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by rorykoehler 10y ago
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I can't find the source just now though I do remember reading about apple prebuying all perfect chips of certain classes therefore making then unavailable to the competition. Given their purchasing power I don't find this wholly inconceivable.
- na85 10y agoNo source, then. Okie dokie.
- rorykoehler 10y agoThat kind of tone is not why I and most others come to Hackernews. Please refrain from it in future. I did come across this article where Cook essentially says buying these components is a company secret.... http://appleinsider.com/articles/11/01/18/apple_commits_3_9_billion_to_secret_long_term_component_contracts http://appleinsider.com/articles/11/01/18/apple_commits_3_9_...