Yup. But that’s to compensate for lower margins on entry level models. Across the mix of all configs sold in their various quantities, they’ve got to get a certain ASP and it’s associated gross margin. Hardware gm is about 32%, net margin about 20%.
Yup. But that’s to compensate for lower margins on entry level models. Across the mix of all configs sold in their various quantities, they’ve got to get a certain ASP and it’s associated gross margin. Hardware gm is about 32%, net margin about 20%.
When they used to report ASP, I was always surprised at how low it was. Like ~$1,300 across all Macs. That tells us Apple sells a lot of MBA and a ton of the entry level models overall. We’re not typical here
There is no reason that Apple working with AMD has not created a new gaming processor for this model.
If the chip and ram and hard drive and gpu are performing to spec, and delivering performance at or near top of class, what is your concern with the thermals? You suggested super thermal throttling. What is being throttled?
But, we're talking about just the Apple cost per MacBook Pro. Yes, they may sell MANY more base models than the Pro or BTO. I believe the MBA was their biggest money maker in terms of volume sales for notebooks and may still be with the newly released one. But, breaking it down to the Pro line and increased upgrade prices on a per total cost to Apple. The R&D, design, development, tooling & manufacturing costs were all cleared long ago with the sales of the '16 MBP. This "new" 16" MBP may not change very much and could most likely have the same overall machining requirements for the casing, main board, etc. The increased screen dimensions can be achieved easily in the current '16-19 MBP line, along with replacement of the keyboard in the top. The TB isn't going any where. And good luck if they have changed the dimensions of keys to incorporate an "ESC". Until there is a major redesign, then the Apple line of products are more modular in terms of differences between years/models. Overall, this MBP will probably not be different from the footprint and after teardowns, overall design for including components, than the original '16 MBP.Yup. But that’s to compensate for lower margins on entry level models. Across the mix of all configs sold in their various quantities, they’ve got to get a certain ASP and it’s associated gross margin. Hardware gm is about 32%, net margin about 20%.
When they used to report ASP, I was always surprised at how low it was. Like ~$1,300 across all Macs. That tells us Apple sells a lot of MBA and a ton of the entry level models overall. We’re not typical here
We will probably move on to the 14" Macbook Pro rumors. (Unless that gets unveiled today.)
And as mentioned, keys on the 2019 version are slowly failing for my colleague. I'm not willing to purchase another butterfly model (but unfortunately I urgently need one, it was a mistake to buy a 256GB SSD in 2016).
