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Originally Posted by AG Hybrid
People pay a fortune for apple products thinking they are getting something special over the competition in regards to quality. Sometimes this is true, but at the end of the day they are still made in China like the rest.
I'm sending this from my iPad right now, which I bought knowing full well this.
Interestingly, the production cost of one of these is about $250au to build but I paid nearly $700.
Shows you how much money they make. I can't help but wonder if people who spend massive amounts on apple computers arn't being taken for a bit of a ride?
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$250 covers building that piece of hardware, maybe - but once it has been developed at great cost. Do you think that they value this development at zero? LOL. Dream on
It's part of the cost of sale, as is a profit. Profits ensure longevity, and I don't do business with companies or people that don't make decent profit - because they'll not be around in the future when I need them.
When I buy Apple I buy into a an incredibly well-connected system, not merely a single machine. I certainly don't mind paying a little more, and who's paying a fortune? My current laptop, a MacBook Air cost $1,099 - no more than a similarly high-end up-specced Windows name brand.