Talk:Comparison of Macintosh models

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I'm wondering whether the price column should be in both tables. - Samsara (talk • contribs) 13:54, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Hmm. Good idea, but a bit Capitalist-biased. :-) --Baryonic Being 16:08, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
You mean communists don't mind being fleeced? - Samsara (talk • contribs) 16:30, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
Very funny. --Baryonic Being 17:19, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Contents

[edit] Things to add

  • Academic price
  • ExpressCard
  • Expandability
    • Max RAM
    • RAM slots
    • Hard drive bays
    • User-replaceable hard disk or not
  • Add AGP/PCI/PCI Express to GPU
  • Add differences in specs (delta column or something?)

--Baryonic Being 14:46, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

I'll leave it to you to decide where the academic prices go in the table. We may also have to state where the Euro prices come from, as they differ between member states. - Samsara (talk • contribs) 09:31, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
I've been using Belgium, which I have now noted. --Baryonic Being 11:27, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Xserves separately?

I wonder whether the Xserves should be in a separate category, as they're the only ones who (afaik) don't have Bluetooth, Airport and graphics cards. Keeping them in a separate section would make the Bluetooth and Airport columns redundant; I also think the Gigabit ethernet column may be redundant already? - Samsara (talk • contribs) 09:27, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

The Power Macs don't have AE or BT either, so they should stay for now. --Baryonic Being 11:27, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Remove links?

Great work - but can I suggest removing some of the links to GHz, GB, MHz, etc? I'd also add some pictures as it looks really plain at the moment :P --mintchocicecream 22:11, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Merge

Can Comparison of MacBook and MacBook Pro be un-merged, please? This article is not as useful as the original. -- Steven Fisher 23:17, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Can you give reasons why this is not so useful?
The main rationale for the merge was that the articles display duplicate information, and having a comparison of two specific models suggests that we need a comparison article for every combination of Macs, which is cumbersome. How about moving a condensed version of the table in the Comparison of MacBook and MacBook Pro article to MacBook#MacBook vs. MacBook Pro? --Baryonic Being 08:39, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Configurations in bold?

I don't understand why both the GeForce 6600 and the Quadro FX are in bold font. I also feel it makes the entire table less readable. - Samsara (talk • contribs) 16:45, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

It makes it less readable? I put the highest of each column in bold to try and make it more readable (and I did put a note about it above the table). --Baryonic Being 18:12, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] What about the eMac?

I know the eMac is not really in the same league as the rest of the Mac lineup, but it is still a current Macintosh model as far as I can find out (it's also still listed as a current model on Apple Macintosh). I don't know if it really makes sense to add it here or to remove it from Apple Macintosh, but I want to make sure that there is a reason for the status quo. -- grm_wnr Esc 22:03, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Stocks of the eMac have run out as far as I know. It wasn't on the educational store last I checked. --Baryonic Being 22:10, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
http://www.apple.com/education/solutions/ still has it, however - mind you, it still has the iBook as well. Maybe it's still sold to institutions, which is a special store mere mortals cannot enter? I certainly never heard of the product's discontinuation - if it really is no longer made, several pages (starting with eMac) have to be updated. There has to be a source for that somewhere... -- grm_wnr Esc 03:27, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
P.S. http://www.apple.com/pr/products/ , which I would consider an authorative list of current products, still has the eMac as well (along with the iBook o_O). -- grm_wnr Esc 03:30, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
Well, that page doesn't have eMacs anymore, so I think they're pretty much gone. Mathwhiz90601 02:04, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Why use pounds and not euros or dollars?

I find it strange that the academic prices are given in pounds rather than euros or US dollars. In fact, as Apple is an American company, would it not make more sense to use American currency? Theshibboleth 10:40, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

The page should contain all three currencies, since Wikipedia is meant to be for everyone. — Wackymacs 10:53, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
Even so I would say that the Academic pricing needs to include USD at a minimum. --Mysterioususer 19:44, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] iMac in both categories?

Should the iMac really be colspanning between consumer & professional lines? As far as I know, it's always been targeted at the consumer market (pre-Intel, the pro lines were "Power-" and the consumer ones "i-" (except the Mac Mini, but that's a different market again - entry level). —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Paul E Nolan (talk • contribs) 21:57, 5 February 2007 (UTC).

[edit] iMac in both

Surely a larger 24 inch iMac would be suitable for pro, along with the new upgrade; and the 20 inch as a consumer product. T_sastonTALK PAGE —Preceding unsigned comment added by T saston (talk • contribs) 23:12, August 29, 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Power consumption

Please include average power consumption (watts) in computer articles. This is a good comparison article! (Showing prices in table form is very helpful.) Including energy figures would allow making energy-efficient choices. -69.87.199.199 14:05, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Acronym explanations

Er, other articles don't have seconds like Comparison_of_Macintosh_models#Notes, can't people just click the links in the headers to view those pages? Seems sort of strange to have that section there. OSborn 00:40, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

I agree. Mathwhiz90601 02:05, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Academic pricing

This section is useful, but wholly inaccurate. First off it needs updated as some prices in that column are higher than the retail prices for the exact same item (e.g. MacBook). Also the prices are for UK, and may not reflect the actual discount offered in other countries. Secondly academic pricing differs depending on who you buy it from. If you buy it off apple.com's education portal you typically get 5-8% off max on hardware, however when you go into the store itself you get a much more substantial discount. I don't know if that is how it is everywhere, but in the UK the online store offers a Black MacBook at academic rate for £891 versus £949, but if you got into a store and present your valid ID it costs £769! That is a substantial difference. Thus to simply say on here the discount is £891 is incorrect. The rates surely vary on each product and in every country, but overall this column needs re-thought. Remove it, or leave it but update it and leave a note on how the price was assessed and in that some note mention that discounts vary by region and place of sale. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nja247 (talk • contribs) 16:46, 2 November 2007 (UTC)