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?
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