XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy
From: nuh-uh@nope.com
On 2026-01-14 10:17, Joel W. Crump wrote:
> On 1/14/26 1:11 PM, Alan wrote:
>> On 2026-01-14 09:32, Joel W. Crump wrote:
>>> On 1/14/26 12:20 PM, Alan wrote:
>>>> On 2026-01-14 03:06, 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 ... ?
>>>>
>>>> Your figure is NONSENSE.
>>>>
>>>> Mac Minis start at $599.
>>>
>>> Make that $999 with 24 GB RAM and 512 GB SSD. Face it, Apple are
>>> thieves. You're a willing victim.
>>
>> Not thieves.
>
>
> Those specs aren't worth the price.
In YOUR opinion.
>
>
>> And you cannot take the obvious lesson from this:
>>
>> People pay that price because they believe it's WORTH IT.
>>
>> And what makes you think must people NEED "24 GB of RAM"
>>
>> I'm a very busy user and I'm currently running 9 programs--including
>> Safari with dozens of tabs open and I still have nearly 2GB free on a
>> 16GB system.
>>
>> The fact that your pubescent brain can't get is that people who use
>> Macs find they work very, very well. I've worked with, sold and
>> support both Macs and PCs since the late 1980s and in all that time,
>> I've only encountered two people out of hundreds if not thousands who
>> ever tried a Mac and didn't want to continue on with using it.
>
>
> 16 GB works fine for me, but when I had 32 GB it was a sweet spot.
You aren't really able to spot the contradictions you write...
...are you?
> There's no question Apple is price gouging.
There's no question that people who buy them don't agree.
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