> I just read a report (sorry I don't have the link handy) that the average > profit margin for a PC manufacturer is down to 1.7%. That implies that > many of them are at less than 0%.
This is why you love to quote stats so much; you can get them to say whatever you want with enough vague hand-waving and select weasel words. > That is dangerously low. That is so low that I would expect some of them > to decide that it is just not worth the effort for such a low return on > investment. I bet that a year from now Lauren and "G" are going to find > some very different choices at the computer store. As to the profit margin, so what? That's the standard profit margin for the grocery industry and we're still able to go shopping for groceries year after year. Even still, companies come and go all the time; is this news to you? > If MS keeps pounding on the message that a PC should be cheap it will > only accelerate the race to the bottom and the race to the exits. Wait, I keep forgetting, is competition and choice good or bad with you? My money is on bad. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
