No offense, but you don’t have a clue about what you’re talking about. Apple’s secret to survival after Jobs returned has always been maximizing economies of scale. Although Mac had no market share in 2000, the iMac was the biggest shipping SKU by far. Because of the education market, the iMac was also the largest selling SKU in the distributor channel.
Even today, Apple sells like a dozen major SKUs per product line, and many use the same components. Dell probably sells 200 laptop models.
The Apple strategy as applied to the M1/M2/etc is super successful. They are selling laptops at a 10% premium that are superior, with 45% margins But… the things that make it the best laptop on the market make it a mediocre high end device. That M1 64GB part is expensive because it’s a low volume SoC.
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No offense, but you don’t have a clue about what you’re talking about. Apple’s secret to survival after Jobs returned has always been maximizing economies of scale. Although Mac had no market share in 2000, the iMac was the biggest shipping SKU by far. Because of the education market, the iMac was also the largest selling SKU in the distributor channel.
Even today, Apple sells like a dozen major SKUs per product line, and many use the same components. Dell probably sells 200 laptop models.
The Apple strategy as applied to the M1/M2/etc is super successful. They are selling laptops at a 10% premium that are superior, with 45% margins But… the things that make it the best laptop on the market make it a mediocre high end device. That M1 64GB part is expensive because it’s a low volume SoC.