They make a lot more money. I'm not sure why a knee jerk reaction from mac zealot is to scream they their money on software! They do..they really do!
Adding the word 'more' to my email perhaps would have assuaged Mark's pain of my assertion. I can't find one article stating apple makes less then 35% on any ipod/iphone device. I don't understand why it's a bad thing they make more money on hardware, it wasn't a slam at all in any direction, just an analysis of cost studies of their hardware. Mike On 7/26/07, Rev. Stewart Marshall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I think what he was getting at is that they make more money and profitability on their hardware then they do on their software. Micro$oft makes more money on software than they do on hardware (Does anyone need to mention Xbox?) Also Dell is fast becoming an Insurance Giant. A few years ago it was revealed that Dell made more money on selling service agreements than it did on hardware. (Note Dell does not manufacture software but is a reseller of software) Those neat gold service plans that are sold with Dell are a real money maker for them. (I recently had to clean up after a Dell tech who replaced a MB and HD and did not reinstall any of the drivers! It was a Gold Level tech visit) So what he said was not inaccurate but it also was not a complete picture. Just like the number discrepancy between ATT and Apple on how many Iphones were sold the first week. Stewart At 11:56 AM 7/26/2007, Snyder, Mark wrote: >Thank you for admitting that you just make it up from a combination of >fuzzy memory/understanding and from self-serving, cherry-picked >factoids. > >Apple makes money on software in addition to hardware. OS X upgrades >cost money (10.3 to 10.4 cost around $125. for example). Apple software >sales page is here: >< >http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/wa/RSLID >?n=&nnmm=browse&sort=Sort&s=alpha&node=home/mac_accessories/software > > >Apple, Inc. is a computer and consumer electronics company according to >analysts. They do make most of their money on bundled hardware and >software (Macs, iPod and iPhone, AppleTV, etc.). > >Mark Snyder >-----Original Message----- >What else would they be making money on?? OS X comes *with* the mac..os >x sold as a standalone OS pretty reasonable in price. Apple is hardware >company, a good one that also makes good software for their hardware. >But they are a hardware company. > >http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/mobile-wireless/personal-tech/ >news/index.cfm?newsid=3853 > >One article of many that shows the iphone is making over 50% per unit >sold. > >Maybe all the articles I'm seeing are wrong, where is the data you are >seeing? > > >************************************************************************ >* ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== >* ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== >* Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name >* Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST >* Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L >* New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress >* Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >************************************************************************ >* List archive at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >* RSS at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml >* Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived >************************************************************************ Rev. Stewart A. Marshall mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Prince of Peace Ozark, AL SL 82 ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
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