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    Black vs. White Macbook Price difference - 5/15/2007

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by sp00n, May 15, 2007.

  1. sp00n

    sp00n Notebook Deity

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    Picture says it all.

    Price differences:
    First gen: $150
    Second gen: $50
    Third gen (current): $125
     
    sp00n, May 15, 2007
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  2. CanadianDude

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    if i had to buy a macbook id pay the premium for the black. there are too many white ones at my school and they look like toys when i see alot of them.
     
    CanadianDude, May 15, 2007
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  3. pennpaper

    pennpaper Notebook Geek

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    Also: education discount now starts at $999. 50 bucks cheaper!
     
    pennpaper, May 15, 2007
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  4. Nicholie

    Nicholie Notebook Consultant NBR Reviewer

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    Wasn't it only like a $50 dollar difference before this update?

    Not sure about that, but yea... ridiculous premium for the color.
     
    Nicholie, May 15, 2007
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  5. swarmer

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    The second gen. price difference was technically only $50 -- but only because they raised the price of the hard drive upgrade to make it look like you were paying less for black. They were charging $150 for the upgrade from 80 GB to 120 GB (I think that's what it was). That's absurd! So it was really still the same deal as the first gen -- $200 for black and a really minor HD upgrade. I guess with the 3rd gen., they've mostly dropped that pretense.
     
    swarmer, May 16, 2007
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