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Xserves, Xsan & Display Price Drops Tuesday?

According to both AppleInsider and MacShrine.com, Apple is expected to release new higher-end Xserve 1U servers on Tuesday in the following configurations:

* Dual 2.3 Ghz G5 Server - 1 GB ECC Ram, 80 GB SATA HD, 2x Gigabit Ethernet, Combo drive and unlimited server license for $3999
* Dual 2.3 Ghz G5 Cluster node - same as above, without an optical drive & 10 user license for $2999
* Dual 2.0 Ghz G5 Server - 512 MB ECC Ram, 80 GB SATA HD, Gigabit Ethernet, 10 user license for $2699
* Single 2.0 Ghz G5 Server - 1 GB ECC Ram, 80 GB SATA HD, 2x Gigabit Ethernet, Combo drive and unlimited server license for $2999

Apple's network storage software solution Xsan is expected to be released on Tuesday, originally annouced by Apple to have been released in the Fall of 2004.

MacShrine also reports that a drop in display prices are likely tomorrow:
* 20" - $999
* 23" - $1799
* 30" - $3000

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93 months ago
Man its about time they drop the prices on those displays! :)
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93 months ago
Alot of people were expecting that.
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93 months ago
I've been planning on getting a display for about... oh, 3 months now... now i definitely gotta get one.
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93 months ago
2.3 eh?

Phew, my dual G5 2.5 is still the fastest. Nyah, nyah!
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93 months ago
I'd love to see the displays drop in price. With the added education discount, I might just be able to convince myself to get one. Also, it makes a 23" iMac G5 a bit more reasonable.
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93 months ago
The difference between the 20" and the 23" are too great. It's a whole lot cheaper to buy 2 20" LCDs for just a little more.

2x20" LCD = $2000 = 3.53 million pixels.
1x23" LCD = $1800 = 2.30 million pixels.
1x30" LCD = $3000 = 4.01 million pixels.
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93 months ago
If they're going to drop a $500 Mac on us, they need a cheap display to accompany it, something like the screen from the 15 or 17 inch Powerbook, at a reasonable price point.
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93 months ago
Should of sold my 17" last week!
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93 months ago
Hehe, of course, if money was no object

2x30" = $6000 = 8 million pixels!
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93 months ago

The difference between the 20" and the 23" are too great. It's a whole lot cheaper to buy 2 20" LCDs for just a little more.

2x20" LCD = $2000 = 3.53 million pixels.
1x23" LCD = $1800 = 2.30 million pixels.
1x30" LCD = $3000 = 4.01 million pixels.


from what i understood, the 23" is HD, the 20" isnt.
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