the additional cost of manufacturing and spend less on R&D.
You choose.
Re:Price Comparison
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cosmo7
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When will people stop trolling Slashdot? They make the eMac as a low end machine for home users. Duh. Not everyone needs or wants a $1500 computer.
No flame bait intended:
Looking at Apple's history, I would definately not buy the first model of a new Apple product. Especially the portables have had some pretty severe teething problems for a while.
See, Clippy was a pain in the ass to get rid of, and he was everywhere. Apple hasn't dumbed down the user interface, they've just left the advanced features there for the taking, assuming you know you want them. If you want to use UNIX in OS X, go to the terminal, but my mom never has to know about it. If you want to use a mouse with five buttons, have at it, but my mom's perfectly happy with the one that came in the box.
Actually, no, that's not "enough said."
Let's talk about supply chain management for a second. I know that's a big, scary term, but bear with me.
Apple manufactures computers. They build a few standard configurations and put them in boxes, and put those boxes in warehouses. (Not for long, though. Apple has long been lauded as having one of the shortest inventories in the industry.)
When you go buy a computer, you shouldn't have to specify what kind of mouse you want. That's just unacceptable. To the consumer, it's nickel-and-diming. To the company, it's a waste of shelf space and packaging material, not to mention time and effort to track all those separate bills of materials and whatnot.
So the alternative is to make a multi-button mouse a build-to-order option. But the problem is, of the (let's estimate) 10% of Mac buyers who want a different kind of mouse, not all of them want the same kind of mouse. Some want wired, some want wireless. Some want two buttons, some three, some five. Some wheels, some not. So Apple would be faced with stocking a separate build-to-order item that would only satisfy about 2% of the customers anyway, or just throwing the mouse in the box at build time and letting the customer replace it with a third-party item if he chooses.
In other words, if Apple did what you ask--ask, hell, what you practically demand--it would make Macs more expensive. Either that, or Apple would have to eat the additional cost of manufacturing and spend less on R&D.
You choose.
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