Apple quietly discontinued the eMac yesterday.
I found this quote in the MacRumors forum:
Good Riddance...
You got the [Mac]mini that does as much or more now, get a monitor for $120, and you got something better than the eMac now
Actually - the MacMini is so much less than an eMac:
Notebook Hard Drive vs Desktop Hard Drive
Laptop Hard Drives are 4200RPM & 5400RPM / Desktop Drives are 7200RPM & faster
Notebook Optical Drive vs Desktop Optical Drive
Laptop optical drives are not available at retail and are months behind in technology & speed
One RAM slot that is inaccessable vs 2 easily accessable RAM slots
Max RAM on MacMini is 1GB vs 2GB on eMac / MacMini takes 10 minutes to add RAM vs eMac 2 minutes
Airport extreme hard to add vs eMac's easy to add slot
Same as RAM - extremely difficult and possible damage if you upgrade
The CRT on eMac were some of the best displays I have ever seen.
Color separation and response time on LCDs are no where near CRTs
There are no all in ones under $1299.99 anymore.
Personally, I think Apple could get away with a $799.99 LCD version of the eMac
Maybe we will see it again around "Intel inside" time.
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You can still buy it if you're an EDU customer. (Tidbit: When the eMac was first released, it was only for the education market. Only after everyone wanted one Apple changed their policy...)
I realize that and I should have added it to the post - but thanks for the note.
The eMac sold pretty well ... at retail.
I will say this though ... one of the reasons for discontinuing it was also because of it's weight and bulk to ship. It cost $11 more for me to ship an eMac vs an iMac G5. There is also less packaging and a simpler box for the iMac.
When you compare the eMac and the Mac mini, you realize that both of them are overpriced.
Back when the mini came out at $500, the 1.25 Ghz eMac was $750. Subtract $150 for the cost of a good 17" flatscreen from the eMac, the price would be $600.
Now look at the mini. If it had been built with less expensive desktop components like are in the eMac, it could have been introduced at $400. This means that Apple overpriced the eMac by $200. Gee, its not selling well... I wonder why?
And where is the low end G5 model? They have a great product in the G5 iMac but they are forcing people to buy a LCD. If they removed the LCD, it could be priced at $800. I think Apple would sell an extra million of them because a lot of people do not want to have their computer tied to their display.
I get the distinct impression that Apple does not want to increase its market share when they keep making bonehead marketing decisions like these.
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