Dear Forum
John Lewis in the UK seem to selling MBPs cheaper than Apple. ididnt think this was something Apple liked. i assume its thesame machine?
JL:
Apple:
http://store.apple.com/uk/buy-mac/macbook-pro?product=MGXA2B/A&step=config
Ive not got that wrong have i?
Looks correct to me. Whether Apple like it or not is irrelevant - they are not allowed by law to enforce a price. Independent retailers can sell it at whatever price they see fit, though most of the time they do match Apple's pricing. John Lewis appears to be offering a good deal. The only problem with them arises if you want to configure a Mac with, for example, extra RAM - they only sell standard configurations.
thanks Roger
i thought it looked correct. Same model number.
i know the price fix thing but Apple seem to command their retailers to somehow not discount their products. legal or not, they are never on sale anywhere.
am i right in saying this particular mac seems to have maximum ram already? i look around at upgrades, as i normally buy a mac and do the ram upgrade myself, but most sites quote this mac as only able to take 16GBs. Also, the Apple page when spec-ing up the machine doesnt offer RAM upgrade either???
mumbles2701 wrote:
thanks Roger
...Apple seem to command their retailers to somehow not discount their products
Doing this would be seriously illegal and could attract a large fine. It's more likely that retailers mostly see no reason to undercut Apple on a product which is in much demand. 16GB is the maximum available, and indeed the only configuration for this model. (The 13 inch ones come with 8GB which you can upgrade to 16GB but only at the time of purchase - it's not possible to upgrade later as the RAM is soldered onto the motherboard.)
off to John Lewis i go then 🙂
"Operating systemInformation: OS X Mavericks"
John lewis MBP looks like it has Mavericks operating system, although you can upgrade it to yosemite free it says. Only a small discount too.
John Lewis selling MBP cheaper than Apple?
