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From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Kir=E1ly?= on 27 Dec 2009 03:09 JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot(a)vaxination.ca> wrote: > HOWEVER, having said that. Apple should still be concerned about its > image of its computers priced out of the market. It's never bothered them before. At one time it was possible to buy a new Honda Civic for less money than what the flagship Mac cost. I know; comparing a Mac and a Civic is apples and oranges (pun not intended). But so is comparing a Mac and a PC. -- K. Lang may your lum reek.
From: Robert Haar on 27 Dec 2009 09:15 On 12/27/09 1:50 AM, "JF Mezei" <jfmezei.spamnot(a)vaxination.ca> wrote: > HOWEVER, having said that. Apple should still be concerned about its > image of its computers priced out of the market. > I suspect that Apple is quite comfortable with the image of selling high quality / high price computers. They seem to have deliberately focused on that part of the product range, avoiding the low price, commodity computer products that have almost no profit margin.
From: William Clark on 27 Dec 2009 09:40 In article <poochiethedog-845CF1.16110626122009(a)newsfarm.iad.highwinds-media.com>, Poochie <poochiethedog(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > Can someone tell me why Macs are 2-3 times more expensive than PC's? Can > someone also tell me why usenet groups are not being used as much as > before? Years and years ago I lurked here and there was a TON OF POSTS. > But these days most have gone to the web. Is that right? > > > Woof woof > > Poochie the dog They are not. Silly troll.
From: William Clark on 27 Dec 2009 09:41 In article <C75CD645.482810%bobhaar(a)me.com>, Robert Haar <bobhaar(a)me.com> wrote: > On 12/27/09 1:50 AM, "JF Mezei" <jfmezei.spamnot(a)vaxination.ca> wrote: > > > HOWEVER, having said that. Apple should still be concerned about its > > image of its computers priced out of the market. > > > > I suspect that Apple is quite comfortable with the image of selling high > quality / high price computers. They seem to have deliberately focused on > that part of the product range, avoiding the low price, commodity computer > products that have almost no profit margin. Do BMW and Mercedes have any problems selling cars? No.
From: William Clark on 27 Dec 2009 09:42
In article <hh65c1$r41$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Mark Mittel <mittle(a)macciesaremorons.com> wrote: > On 12/26/2009 05:25 PM, Steve Hix wrote: > > In article > > <poochiethedog-845CF1.16110626122009(a)newsfarm.iad.highwinds-media.com>, > > Poochie<poochiethedog(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > > >> Can someone tell me why Macs are 2-3 times more expensive than PC's? > > > > They're not, necessarily. > > > > While you can get cheapjack PCs, if you look for a PC from a reputable > > maker, with similar specifications to a given Mac, they'll be close to > > the same price, give or take. As in, sometimes the PC equivalent is a > > bit less expensive, sometimes a bit more. > > Here's a computer that I had built about 6 months ago: > > Triple Core 2.8 GHz CPU > Gigabyte MA770T-UD3P mobo > 4 GB of DDR3 1333 MHz RAM > 9400GT video card 1 GB RAM > 640 GB Western Digital HD > 450W Alpha RaidMax PSU > Alpha RaidMax black case with enough room for 3 or 4 additional drives > Keyboard, Logitech mouse > > I paid $682 (CAN) for this computer guaranteed one year. The store has > been in business for more than 10 years. > > Now, you know how it is, PCs lose their value. Nowadays, you can at > least get a 1 TB drive for $10 more. Maybe the price of other material > has also gone down. > > All this equipment bears a name, you can check the *complete* specs. The > CPU is fully overclockable with settings in the BIOS. (I don't believe > I'll need this anytime soon :) It's no lowest bidder stuff -- Lucky > Golstar monitors or Samsung drives like you have on Macs -- with an > Apple sticker on it. > > Tell me what you get in the Mac World for this kind of money? :) Something that actually works? |