[Ti] Re: PowerBook competition

[T.L. Miller]

On 9/23/05, at 7:44 AM, Henry Kalir, <kalirhe at umdnj.edu> said:

>Please - not again! We've been through this before and Apple needs to 
>give superior quality products at the SAME price as the competition.

Probably not going to happen. Dell's economies of scale are tough to
compete with -- ask HP. Shouldn't Apple get a little something extra for
their innovativeness, etc.? They aren't really in the commodity business.

>People are not as generous with their wallets as you'd have them be, and 
>Apple has lost a HUGE chunk of the market with this flawed approach.

However, even before the iPod, Apple was making money.

Tom Miller
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