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   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2026-01-14 03:54, vallor wrote:   
   > At Wed, 14 Jan 2026 11:06:16 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro   
    wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 14 Jan 2026 06:31:02 GMT, Brock McNuggets wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Lawrence D´Oliveiro  wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>> On Wed, 14 Jan 2026 15:40:02 +1300, Your Name wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> In fiscal year 2025, Apple's revenue by segment is as follows:   
   >>>>> - Mac generated $33.71 B in revenue,   
   >>>>> representing 8.1% of its total revenue.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> What would the unit sales be, though? Assuming an average selling   
   >>>> price of, say, $3000, that translates into 11 million units for the   
   >>>> year. If the average time a user keeps a machine is 3 years, that   
   >>>> means the installed base is a bit over 30 million Macs.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> This would be roughly consistent with the idea that something like   
   >>>> 10% of users on each platform have Steam accounts. It also means   
   >>>> that macOS is left in the dust by desktop Linux.   
   >>>   
   >>> ... not just the $3000 is wrong, the three years is. More likely 5-7.   
   >>   
   >> But now you’re going back into pre-ARM machines, which are more of   
   >> museum pieces, not really worth using any more.   
   >>   
   >> And I’d say my $3000 figure is conservative. Apple users do tend to fit   
   >> the category of “more money than sense”, don’t you think ... ?   
   >   
   > We spent well over double that on our last Mac, a Mac Studio.   
      
   Ummmm...lay that out for us.   
      
   How did you get a Mac Studio to "well over" $6,000?   
      
   >   
   > I don't think it's out of the realm of possibility...   
   >   
      
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