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| Message-ID | <69b8ee4d$0$25$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> (permalink) |
| Subject | Re: The MacBook Neo has shaken up the PC market ? |
| From | Brock McNuggets <Brock.McNuggets@gmail.com> |
| References | (1 earlier) <10p878q$1o8r2$1@dont-email.me> <69b83842$0$24$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> <10pa0u3$2d5dl$4@dont-email.me> <69b88d8d$0$26$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> <10pafrc$2i6gt$1@dont-email.me> |
| Date | 2026-03-17 06:01 +0000 |
Cross-posted to 2 groups.
Lawrence D´Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote: > On 16 Mar 2026 23:09:01 GMT, Brock McNuggets wrote: > >> On Mar 16, 2026 at 3:41:08 PM MST, "Lawrence D´Oliveiro" wrote >> <10pa0u3$2d5dl$4@dont-email.me>: >> >>> History repeats. Apple has never done well in a race to the bottom. >> >> So you do not see how things might have changed over 30+ years. > > The facts of economics haven’t changed. The market has. > Companies accustomed to > lower-volume, higher-margin markets tend to be completely unprepared > for the realities of competing in higher-volume, lower-margin markets. We’ll see. There are always risks. > Others have already mentioned that the Neo doesn’t look like a cheap > machine: it looks like it was expensive to manufacture. That, too, is > going to impact the already-thin profit margins. I’m sure Apple is making a profit on them. Heck they have then reduced $100 for the EDU market. Say they only get $50 for each machine sold there — that is $150 for most… 25% of the cost. I’d bet it’s more than that, though have not put much thought into it. Don’t really care much and it would all be speculation. -- Personal attacks from those who troll show their own insecurity. They cannot use reason to show the message to be wrong so they try to feel somehow superior by attacking the messenger. They cling to their attacks and ignore the message time and time again.
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Re: The MacBook Neo has shaken up the PC market ? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-03-14 22:06 +0000
Re: The MacBook Neo has shaken up the PC market ? Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2026-03-14 15:43 -0700
Re: The MacBook Neo has shaken up the PC market ? Brock McNuggets <Brock.McNuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-03-14 23:47 +0000
Re: The MacBook Neo has shaken up the PC market ? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-03-15 22:38 +0000
Re: The MacBook Neo has shaken up the PC market ? Brock McNuggets <Brock.McNuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-03-16 03:18 +0000
Re: The MacBook Neo has shaken up the PC market ? Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2026-03-15 21:48 -0700
Re: The MacBook Neo has shaken up the PC market ? Brock McNuggets <Brock.McNuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-03-16 05:23 +0000
Re: The MacBook Neo has shaken up the PC market ? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-03-16 06:16 +0000
Re: The MacBook Neo has shaken up the PC market ? Brock McNuggets <Brock.McNuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-03-16 09:33 +0000
Re: The MacBook Neo has shaken up the PC market ? CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-03-16 09:08 -0400
Re: The MacBook Neo has shaken up the PC market ? Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-03-16 17:05 +0000
Re: The MacBook Neo has shaken up the PC market ? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-03-16 22:41 +0000
Re: The MacBook Neo has shaken up the PC market ? Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2026-03-16 15:48 -0700
Re: The MacBook Neo has shaken up the PC market ? "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-03-16 19:09 -0400
Re: The MacBook Neo has shaken up the PC market ? Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2026-03-16 16:13 -0700
Re: The MacBook Neo has shaken up the PC market ? "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-03-16 19:29 -0400
Re: The MacBook Neo has shaken up the PC market ? Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2026-03-16 16:51 -0700
Re: The MacBook Neo has shaken up the PC market ? Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-03-16 23:09 +0000
Re: The MacBook Neo has shaken up the PC market ? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-03-17 02:55 +0000
Re: The MacBook Neo has shaken up the PC market ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-17 05:09 +0000
Re: The MacBook Neo has shaken up the PC market ? Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2026-03-16 22:25 -0700
Re: The MacBook Neo has shaken up the PC market ? Brock McNuggets <Brock.McNuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-03-17 06:01 +0000
Re: The MacBook Neo has shaken up the PC market ? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-03-17 06:20 +0000
Re: The MacBook Neo has shaken up the PC market ? Brock McNuggets <Brock.McNuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-03-17 06:29 +0000
Re: The MacBook Neo has shaken up the PC market ? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-03-17 06:37 +0000
Re: The MacBook Neo has shaken up the PC market ? Brock McNuggets <Brock.McNuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-03-17 07:02 +0000
Re: The MacBook Neo has shaken up the PC market ? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-03-17 08:07 +0000
Re: The MacBook Neo has shaken up the PC market ? Brock McNuggets <Brock.McNuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-03-17 09:08 +0000
Re: The MacBook Neo has shaken up the PC market ? Adison Vohn Caterson <Adison@Caterson.invalid> - 2026-03-17 11:48 +0000
Re: The MacBook Neo has shaken up the PC market ? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-03-17 21:31 +0000
Re: The MacBook Neo has shaken up the PC market ? Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2026-03-17 14:38 -0700
Re: The MacBook Neo has shaken up the PC market ? Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-03-17 22:46 +0000
Re: The MacBook Neo has shaken up the PC market ? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-03-17 23:07 +0000
Re: The MacBook Neo has shaken up the PC market ? Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-03-17 23:38 +0000
Re: The MacBook Neo has shaken up the PC market ? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-03-18 00:14 +0000
Re: The MacBook Neo has shaken up the PC market ? Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2026-03-17 17:27 -0700
Re: The MacBook Neo has shaken up the PC market ? Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-03-18 01:21 +0000
Re: The MacBook Neo has shaken up the PC market ? -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2026-03-18 09:34 -0400
Re: The MacBook Neo has shaken up the PC market ? Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2026-03-18 09:39 -0700
Re: The MacBook Neo has shaken up the PC market ? Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-03-18 01:22 +0000
Re: The MacBook Neo has shaken up the PC market ? CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-03-17 21:15 -0400
Re: The MacBook Neo has shaken up the PC market ? Glock <glock@localhost.com> - 2026-03-18 21:58 +0000
Re: The MacBook Neo has shaken up the PC market ? % <pursent100@gmail.com> - 2026-03-18 15:09 -0700
Re: The MacBook Neo has shaken up the PC market ? Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-03-18 22:43 +0000
Re: The MacBook Neo has shaken up the PC market ? Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-03-18 22:42 +0000
Re: The MacBook Neo has shaken up the PC market ? CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-03-18 19:11 -0400
Re: The MacBook Neo has shaken up the PC market ? Brock McNuggets <Brock.McNuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-03-19 00:41 +0000
Re: The MacBook Neo has shaken up the PC market ? Learing Center <masterIT@faker.org> - 2026-03-19 00:59 +0000
Re: The MacBook Neo has shaken up the PC market ? Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-03-19 15:50 +0000
Re: The MacBook Neo has shaken up the PC market ? "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-03-19 11:51 -0400
Re: The MacBook Neo has shaken up the PC market ? Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-03-19 18:27 +0000
Re: The MacBook Neo has shaken up the PC market ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-18 01:05 +0000
Re: The MacBook Neo has shaken up the PC market ? CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-03-17 21:23 -0400
Re: The MacBook Neo has shaken up the PC market ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-18 16:14 +0000
Re: The MacBook Neo has shaken up the PC market ? CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-03-18 12:46 -0400
Re: The MacBook Neo has shaken up the PC market ? Adison Vohn Caterson <Adison@Caterson.invalid> - 2026-03-18 17:22 +0000
Re: The MacBook Neo has shaken up the PC market ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-17 17:10 +0000
Re: The MacBook Neo has shaken up the PC market ? Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2026-03-17 11:04 -0700
Re: The MacBook Neo has shaken up the PC market ? CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-03-17 14:06 -0400
Re: The MacBook Neo has shaken up the PC market ? chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2026-03-17 06:59 -0500
Re: The MacBook Neo has shaken up the PC market ? Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2026-03-17 11:01 -0700
Re: The MacBook Neo has shaken up the PC market ? CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-03-17 14:02 -0400
Re: The MacBook Neo has shaken up the PC market ? CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-03-16 20:20 -0400
Re: The MacBook Neo has shaken up the PC market ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-03-17 01:49 +0000
Re: The MacBook Neo has shaken up the PC market ? DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2026-03-16 23:14 -0400
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