Mac Laptops Earn 20% of US Market, 35% of revenue.

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Final-Fan said:
Telling the consumer to wait 6 months till the new cycle begins to buy a laptop is quite and argument.

I guess it could be considered an inconvenience, particularly if you're shopping around because your old laptop just went toast, but honestly, I don't think most people are so desperate to get a new laptop that they can't put it off for a couple months.

Anyway, I thought you were talking from the perspective of the "hardcore" computer audience -- so are you saying it's inconvenient for people so hardcore they buy a new laptop every four months and can't wait for the next revision cycle, and yet don't have the money to spare on the "Apple premium"?

Honestly, the fact that Apple's pricing is only competitive at the start of their hardware revision cycle is a correct argument against Apple. It does create inconvenience, even if it's not crippling to most normal people. Why can't you be happy with that, instead of making up bullshit to try to substantiate a (clearly false) belief that Apple's pricing is never competitive?

 

Pretty much.