Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Sun 12th Sep 2004 07:33 UTC
Fourteen months ago I wrote an editorial, suggesting that Apple should create an ultra cheap machine to battle the PC world. On that article, I suggested some specs for the hypothetical "Strawberry" computer. As technology is moving on fast, I am now updating these specs. To get the idea though, please make sure you read last year's article before you read on this one.
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One thought I had the other day was, why not a uniprocessor power mac? I mean, here in Aus, the powermacs start at $3.3k. That's just too damn expensive.. there's no midrange really. How about dropping a 2-2.5GHz G5 into a powermac case, with 512MB RAM, 200GB SATA, and NVIDIA 5900 or 6800GT, and sell it for $2.5k (Australian). It starts to look a bit more reasonable. That won't cannibalise the iMac market, because the iMac includes a screen... and you pay for the small form factor and design of the iMac. I'm talking about an ordinary powermac case, but just with a single CPU, no PCI-X, etc...
There is definitely a gap in apple's lineup. But el cheapo, crippled boxes aren't it.