A Trip to the Apple Store
After a long, busy weekend, yesterday was a long, busy Saturday. After everything wound down last night, we decided to go get some dinner at the mall. Of course, this was the perfect excuse for me to wander into the new Apple store.
The last time I was at the Apple store, I played with the iPods for a while. I was impressed by the sound quality of the headphones they use to demo the iPods, but I didn’t have time to inquire about them. Last night I learned that they are Bose Triport Headphones, and they cost $199 at the Apple store. No wonder they sound so good. Of course, the going rate everywhere else is $149. As much as I like the Apple store, 33% markup over street price on third-party merchandising is foolish and insulting.
Speaking of expensive, they also had the new 30″ Cinema Display available to play with. All I can say is “WOW”. What an incredible piece of hardware. Just for fun I opened three browser windows. Side-by-side. And they fit. No way I can justify the expense, but wow. Just breathtaking.
Another product I got to see for the first time is the new 20″ iMac G5. It’s a very slick piece of hardware. I’ve been wanting a desktop Mac for a while, and had been thinking about buying a Power Mac G5 after the new year. Given the price of Power Macs and Cinema Displays, I figured I’d use my existing VGA monitor for now, and look at getting a 20″ or 23″ cinema display in a year or so. But given the price/performance of a 20″ iMac, I’m seriously considering getting one of these.
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Drooling
I know how you feel. I just bought a P43.4 with 2 GB of ram and boy it would be nice to have one of those fancy LCD screens. However, I took the money and picked up a Canon 70-200 2.8 Image Stablized L Lens. So the screen will have will have to wait. Though it is kind of cool running both PC’s through a KVM switch.