With Mac sales plummeting will Apple reduce prices?

[Honza1]

If Apple has an oversupply of a product then Best Buy, Costco, etc can offload the surplus at reduced prices. Just a couple of weeks ago Costco was selling the base mac mini pro for $1099. I've not seen Apple lower their prices, in store or on the web, and expect that policy will continue.

$1099? Current base Mac Mini M2 Costco price (on line) is $580. They do list M1 Mac Mini for $300, but that is out of stock.

 

[stradify]

It was a quick sale that lasted for about a week. What you're seeing now is standard everyday pricing.

 

[TechnoMonk]

It’s industry wide problem. I have seen more than thirty 4090 in stock at micro center other day. People used to line up for GPU before the stores opened, last year.

Nothing wrong with folks holding off on purchases with volatile economy and inflation.

 

[Sami13496]

Apple is reducing prices by not increasing prices. Inflation.

 

[Spock]

No,

they tried that in the '90 era. It was not successful. They almost went bankrupt.

That is not why they almost went bankrupt in the nineties, this is why they almost went bankrupt...

1995
Performa 580CD
Performa 588CD
Macintosh LC 580
Performa 5200CD
Performa 5210CD
Performa 5215CD
Performa 5220CD
Power Macintosh 5200 LC
Performa 6200
Performa 6205CD
Performa 6210CD
Performa 6214CD
Performa 6216CD
Performa 6218CD
Performa 6220CD
Performa 6230CD
PowerBook 550c
Power Macintosh 6200
Power Macintosh 7200
Power Macintosh 7500
Power Macintosh 8500
Power Macintosh 9500
Performa 5300CD
Performa 5320CD
PowerBook 190
PowerBook 190cs
PowerBook 5300
PowerBook 5300c
PowerBook 5300ce
PowerBook 5300cs
PowerBook Duo 2300c
Power Macintosh 5300 LC
Performa 6260CD
Performa 6290CD
Performa 6300CD
Performa 6310CD

 

[dgdosen]

Apple's profits have never been higher... so, no, I don't see them dropping prices. I do see them holding prices steady (at least in the US) and other countries will see their prices change if there's any currency swings.

 

[MacGizmo]

When I first read the subject of this thread...

 

[MacGizmo]

That is not why they almost went bankrupt in the nineties, this is why they almost went bankrupt...

1995
Performa 580CD
Performa 588CD
Macintosh LC 580
Performa 5200CD
Performa 5210CD
Performa 5215CD
Performa 5220CD
Power Macintosh 5200 LC
Performa 6200
Performa 6205CD
Performa 6210CD
Performa 6214CD
Performa 6216CD
Performa 6218CD
Performa 6220CD
Performa 6230CD
PowerBook 550c
Power Macintosh 6200
Power Macintosh 7200
Power Macintosh 7500
Power Macintosh 8500
Power Macintosh 9500
Performa 5300CD
Performa 5320CD
PowerBook 190
PowerBook 190cs
PowerBook 5300
PowerBook 5300c
PowerBook 5300ce
PowerBook 5300cs
PowerBook Duo 2300c
Power Macintosh 5300 LC
Performa 6260CD
Performa 6290CD
Performa 6300CD
Performa 6310CD

Dude... you forgot the Centris and Quadra lines! My personal favorite was the Quadra 650!

 

[Spock]

Dude... you forgot the Centris and Quadra lines! My personal favorite was the Quadra 650!

The was just the models they were selling in 1995...