[Cialug] distro for ibook

[Matt Stanton]

I'm on your side by virtue of not being rich.  Though, I do get to play 
on a Mac Pro all day at work, and I must say that it is a fantastically 
slick machine.  If MacOS X had DirectX9.0c graphics and I could run to 
best buy and get a beast of a video card to put it in, I would certainly 
be tempted to get one.  But, the bottom line is that my car cost me 
$2500, and I can't justify spending the same amount on a computer as I 
did on my car.  Maybe if I ever get a nicer car, I'll think about 
getting a mac, too.

Afan Pasalic wrote:
> anybody on my side? any support?
>
> :-)
>
> afan
>
>
>
> Dave Hala Jr wrote:
>> 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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