[Cialug] distro for ibook

[Dave Hala Jr]

Lenovo, HP etc., have a differant product. They just sell hardware and
load whatever MS has on their product.

Apple sells a "package" and that product is the sum of the Mac OS *and*
the hardware.


On Tue, 2009-12-08 at 10:05 -0600, Afan Pasalic wrote:
> 
> 
> Dave Weis wrote: 
> > Afan Pasalic wrote:
> >   
> > > I should read before I hit the send button :-)
> > > one thing is not clear to me. Is there REALLY good reason why apple 
> > > computers are soooo expensive? hardware quality  can't be the answer 
> > > because the same hardware configuration with Win on it  is at least 30% 
> > > less, some times more then 50% less.
> > > 
> > > the cheapest macbook now is $999. I bought toshiba laptop few months ago 
> > > for $550 with, I think, superior hardware. if macbook was $600 or $650 I 
> > > would buy a one. but to pay $400 apple logo on compuer? c'mon...
> > > 
> > > I think with these prices Apple will never reach more then 10% of market 
> > > share. more often I think they play kind of "noble product" game. only 
> > > "special people" (rich?) can have it. lice cadillac or mercedes or 
> > > porsche...
> > >     
> > 
> > Let's say it costs $100 to build a specific computer. If you sell the 
> > computer for $110 you will net $10 and sell 1000 of them. Your net 
> > profit is $10,000. If you sell it for $200 you will net $100 profit per 
> > machine and sell 200 of them. Your net profit is $20,000. Which business 
> > do you want to operate?
> > 
> > dave
> I got it. but, with $110 you have 1000 clients they pay for
> upgrade/update/maintain, comparing to 200 clients if you sell $200 a
> piece, right?
> and, if the market is 10,000, with 1000 you have 10% of market. with
> 200 you have  2%.
> 
> and, why then HP, Lenovo, Ford, Nike  are not doing the same? 
>  
> :-) 
>  
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