I just noticed something about the new $1199 iMac

[freeradical]

Apple does not give you a BTO option of upgrading the hard drive, however the $1499 model does let you upgrade from a 1TB to 2TB drive. Weird.

How much extra would Apple have charged if they did offer a larger drive for the cheaper model. Is the better graphics of the $1499 model worth ~ $300?

[AAA]

NEVER try to understand Apple product pricing.
I mean, any company that deliberately priced their first product at $666 should be a clue.

[WHiiP]

Assuming you are planning to keep the computer for several years, then I would get the best graphics card I could. No sense in doing your own planning of obsolescence . . . . :dunno:

[freeradical]

It just seem so wrong to force people to upgrade to the model with the better graphics card if all they need is a bigger hard drive. Some people just don't play video games.

[Mac1337]

I never figured out if people who do not do gaming should still worry about their graphics card; Nvidia or ATI. Does it really matter?

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freeradical wrote:
It just seem so wrong to force people to upgrade to the model with the better graphics card if all they need is a bigger hard drive. Some people just don't play video games.

With Snow Leopard especially, better video cards are not just about games.

In Mac OS X, Apple has exploited the power of modern video cards to enhance user interface and interaction with technologies like Quartz Extreme, Core Image, Core Animation, and Core Video. Snow Leopard takes GPU exploitation to a whole new level with OpenCL:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenCL
http://www.apple.com/macosx/what-is-maco...media.html

[freeradical]

So, are these features not available with the lower end graphics card?