More ipads sold per week than all mac models put together

[Squilliam]

radha said:

Squilliam said:

People really do confuse the cost of stuff with value. See, the PS3 cost $800 at launch and it never sold this well because people didn't value it that much. The iPad cost under $300 at launch to produce and it sells due to being of higher value to them. The iPad is a unique item and apple has a monopoly on this class of gadget. This means they can charge closer to what people value the experience at rather than using a cost+ model and pricing it relative to how much they cost to produce.

also apple knows that software creates the value and their device come out with great software but sony come out with nothing, and asking people twice what the competition was asking, a competition that offered much more software.

Pretty much what you said as well. I was trying to keep it simple but yeah, its also the fact that the experience for the user is mature out of the box vs how many years did people actually have to wait for compelling software, supporting accessories like HDTVs and for them to sort out the rather bleak feature set of PSN at launch.