Foxconn makes boards for Apple towers too, I believe ASUS handles the laptop side.
On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 10:03 AM, Rev. Stewart Marshall < [email protected]> wrote: > There is another problem with this number. > > Apple combines their whole operation. Hardware and Software. > > You would have to separate out what their profit margin is on the OS, and > what their profit margin is on their hardware (Computer) > > MS does not sell computers. They sell an OS, a Suite and other software, > plus some peripherals. But MS is not a hardware manufacturer except for the > Xbox, but that is not a computer. > > There are a ton (and I mean that literally) of hardware manufacturers out > there. Some of them are crap. > > I have noticed that Foxconn seems to be part of I[pods and makes some parts > for them. In the PC world Foxconn is not one of the better board makers. > > Remember the days of Amptron? Emachines? > > There are some cheap and dirty PC manufacturers out there. I would not buy > their equipment. > > There are some higher end manufacturers and that is who I deal with. > > MS and Apple came up with two marketing campaigns, and methods. Bill > decided to sell an OS and let manufacturers design equipment around it. > > Steve decided to not only sell an OS but to sell Hardware designed around > it. > > Both have been successful in what they endeavored to set out to do. > > Stewart > > > At 11:48 AM 4/10/2009, you wrote: > >> Betty--Assuming Tom's claim is real (he misplaced his link to back >> this up, goshdarnit!), 1.7% is an average of ALL PC makers, which is >> quite a few. We have no way of knowing what made this number and what >> it measured. Tom's playing fast and loose with reality, so that it >> matches his expectations, is well documented. >> >> I know Mac people are used to thinkinig in monolithic terms regarding >> hardware, but I suspect this 1.7% figure is largely meaningless. >> > > Rev. Stewart A. Marshall > mailto:[email protected] > Prince of Peace www.princeofpeaceozark.org > Ozark, AL SL 82 > > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
