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More Power, Less $ (3/4/99)
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Buying a PowerBook just got easier on your credit cards. Just as MacCentral reported, prices have been dropped on the PowerBook G3 Series, with configurations at the Apple Store starting at just $1999 for a 233 MHz version with 32 MB of RAM, a 2 GB hard drive, a 20x CD-ROM drive, built-in Ethernet and 56K modem, and that great 14.1-inch screen. That's a value that's tough to beat. If money is no object, you can opt for the top-of-the-line 300 MHz model with 64 MB of RAM, an 8 GB hard drive, and a DVD-ROM drive with DVD video capability for $3699. (Stop drooling, it's uncivilized.) If you're one of those "middle of the road" kind of people, Apple's got a couple of models to fill the gap.
As if those choices weren't enough, the budget-conscious laptop shopper may want to stop by the Apple Store's "Special Deals" page, where there's a slew of refurbished G3 PowerBooks available. If you're willing to squint at a dim 12.1-inch passive-matrix screen, you can pick up a G3 PowerBook for as little as $1349. One caveat, though (in addition to the usual warnings about buying refurbished equipment)-- refurbs aren't eligible for Apple's latest PowerBook promotion. That's right; to sweeten the deal, there's a promo that gets you either a free 64 MB of additional RAM or a free copy of Virtual PC when you buy a new G3 PowerBook between now and April 30th. How cool is that?
By the way, we'd be remiss not to mention just why we think Apple's slashing PowerBook prices again. If you've been following things in the Apple laptop saga lately, you know that the lab rats in Cupertino are busy throwing together the next generation PowerBook, code-named "101." You can read more about it at O'Grady's PowerPage, but the short version is this: it's gonna scream. Given that it's expected in May, we just have to assume that Apple's lowering prices on existing PowerBooks in an attempt to flush the channel and make room for the new blood. What's that mean to you? If you want and need a PowerBook right now, and you don't need the fastest possible machine ever, it means you can save a couple hundred bucks on a new G3. If you're willing to wait in order to get an even faster model and money is no object, then you might want to consider holding off until 101 debuts.
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 | | The above scene was taken from the 3/4/99 episode: March 4, 1999: Lookee here, Apple's slashed PowerBook prices once again-- is this in preparation for 101? Meanwhile, the consumer side of the portable spectrum may get blown wide open when the P1 is announced on or about April 22nd, and Mexican iMacs have already made their way into the retail channel...
Other scenes from that episode: 1381: All Good Things Come... (3/4/99) It's the return of everyone's favorite party game, "Guess the P1 Release Date!" See, the announcement of the iMac last May caught pretty much the whole world by surprise; until then, all we had were vague hints from Apple that a re-entry into the consumer market was coming, and a lot of varied speculation about the "Columbus" project (which turned out to be the iMac's motherboard)... 1382: Giant Sucking Sound (3/4/99) Remember all that hubbub when Apple started laying off a bunch of workers at its manufacturing plants last month? The noise was particularly loud from Cork, Ireland, but there were plenty of pink slips in Elk Grove, as well...
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