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Originally Posted by Senna4ever
It's industry wide. Mark-up on computers can be as low as 2% on the PC side. Macs are a bit better because you are forced to sell at a certain price, but not by much. Accessories can be marked up much more. That Firewire cable you buy at Futureshop for $29.99 actually cost them way less.
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What I figured. So it is Apple that chooses to charge an inflated price for the same hardware. I know the markup on accessories is rediculous, never buy wires retail.
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Originally Posted by Senna4ever
I'm sensing a general negativity towards Apple here...? An Apple fanatic is no different from a Windows fanatic. You just get the system that you like best.
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The thing about Apple fanatics is generally they know nothing about the actual technology. Like my friend who told me to buy a Mac because itunes crashed my PC and didn't understand why I laughed at her. Or the other one that told me to buy a Mac and use Safari because it's secure and Macs don't get viruses.
This is why Apple uses nonsense terms like "Airport Express" for their router. It's just a damn router, and a Mac will work with any other router just fine, but these clowns slap some made up name on it with their logo and double the price. That's BS. Personally I wouldn't have such a strong dislike for Apple if they didn't base all of their advertising/marketing on deceiving people who aren't tech savvy and boosting profits with stupid markups.