why apples products are so expensiv?

alexandergre · 11-02-2006, 06:46 PM

why apples products are so expensiv?
especially the computers?
is it for the quality?
is it because there is not many mac users?

Impr3ssiv3 · 11-02-2006, 06:49 PM

well its mainly the quality that they make them at, and that they are the only ones that can make a MAC computer so its kinda a monopoly

**DCIScouts** · 11-02-2006, 06:51 PM

Mac's are better quality than most other computers, and yes they can more easily set the prices of their product, since they are the only one producing it. However, the good part is that Macs keep their value a lot better than PCs, and if you are going to resell it, you can get quite a bit of your investment back...

4W4K3 · 11-02-2006, 06:52 PM

Have a read - http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/36120.html

**The_Other_One** · 11-02-2006, 07:23 PM

If you compare a mac's peformace with a compariable PC, they usally outperform when loaded with BootCamp and XP. I've really never used a macintosh, but most benchmarks seem to follow this pattern. As for quality, they are very high quality. My Mac Mini is extreamly solid. I worked on Dell's at the hospital, and man, you could hardly plug in the printer(LPT port) without all the ports being bent back into the case, behind the I/O pannel. Talk about cheaply made! I can press on the DVI port on my mini and it doesn't move at all.

[-0MEGA-] · 11-02-2006, 07:32 PM

If you compare a Mac's build quality to that of say, a Dell or Compaq, then yes I would say the Mac's are better. But there not better quality then if you build your own PC.

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DCIScouts Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA Age: 25 Posts: 5,049	Mac's are better quality than most other computers, and yes they can more easily set the prices of their product, since they are the only one producing it. However, the good part is that Macs keep their value a lot better than PCs, and if you are going to resell it, you can get quite a bit of your investment back... __________________ In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. -Martin Luther King Jr. The most overlooked advantage to owning a computer is that if they foul up there's no law against wacking them around a little. -Joe Martin FOLDING FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND :F@H Team 44358 Posting and you - CF Edition Cheers CF

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11-02-2006, 07:23 PM	#5 (permalink)
The_Other_One Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lexington, NC Age: 23 Posts: 12,364	If you compare a mac's peformace with a compariable PC, they usally outperform when loaded with BootCamp and XP. I've really never used a macintosh, but most benchmarks seem to follow this pattern. As for quality, they are very high quality. My Mac Mini is extreamly solid. I worked on Dell's at the hospital, and man, you could hardly plug in the printer(LPT port) without all the ports being bent back into the case, behind the I/O pannel. Talk about cheaply made! I can press on the DVI port on my mini and it doesn't move at all. __________________ Desktop * Athlon X2 4200 \| 2G RAM \| 160G HD \| 7600GT Laptop1 * C2D T5550 \| 3G RAM \| 120G HD \| Intel x3100 Laptop2 * C2D T5250 \| 2G RAM \| 160G HD \| Intel x3100

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[-0MEGA-] Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Concord, NH Age: 19 Posts: 26,897	If you compare a Mac's build quality to that of say, a Dell or Compaq, then yes I would say the Mac's are better. But there not better quality then if you build your own PC. __________________ Desktop // Laptop Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 4.0GHz // Core 2 Duo T9300 2.5GHz Asus Rampage Formula X48 // Intel PM965 ATI 4870X2 2GB GDDR5 // Dual 512MB GDDR3 8600M GT's SLI 4GB (2x 2GB) DDR2 940 // 3GB DDR2 667 DC 750GB SATA 3.0Gbps w/32MB // 400GB (2x 200GB) 7200RPM Creative SB X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty SilverStone 750W +12V@60A 3DMark06: 21366 // 7394

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