Cheap as chips
By Mark Tennent in Reader
Posted in Apple on June 26, 2008 at 8:09 pm
Apple’s products are often derided as over-priced and over-hyped even though real-life comparisons of like-for-like computers would show otherwise. Certainly, Apple’s products are never cheap but there is a way to get them at a considerably lower cost and it doesn’t mean talking to a bloke in the pub.
How does saving 65% off the cost of an 8-core 3.0GHz Mac Pro sound? The usual price would be nearly five grand but it could be could be delivered to you for fifteen hundred quid, complete with Apple’s cast iron guarantee. Maybe you are looking for a laptop or iMac or even an Apple Xserve – all available at huge discounts, ready to ship in 24 hours. As the UPS delivery man said, “Even the boxes look good”.
On the button
The Apple Store web site has a little button called Special Deals hidden in plain view down the right hand side of the screen. Stock changes on a daily basis and includes iPods, iPhones as well as other Apple kit and special offers.
Just to sweeten the deal, there is a very helpful chap at Apple named Gerard McPartlan, who if you ring him on 0800 039 9901 ext 89664, he will do his best to make you a happy shopper before and after your purchase.
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Loading ...Comment by Jacques Daviault - June 27, 2008 on 3:25 am
Unfortunately for me, ringing Gerard won’t do me any good. However, your post does beg the question… did you? I’m at least 2 years away from an Intel Mac purchase… and that’s not good news to a fellow used to using the latest and greatest. Oh well, I’ll just have to visit you more often. 
Comment by Mark Tennent - June 27, 2008 on 7:17 am
Too right I did. Er… two Mac Pro 2×2.8 quad cores, except one has to go back (it’s a long story). Anyway, what would I do with 4 Macs all to myself?
The best part is how easy Time Machine made the setting-up. The worst part is I can’t get QuarkXPress 7 running yet and it’s too early for their Customer Support to be open.
Comment by Jacques Daviault - June 27, 2008 on 3:56 pm
I’d love to hear the long story. As for Quark… try InDesign. 
Comment by Mark Tennent - June 27, 2008 on 4:08 pm
Try making the book publishing industry move to inDesign. I did for 4 years but got nowhere. A lot of corporate design studios are still linked to XPress although most now keep a foot in both camps, as I do.
Then QuarkXPress 7 arrived and surprisingly it’s better than inDesign CS3, a hell of a lot quicker and arguably better typography. What happens when XPress 8 arrives next month compared with inDesign CS4 arriving next year, remains to be seen.
Quark have made Illustrator and Acrobat Pro unnecessary. Marksware converters make it easy to open Xpress docs in inDesign and vice versa and it’s the latter that is important. As a recent CS3 doc showed when it converted to XPress 7 with little tidying up to do. That means it’s only Photoshop we’ll need to keep up with unless an alternative appears - and it’s about time one did.
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