You heard it here first folks! Apple computers hold a higher perceived value and you get what you pay for continues to regain legitimacy as Apple continues to grow.
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You heard it here first folks! Apple computers hold a higher perceived value and you get what you pay for continues to regain legitimacy as Apple continues to grow.
But you are ignoring the part where their jump DOES take into account the recalculated earnings for the last two years. The jump is unexpected EVEN taking into account the accounting change.
CPU is CPU and RAM is RAM. Apple or any other company has no control over production of computer components. The only thing Apple or any other company has control over is overall design and also they can inspect factories and demand level of quality.
Absolutely. Premium price, same parts. BTW, Asus (the Kia of computers) has a lower fault rate than Apple. Maybe Apple needs to inspect their factories more often.
This. But this is the part that takes into account the intangibles. This is where the Apple "magic" kicks in. I can see it, you can see it. But it goes beyond just the UI. Hard to quantify. But also hard to ignore.
That's not what those 90% of those people thought when they bought a Mac. If they thought it was appalling as you said, why would they buy it in the first place right? Apple must of did something right to be able to get those many people to buy a Mac.
That is your argument.....Sorry that does not work. I can point out how prices have been dropping for over 10 years and speed and power have been increase.
Speed has gone up and memory has gone up and prices have been dropping.
10 years ago it was not unheard of to see an entry level computer was 1200. 15 years ago entry level was near $1500-1600.
Sorry it is not the economy on why that is the way it is. That is the way computers are. A bad economy just cause sales of the high end stuff to general drop. Not the price point.
Since Apple has the highest satisfaction rates in the industry I would say it is better for consumers.
Go tell those other companies to get a better marketing department or those Apple have a 100 percent monopoly on marketers?
You pay more and get a Cadillac built by fantastic engineers and driven by a professional personal driver. [Mac]
You pay less and get an ugly car, with x2 as much power as the Cadillac, but built by some so-so engineers and driven by a chimpanzee. [PC]
'Nuff said.
You pay less and get an ugly car, with x2 as much power as the Cadillac, but built by some so-so engineers and driven by a chimpanzee. [PC]
'Nuff said.
The thing with PC manufacturers is they don't have anything to differentiate themselves. They are all tied to what Microsoft offers hence they can only compete on price. Most people buying PC's aren't looking to specifically buy a Dell or HP machine, they just look for the cheapest machine that is close to wherever they are buying their computer. With Macs, people go to buy Macs. Apple also at least differentiates with software and you can even run Windows on a Mac if you choose to. Thats the dilemma the PC companies face.
Oh well. The crown has slipped a little. Maybe next year. Although, I'd like to see figures incorporating the 27" iMac which has been problematic.
Yeah I guess that's why all PC's are 300 dollars. I mean no PC's are offered over 1000 dollars. Only greedy Apple charges that much.
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Not necessarily the case. This is your interpretation of the data. My parent have a Dell notebook and the value proposition of that is nothing like that offered by my MacBook Pro.
You can thank AMD/ATI for the most part on the GPU side. nVidia was king with the G80 (Scary 8800GTX prices). The G92 sold out and hit $309 at worst point. Then ATI came out with the HD 3800 line at $179/219 on launch day. They hit again with the HD 4800 line with half of the transitors of nVidia. ATI sets a point for power consumption and builds a scaleable GPU to that point. Anandtech has a good story on the road to RV 770 and it's still very true today.
ATI is playing Intel for the GPU market.
On the processor side even a Celeron is more than enough for most people.
Yeah which is why there is a far outcry from iphone users outside America. You know 60 percent of iphones are sold outside the shores of America. How the **** do you Blackberry users on AT&T aren't complaining. Maybe because no one gives a damn about the blackberry. The iphone coughs and its nightly news on CNN!280m computers will be sold worldwide, Apple will take 12m of that...work it out.
not many people really.....for record numbers.
highest satisfaction ratings..?
well seeing as the survey sample will be small, a few things to consider...
1/ Are PC users, when stating their happiness or not comparing the OS or the hardware or both..?
2/ Mac users are rarely rational. There was a guy who had his logic board replaced 5 times (another MR thread) on his MB and was still delighted with it.!
3/ iPhone issues are really just AT&T issues despite no BB complainers and they sell more!
listen fella, I know I won't change your mind, I'm not trying to. I hope it all works out well for you.
just wanted to let you know that there's a dozen or so of us over here laughing like mad at you with your Mac obsession.
You know when people say they hate Mac users? look in the mirror....its you!
How much did it cost you to built it to your needs?
p.s. my wife still on her first iMac....remember that ancient PPC white 19" iMac? Yeah, she still editing photos in that thing. I wanted to buy her the new 27" iMac, but she said she's happy with the old one.
My wife is in the same level at your friend teenage daughter when it comes to computer. .....I still haven't had to reset, reinstall, re-whatever....on her PPC iMac...after 7 years straight.
"You get what you pay for". The older I get, this quote becomes more and more true.
Exactly most Mac users are former Windows users. Most ipod and iphone users currently use Windows. I guess they only become irrational when they buy Apple stuff right?
This is a very misleading stat as most all Windows based computers are under 1000.00 dollars.
I would not be reading to much into this one.
Exactly Microsoft is making all the profits while the hardware companies are struggling to get buy. No wonder many are folding up shop are getting bought up. We've seen this with Compaq, Packard Bell, Getway, and IBM. More and more PC manufacturers will be folding up shop or getting bought. Scrapping at the bottom for scraps can only take you so far.