[Cube] Mac mini-- 1 GB memory upgrade = US$425 !!!

[atoa at krak.net]

He was including Applecare.

On Thu, 13 Jan 2005, Joseph B. Gurman wrote:

>    Steve Goldstein wrote:
>
>> Holy silicon!  Talk about grabbing you by the short hairs!  I mean,
>> c'mon, Apple, get real!
>> 
>> So, the price of the faster, bigger HD mini with Super Drive,
>> wireless (Airport Extreme card) + Bluetooth and AppleCare = US$1402.
>> Arghhh!  (and they say that memory upgrade can only be done by Apple
>> or an authorized repair shop)--almost 3 x the price of the base
>> machine.
>> 
>> BTW, they do not tell you if the older Airport cards will work with
>> the mini (in case you really do not need Extreme).  Gotta wait for
>> more info on the net.
>
>    Where did you get that??
>
>    According to the Apple Store (US) online:
>
>> * 256MB DDR333 SDRAM - 1 DIMM
>> * 80GB Ultra ATA drive
>> * SuperDrive
>> * Internal Bluetooth + AirPort Extreme Card
>> * 56K v.92 Modem
>> * Mac OS X - U.S. English
>> * 1.25GHz PowerPC G4
>> Estimated Ship:
>> 3-4 weeks
>> Free Shipping
>> 
>> Subtotal $778.00
>
>    With the !Gbyte memory, it's $1203, but who ever bought memory from 
> Apple? The 1 Gbyte DDR 333 DIMM is $210 - $235 most places. And cheapie PC 
> sellers do the same thing, usually selling the  low end boxes with inadequate 
> memory to keep the price point down.
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