On 01/03/2013 08:51 PM, Gary Kline wrote:
On Thu, Jan 03, 2013 at 12:27:31PM -0600, Ian Pilcher wrote:
> On 01/03/2013 10:58 AM, Ranjan Maitra wrote:
>> I guess the story is that there is no high-vertical resolution
>> available yet. Confirms what I have also found.
>
> Apple is printing money selling high-end laptops with 16:10 screens.
> Meanwhile, Dell, HP, Lenovo, etc. would kill their firstborn children
> for an additional 1/2% of margin.
>
> IMO the story is that most laptop manufacturers are run by bean counters
> who can't look past the extra $5 per unit that a 16:10 screen would cost
> to the extra $100 they could charge for it.
>
> (Not that I'm bitter or anything.)
>
what? bitter that Greed and Selfishness still haunt much of society?
<<censored>>
Actually no. I'm OK with greed and selfishness. It's the sheer
stupidity of the situation.
In fact, I think this situation would benefit from a bit more greed --
i.e. a manufacturer willing to take a risk on truly well designed, high-
end laptops for Windows (let's be realistic) users. Right now, they all
seems to be simply ceding the high-margin laptop market to Apple; it's
pathetic.
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