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Originally Posted by petermillard
Sure, but when were we only discussing geeks? Or even "most" of them? HP are apparently the world's largest PC supplier, so the fact that Apple makes (allegedly) 6x the profit on iPhone than HP does on PCs is relevant. But yes, it's likely as much to do with the 'commoditisation' of PCs and the general drift away from the PC 'space' as anything; but as I said before, interesting nonetheless.
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The point about the geeks was mainly that non-geeks (normal people) don't generally put their computers to much heavy-cycle use. Geeks (or people that pay attention to computers) that care about performance, will tend to build their own; much in the same way that gearheads (people who care about cars) will mod up that classic 1956 'vette in order to squeak the most power out for the smallest (though still large) amount of money.
As to gullible Apple fans, no, no-one has to share my values exactly. However, anyone who willing gives money to a company that does
this is gullible.