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Ha... I should have added Im not an Apple hater whatsoever...

Posted by 2chJunkie (A) on September 1, 2012 at 06:45:39

In Reply to: "with INSANE profit margins like Apple does." posted by b.l.zeebub on September 1, 2012 at 02:53:21:

I also owned a Macbook and still have my IPAD.

Apple makes AMAZING products. Im not in the slightest a Apple hater. Nor do I not feel Apple is owed a tremendous amount of credit for being ahead of the curve in predicting what folks would place value on as far as computers and personal data equipment. And most importantly, they made computer technology easy and reliable to use, for the most part.

All this being said, as someone who builds computers for a living now... Their stuff has some of the, if not THE, highest profit margins of anything of its kind out there. How else does Apple reach its stratospheric net worth. Its no secret, and Apple has been on the defensive of it for some time now.

There are many publications like ifixit tomshardware wired who have done tear downs and cost estimations of their products many times over. Suffice it say, Apple should be given a medal for its success as a business.

Lastly, and really Im not trying to pick a fight here... But I cannot for the life of me fathom how you couldnt find a cheaper windows counter part for any Apple computer product??? Its about the easiest task ever for a computer shopper. Short of adding Mac OS and getting a display that is "almost" as good as theirs (this IMO is the hardest part for Apple competitors) theres nothing in a Mac that cant be had for a PC counter part.

Again, not trying to fight here. But they are as profitable as they are with reason. Keep in mind they make up only about 15% of the computer market as a whole (last I checked... might be off now). With their phones making a huge chunk of their change these days too.

I bow down to their business presence.

Dave

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