09-02-2014, 09:14 PM
hal wrote:
[quote=Article Accelerator]…if someone needs a new computer for under $600, what do you suggest to them?
A Mac mini, of course.
That's only part of a computer considering that people will also need - a mac mini with keyboard and mouse is $697 - add an apple monitor and the total is now $1700 (interesting that the apple store rounds up to $1700 instead of the actual total of $1696.
Apple clearly is not for consumers on a tight budget...
If you already have a KB&M, which many people have, then the Mini stays at $599. Buy a non-Apple KB&M? Add $30 to get $629. If you don't want an Apple monitor (how many people do?), you can buy anyone's monitor and hook it up to your Mac as easily as to any PC. The price then stays at $599 or $629. Poisoning the well to $1799 is not a very realistic way to present your argument.
You may as well suggest the OP order up a top of the line XPS or Mac Pro and then say "that's crazy, it's too expensive."