"Low price Mac" and "Macs selling in the education market"? Just more wishful thinking. Have you noticed that when a computer education dinosaur specifies Macs in the school, or for students to purchase, it becomes a front-page story in the local section of the newspaper and is featured on TV, because they're too expensive? We had a recent case in San Diego, and the "victims" were in one of the wealthiest parts of the county. The parents also said: our kids should learn on the computers that they will encounter in business, the types we already have at home. Sure, we'll buy our sixth grader a laptop if the curriculum demands it, but why should we have to pay twice the amount for a Mac powerbook? The reality distortion field just gets more warped hereabouts. John Willkie -----Original Message----- From: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Craig Birkmaier Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 2:59 PM To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [opendtv] Re: Barriers eroding to LCD TV adoption At 6:02 PM -0400 7/1/04, Manfredi, Albert E wrote: >How quickly we forget. A mere 3 years ago, PCs were almost >always sold with CRT monitors. We started seeing flat screens >in TV shows, and by now, we almost forgot that PCs ever came >with CRT monitors. Just how many CRTs do you see with PCs >when you visit your neighborhood Best Buy or CompUSA? Quite a few. Apparently the Computer industry has not forgotten about CRTs. They still dominate the lower price points for PCs. The Best Buy website shows 8 integrated systems. The cheapest system that ships with an LCD panel costs $1,699. They offer five systems with CRT displays that start at about $699. LCDs have passed CRT displays in total dollar volume in the PC industry, but they still represent the majority of displays sold for desktop PCs. You can buy a 19" flat CRT display from best buy for $199. A Mag 17" flat tube CRT sells for $129. The cheapest 17" LCD panel they offer is a Mag unit that sells for $399. Even Apple still sells the CRT based eMAC so they can offer a low cost integrated system to the price sensitive education market. Regards Craig ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.