January 08, 2004

Newsflash: the World Does Not Revolve Around Gigabytes!

To all the fools out there who think the iPod mini is a bad deal, would you care to explain why people buy 40GB iPods for $500 when they can get a Nomad Zen with 60GB for $400? Shit with IDE drives at $1GB why doesn't Apple just make a 3 pound $300, 200GB mp3 player? You'd just eat that up, right?

Personally I expect Apple to sell a whole load of the minis. Typical scenario, person walks into the store looking for an ipod. They can get a tiny colorful one that holds 50cds worth of music for $250 more. Or they can pay extra for something nearly twice as big, twice as heavy and it doesn't come in colors. Battery doesn't even last longer. All they get in return is... some exta gigasomethings. And for most people in the world, believe it or not, the world does not revolve around how big their hard drive is. For real. Hang tight and watch these players fly off the shelves.

Posted by William Blaze at January 8, 2004 10:35 AM | TrackBack
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I think the main issue it's not the size of the drive maybe... size matters after all? ;-) The issue is the relative small price difference between ipod and its mini version, you are right on the appeal of the mini and I agree these players are going to fly, I really think this is a really nice product extension but... I have my doubts on the pricing strategy.

Posted by: arturo on January 10, 2004 01:51 PM

errr but by that logic the mini should actually be more expensive then the regular. The hard drive in the mini is more expensive then the ones in the bigger units.

The main issue I think is that everyone expected Apple to drop a $100-150 regular iPod with a 5GB drive. I suspect however that it cost almost the same to make a 5GB or 15GB drive, so Apple would be losing cash on such an item as great as it might sound. Remember Apple has competition, and they haven't been able to fill the super cheap iPod space, although I'm sure they are aware of the demand.

Posted by: Abe on January 10, 2004 03:00 PM

i called the apple store today hoping to go pick up a pink one, but they arent expecting to get them in stock until mid feb :(

(btw the michigan ave store in chicago is stunning)

in other related news, i just started a new job and was given a brand spankin new g5. i havent really used the mac in several years, never worked with Os X in a production environment.

man, its good to be back. next machine will prolly be a powerbook now :)

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