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Re: The MacBook Neo has shaken up the PC market ?

Newsgroups comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.advocacy
Message-ID <69b8f4e4$0$23$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> (permalink)
Subject Re: The MacBook Neo has shaken up the PC market ?
From Brock McNuggets <Brock.McNuggets@gmail.com>
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Date 2026-03-17 06:29 +0000

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Lawrence D´Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
> On 17 Mar 2026 06:01:49 GMT, Brock McNuggets wrote:
> 
>> 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.
> 
> If anything, margins are lower now than they were in the 1990s.

Big difference is Apple note makes a lot of their own chips. 
> 
>> I’m sure Apple is making a profit on them. Heck they have then
>> reduced $100 for the EDU market.
> 
> Maybe Apple is making a loss there. Call it “predatory pricing”.

Maybe but no reason to think so. But even if they make very little in the
sale, they get money from iCloud, Apple Music, App Store, Apple News, their
new bundle, and more. 

> Another thing Apple is doing wrong 

You have not shown a first thing. 

> is tarnishing its premium brand
> with a budget product. Marketing 101.

The budget product is still very good — but I agree there is some risk
here. 



-- 
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
                Re: The MacBook Neo has shaken up the PC market ? chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2026-03-17 07:01 -0500

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