Monitor Prices

[Ken Miller]

On Thursday, January 30, 2003, at 01:47  AM, Cube List wrote:

> Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 22:23:31 -0800
> Subject: Re: [CUBE] Monitor Prices
> From: a l a n t h o m p s o n <athomp2 at mac.com>
> Message-Id: <5A5B7F44-341B-11D7-8E7A-003065B33A42 at mac.com>
>
> Apple's highest margins come from the displays.  It means, quite
> simply, that Apple has been laughing all the way to the bank for each
> 3K unit sold, making quite a bit of dough on them.
>
> the 17" is older and i can understand cutting the price on it as i'm
> sure their costs have gone down on them quite a bit over time.  17"
> lcds in general have gone done steadily for quite a while now.  'bout
> time apple passed this cost reduction along to its consumers.
>
> but for the 1500 drop - whew.  i noticed.
>
>
> On Wednesday, January 29, 2003, at 04:13 PM, Rod Clifford wrote:
>
>> OK-No one noticed but me? How is it economically feasible to drop a
>> $3000 monitor to $1999?
>
>
With this drop, I was able to pick up a 22" display for $1499 (minus 
10% as a floor model with full warranty) at the Apple store.  I hadn't 
thought that I would be able to afford one for another year or so.  
Love it!

ken