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Not really strange at all that the specs don't differ much besides the case. Apple has always done this. Make a minor change like flash memory size, and charge
by lnanek2 13y ago
Not really strange at all that the specs don't differ much besides the case. Apple has always done this. Make a minor change like flash memory size, and charge a heck of a lot more for the higher end version than the difference actually costs to produce. They retain an easy to develop for ecosystem by not having much difference and gain economies of scale on production. Whoever this is doesn't really know much about the computer industry. He probably doesn't even realize desktop processors are often produced as one model and cheaper ones just clocked down to create artificial differences which retaining efficiencies of only having to make one thing.
- iwasakabukiman 13y agoActually, Horace Dediu is a pretty well respected writer who does know what he's talking about. Go read some of his past posts, they're pretty insightful.
- ZeroGravitas 13y agoBut skip the ones where he predicts success for RIM and Nokia (this is pre-Windows Phone, which he predicted they would never move to), and failure for Samsung because the former are "integrated" and the latter is "modular" (even though they make their own silicon, screens, RAM, etc.). And the one when he says Android will never have more than 15% of the market... (currently at 80%) and certainly never more than Microsoft (currently 3.7%). And any when he mentions open source, which he doesn't understand at all.