By having a unique product in terms of operating system and hardware design, Apple avoids their products becoming commodities. Thus they aren't subject to the s

By having a unique product in terms of operating system and hardware design, Apple avoids their products becoming commodities. Thus they aren't subject to the same economic forces as Acer (jeez, how can you compare Apple to Acer, anyway...). I'm not an economist but I wonder how much profit they get from positioning as a luxury good and how much from having a unique, single-vendor non-commodity product "ecosystem" that includes things like the iPhone, iPod, etc.