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They were more expensive for the consumers. Apple's engineering acumen allowed them to keep a higher profit margin.
by glimshe 3y ago
They were more expensive for the consumers. Apple's engineering acumen allowed them to keep a higher profit margin.
- Someone 3y ago> They were more expensive for the consumers The claim I replied to isn’t that Apple always was more expensive, but that it always wanted to be more expensive, even back in the beginning. Who doesn’t want to sell their product for more money? I also think that, certainly in the beginning, they wanted to build better products and accepted higher costs. Also, what computer with comparable features could people buy “even back in the beginning” for less? One could argue there were none when the Apple II debuted. The PET and TRS-80 were a lot cheaper ($1298 vs $795 respectively $599,95) and shipped with displays but didn’t do colour. The PET and, reading https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRS-80#Keyboard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRS-80#Keyboard, also the TRS-80 had an inferior keyboard.