The unexpected event today. I have probably only spent my own money on Apple hardware once — it was 2003 and I rode on the hype of MacOS X and bought an iBook G3. However I still remembered playing all the computer games and doing BASIC programming on an Apple ][ back in the 80’s. […]

Guys at Pingdom has written an interesting comparison on Apple pricing between US, Europe and Australia. Like the Big Mac Index, their “Apple Price Index” used the price of Apple products to calculate the purchasing power parity of nations. How we compared the prices We looked at the prices for 17 Apple hardware products (computers) […]

I blogged about Getmac over here more than 2 years ago, when it wasn’t even known as Getmac. It was the cheapest authorised Apple reseller in Australia that I could find back then, and it probably still is although I have not been tracking the price lately. An EDU discount can probably still be cheaper, […]

Ever since Apple iPhone was released in US back in June, there has been a great anticipation on when it is going to be released in Australia. According to unofficial sources on the Internet, we probably will not see this most desirable Apple gadget in Australia until sometime in 2008. Moreover it is likely that […]

Any Apple users here? Anyone got an iPod? Any Mac zealot reading this bargain blog? To be honest, I have never owned an iPod. I did have a Mac though, a 4 year old second generation iBook G3 that runs Panther, and my wife still uses it as her main computer. However I do recognise […]

Update: Check their Apple Mac Promotion page on all the limited stock items. I just found out that Harris Technology is selling cheap Apple Macs — the slightly out-dated model. Still very nice, and quite a bit cheaper than the current line-ups. Take this Macbook Pro for example. Intel Core Duo 2Ghz 512Mb RAM 80Gb […]

Saw it being advertised at Domayne. Domayne lets you bring home a 17 inch Apple iMac and test it out for 10 days. At the end of test driving period, you can either buy it, or return it. I presume that it would be the new Intel Core Due based iMac as it offered the […]

Every other shops are selling Apple iPod these days, and what set each reseller apart are their price and services. Just got from their news feed, it appears that DealsDirect has also joined the race of iPod reselling. Their service is fine — very usable online interface and relatively fast delivery. And their price? Apple […]

Fancy the latest Intel Core Duo powered MacBook Pro (which I mentioned on my blog)? The cheapest I can find in Australia (except maybe eBay) is from Getmac (formally AppleCart which I reviewed here). They sell the base model (1.67Ghz Intel Core Duo 15.4″ 512Mb/80Gb) for AUD$3007.06, plus standard delivery of $7.50. Quite a bit […]