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   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2026-01-14 09:35, Joel W. Crump wrote:   
   > On 1/14/26 12:23 PM, Alan wrote:   
   >> On 2026-01-14 08:08, Joel W. Crump wrote:   
   >>> On 1/14/26 2:00 AM, Alan wrote:   
   >>>> On 2026-01-13 21:53, 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.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> You think the average selling price of a Mac is $3,000?   
   >>>>   
   >>>> LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!   
   >>>   
   >>> If you want real amounts of RAM and storage it might start   
   >>> approaching that.   
   >>   
   >> And that's a far cry from "average selling price"...   
   >>   
   >> ...or haven't you gotten to averages in your high school math class yet?   
   >   
   >   
   > My calc 2 professor wanted me to assist people in math,   
      
   Riiiiiiiight.   
      
   > it's you who are   
   > the dummy, with your haughty attempts to lord over others, your need to   
   > make my age "young" explains this, you've lived an ordinary life where   
   > late 40s isn't that old, well I'm not claiming it is but it's older for   
   > me than it was for you, it's obvious.   
   And yet you cannot see the problem with supporting the contention that   
   the "average selling price" of a Mac is $3,000...   
      
   ...with a statement that it "might start approaching" that figure.   
      
   Your "calc 2 professor" would be so ashamed.   
      
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