Apple TV sees slim, if any, profits
BuddyJ
Dept. of PropagandaOKC Icrontian
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<p>Business Week, along with research company iSuppli, opened up the Apple TV and were surprised by what they found. In <a href=http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jun2007/tc20070606_984317.htm?campaign_id=rss_daily>this article</a>, they discovered the Apple TV probably costs $237 to make. Without taking into account the costs of marketing it, Apple probably sees $67 for each device sold since they retail for $299.</p>
<p>Selling a product at a loss isn't always a bad thing when you're trying to penetrate a market. Console game companies do it all the time. Profits just have to come from other places, and Apple has that covered, according to the article, by making in excess of 50 percent profit on their non-computer lines (read iPods).</p>
<p>So, iPod owners, to quote Johnny Rotten- <i>"Ever get the feeling you've been cheated?"</i></p>
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<p>Business Week, along with research company iSuppli, opened up the Apple TV and were surprised by what they found. In <a href=http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jun2007/tc20070606_984317.htm?campaign_id=rss_daily>this article</a>, they discovered the Apple TV probably costs $237 to make. Without taking into account the costs of marketing it, Apple probably sees $67 for each device sold since they retail for $299.</p>
<p>Selling a product at a loss isn't always a bad thing when you're trying to penetrate a market. Console game companies do it all the time. Profits just have to come from other places, and Apple has that covered, according to the article, by making in excess of 50 percent profit on their non-computer lines (read iPods).</p>
<p>So, iPod owners, to quote Johnny Rotten- <i>"Ever get the feeling you've been cheated?"</i></p>
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Apple made the Ipod to help expand their business because well the PC side sucked... I am not a huge Apple fan but that is mainly because the systems are way overpriced... the mark up is unreal. Now if they were level with PC's I would reconsider, as there is nothing a MAC can do that a PC can't do.
But there are tons of things a Mac can't do a PC can do like Gaming!!!!!
I have an uncle that constantly and consistantly touted his Mac this or PowerBook that as faster than my machines. I usually take the high road and brush it off his apple-ego-trip, but somtimes it became too much. Everytime this happend I consistantly proved him wrong with both my laptop and my last PC build.
Does Apple make a DECENT laptop or PC? Yes. Is OS X a quality product? Of course.. But between their commercials and some (not all) of their fans, I want nothing to do Apple, other than my iPod....
100% agreed!
Come on now, lets be honest... the correct statement is: OS X has a piss poor selection of games and lacks many applications for professional environments. It's not a Mac vs PC argument anymore since they're both x86 systems; it's OS X vs. Windows. :bigggrin:
Because Apples can run Windows now, gaming isn't a problem unless you lack the hardware to support it (like my MacBook w/ it's lame integrated graphics).
Wonder if you could hax the Apple TV to run Windows or a Linux server?