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Arguably Apple is still only serving the high end of the market. They are in a unique position where the consumer does not do the math on the true cost of the i

Arguably Apple is still only serving the high end of the market. They are in a unique position where the consumer does not do the math on the true cost of the iPhone. I also don't see a whole lot of college kids with rMBP's. Besides, who is to say that they are not going to run out of their premium price runway?

coob 12y ago
Probably depends which college you go to, but Macs are pretty popular on a lot of campuses: http://askmeboy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/college-classroom-laptops1.jpg http://askmeboy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/college-class...
- barrkel 12y ago
  rMBP vs MBP vs MBA?
- jfoutz 12y ago
  As far as the U.S. goes, around 1/3 don't go to college, and 1/3 go to community college. I doubt many of those kids are going for the MBP. I can't tell if you're using this as evidence for or against apple being a premium brand.
realityking 12y ago
I haven't seen a Retina MacBook Pro, but you can walk into any bigger lecture hall and you'll see plenty of MacBook Airs. (My observation is in Germany)