hello Colin We're getting slightly OT when we start talking about things like cars; but I can see what you're driving at, (pardon the very obvious pun), and why; I just had to get that one in! ;-)
Anyway, you're correct. Apple is a commercial organisation when it comes down to it and they are there to make money. But that kind of astonishing pricing is just a little silly. You're paying for the "badge", and the brand name. Actually though, the memory isn't really manufactured by Apple at all; it's usually either Hitachi or Sony when you strip the labels off the IIC modules you can see the manufacturer's logos. I know that because I have done it. The last time we bought from Crucial it was for another type of machine and the memory we bought is now also obsolete. So out of curiosity I'm going to repeat the exercise and pull the labels off the chips. What's the betting that they'll be produced by other manufacturers, even though in this case they have an Asus sticker on the modules themselves. Make of that what you will; but it seems to me like what's referred to in the vernacular as a "racket". Lynne On 14 Aug 2011, at 21:41, Red.Falcon wrote: Well Apple as good as they are, they are in it for profit! And a number of people will just buy straight from Apple without looking around I think partly due to Apples name! But it does make me wonder how much of this is profit! And how much they could really bring the price of there full range down! And still make a good profit! But as it is the normal practice in the UK [I do not know about other countries ] people will pay just to have the latest and newest! For years people have paid more for cars in the UK but could get the same model much cheeper in the rest of Europe! Apart from being lefthand drive! It's simple if people did not pay then the price would have to drop! <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find a monthly formatted archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at the following URL: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
