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Original
iBooks - New Low Price! At the Apple Store
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Staff
Report :
3/10/99
Update: We now have confirmed that the 1,200
iBook's are in fact (factory new ) leftover
stock.
After months of checking the
Special
Deals section of the
Apple
Store looking for discounted
iBook's and finding none, they have finally shown up, in
a big way !
The Apple Store now has over
1,200 ! of the Original iBook's in stock to sell.
Apple is offering these units in Blueberry and Tangerine
for a $100 dollar discount at $1,499 which matches the
price of other third party sellers like MacWharehouse.
I should note that MacConnection
has 40 left and is offering 64MB extra for free for the
same $1,499!
For those not familiar, the Special
Deals section of the Apple
Store is the spot where
typically, Apple sells returned products or computers
that get repaired and inspected and resold as refurbished
at a discount to new selling products.
Part of Steve Jobs goal was to
increase quality and profits by reducing shipping
defective products and reducing returns. Apple has done
such a good job of keeping returns and defective iBook's
to a minimum that it's only now that they are showing up
in any kind of quantity.
Although I don't have any
confirmation, I suspect Apple may have been waiting for
the newly revised iBook's and new SE model to be released
before selling these at a discount to avoid taking sales
away from the "original" full price units. Normally the
Special Deals section only have at any one time a handful
to sell.
To suddenly have over 1,200 at once
shows that they are either simply selling off excess
inventory or it possibly took a while to solve ..say a
mysterious hard drive problem that some iBook owners have
been having.
The "Original" iBook's still
represent a decent value with lots of usability for most
everything but high end work. If your interested in
getting a deal check out the...
Apple
Store -
Special iBook Deals
Spec's :
iBook 300 12.1-in
TFT/32MB/3.2G/CD/56K/Blueberry
iBook 300 12.1-in
TFT/32MB/3.2G/CD/56K/Tangerine
( All
refurbished iBook's are all backed by Apple.
)
"The
notebook computer that redefines portability with the
PowerPC processor, wireless communications and
exceptional style. iBook is built around a 12.1 inch
active matrix TFT display and a 300MHz PowerPC G3
processor. Standard is 32MB of SDRAM (expandable up to
160MB) and 4MB of video RAM. Also included is a 45
watt-hour lithium-ion battery, an AC adapter, a 3.2GB
hard drive and a 24x CD-ROM. The system is equipped
with a USB port, 16-bit CD-quality stereo output and a
built in speaker. Built-in communications include
10/100Base-T Ethernet, 56K modem with v.90 support and
antennas for the AirPort wireless card. Also a flip up
keyboard provides easy access to the memory expansion
slot and the AirPort wireless card slot. iBook comes
with Mac OS as well as the following third party
software: AppleWorks, MS Internet Explorer, MS Outlook
Express, Netscape Communicator, Earthlink Total
Access, America Online, FAXstf, Palm Desktop,
WorldBook Encyclopedia, Edview Internet Safety Kit,
Bugdom, Nanosaur. "
Apple
Store - Special
Deals
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