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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 04:16 PM Original message |
With what Apple charges for their computers, why aren't they made here? |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
1. Coz they pay a gazillion dollars to some megalomaniac graphic designer so the case looks REAL COOL! |
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gmoney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 09:27 PM Response to Reply #1 |
61. ...the cases that the PC manufacturers knock off 6 months later? |
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The Damned (284 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 12:20 AM Response to Reply #61 |
75. I have a new laptop, |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
2. Better profit margins that way. |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 04:20 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Apple is an excellent progressive, green company |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 04:24 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Yes, they're leaders in latest sweatshop progress. |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 05:20 PM Response to Reply #4 |
22. Hahahahahahahaha... |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 05:22 PM Response to Reply #4 |
23. A progressive corporation is an oxymoron. |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 12:09 AM Response to Reply #23 |
70. Maybe you should read this....... |
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Elwood P Dowd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 12:19 AM Response to Reply #70 |
74. It makes no difference to the Apple hating firing squad on DU. |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 10:31 AM Response to Reply #74 |
101. Excellent point. |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 12:35 AM Response to Reply #70 |
80. Helps offset all they do TO the environment. HOW many iPods have they built and sold? nt |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 10:56 AM Response to Reply #70 |
106. Two can play that game |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 11:24 PM Response to Reply #106 |
136. Why do you think IBM is greener than Apple? |
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frustrated_lefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 12:14 PM Response to Reply #70 |
112. New England Biolabs |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 02:00 AM Response to Reply #70 |
146. And you believe them? |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 12:15 PM Response to Reply #23 |
113. What are you typing this on? Maybe you should live in the woods on nuts and berries. nt |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 01:51 AM Response to Reply #4 |
91. They quit the US Chamber of Commerce because of the Chamber's opposition to climate change laws. |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 12:16 PM Response to Reply #4 |
114. Don't bother. Apple haters hate Apple. Period. nt |
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SocialistLez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 04:20 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Pretty much. Expensive little toys. NT |
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SocialistLez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
3. I'm considering UnionbuiltPC.com |
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OKNancy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
6. I love my new Systemax |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 04:58 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. Now investigate where the subassemblies were built and where the chips were made. |
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Abq_Sarah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 05:08 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. I'm not going to make the perfect the enemy of the good |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 05:17 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. "All assembly"? All twenty seven screws? Wow! |
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Abq_Sarah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 06:07 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. Okay, I understand you're an apple fan |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 07:31 PM Response to Reply #26 |
40. Well tell me: What *EXACTLY* did "building your own computer" entail? (NT) |
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Abq_Sarah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 02:29 AM Response to Reply #40 |
93. What on earth |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 08:35 AM Response to Reply #93 |
96. I'm sorry, I mispoke. Please take my question as re-phrased: |
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Abq_Sarah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 05:04 PM Response to Reply #6 |
16. I have a 2.5 year old |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
8. So... You should only buy sweatshop computers if you can get a bargain? |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
9. Because Apple users will pay whatever Jobs tells them to pay.. |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 08:02 PM Response to Reply #9 |
47. +1 (nt) |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
10. I'll never buy a desktop I can't build myself. |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 05:00 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. So how fine-pitch a board can you solder chips onto? |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 06:24 PM Response to Reply #15 |
31. Yeah I never exactly took a circuitry class. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 11:48 PM Response to Reply #10 |
68. Oh great, computer macho |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 12:46 AM Response to Reply #68 |
82. Machine language? WTF? |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 09:53 AM Response to Reply #82 |
99. Exaggeration to make a point |
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Book Lover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 10:50 AM Response to Reply #99 |
103. Lydia, maybe it's because I build my own computers too, but |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 11:49 AM Response to Reply #103 |
108. It's a reaction to twenty years of hearing PC zealots |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 12:07 PM Response to Reply #108 |
110. I'm not a PC zealot. Hell I'm using my iPhone to write this post. |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 12:17 PM Response to Reply #68 |
115. Exactly. Good for them. and Who cares? nt |
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TommyO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
11. Which of the other major computer manufacturers builds their systems here? |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 04:55 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Not the point. They'll only buy 12 year old chinese girl being raped computers if it's priced right. |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
12. Probably for the exact same reasons *YOUR* corporation has sent so much of its production... |
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JackintheGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
17. You're right. So buy components, build your own, install Linux. |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 09:53 PM Response to Reply #17 |
63. My Linux computers are made of trash. |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 10:23 PM Response to Reply #63 |
66. You're being quite green, you know. As green as you can be while still having Internet access. -nt |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 12:33 AM Response to Reply #66 |
78. I've a feeling that thing will last forever. |
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JackintheGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 11:52 AM Response to Reply #63 |
109. You made my point even better |
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lxlxlxl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
18. stock dividends just like HP, Dell, and Cisco |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 06:14 PM Response to Reply #18 |
28. What are you talking about? |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 06:32 PM Response to Reply #28 |
35. Takes a lot of plowed earnings to invent the 500th iPod version nt |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 06:48 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. I don't see what that has to do with the original assertion, which was false. n/t |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
21. Because they are just another corporate parasite. |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
24. I don't understand why people will buy Apple computers... |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 05:53 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. That would be because: |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 06:25 PM Response to Reply #25 |
32. I've never had to "dink around" with my computer. |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 06:31 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Based on their commercials, Apples are for people who do nothing but |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 07:39 PM Response to Reply #34 |
42. So who's the snob now? |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 07:50 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. (Don't mind them) |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 08:07 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. I'm just wasting time while my useless new toy syncs up with useless shit |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 08:46 PM Response to Reply #48 |
54. Hahaha. |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 11:43 PM Response to Reply #54 |
67. Children? |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 12:30 AM Response to Reply #48 |
77. If there's anything slowing this world down, it's those slow syncs of Lady Gaga songs. |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 01:32 AM Response to Reply #77 |
89. Fucking Bullocks! |
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PatGund (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 08:29 PM Response to Reply #77 |
132. Funny thing that... |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 03:27 AM Response to Reply #44 |
94. Which ones would those be? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 08:56 PM Response to Reply #34 |
59. YOu can use the Mac to do exactly what you do |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 12:22 AM Response to Reply #59 |
76. Know what else works works for fiction? A pencil and paper. nt |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 12:39 AM Response to Reply #76 |
81. Of course but I cannot read what I write anymore |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 12:53 AM Response to Reply #81 |
84. The only marketplace Apple will take over is the one for electronic toys |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 01:30 AM Response to Reply #84 |
88. Remind me, exactly where was Apple a few years ago? |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 03:34 AM Response to Reply #81 |
95. The only market for MAC |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 10:53 AM Response to Reply #95 |
104. So by that definition the true toy is the windows machine |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 04:49 PM Response to Reply #104 |
125. Really? Do you work in that biz? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 05:22 PM Response to Reply #125 |
126. Fanboys are fanboys are fanboys |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 06:07 PM Response to Reply #126 |
128. As I said, not a fanboy |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 06:19 PM Response to Reply #128 |
129. And the market has a place for both |
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PatGund (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 08:33 PM Response to Reply #125 |
133. Well, there's a small computer animation studio.... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 11:26 PM Response to Reply #133 |
137. There are a few others |
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PatGund (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 12:10 AM Response to Reply #34 |
71. PowerMac?? |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 08:02 PM Response to Reply #32 |
46. 5 year old Gateway here. Undinked. |
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PatGund (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 12:13 AM Response to Reply #32 |
72. Funny.... |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 07:57 PM Response to Reply #24 |
45. So buying a Chinese, child labor computer is ok with you as long as it's a fraction of the price. |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 08:47 PM Response to Reply #45 |
55. Apples are made in the same way. |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 11:48 PM Response to Reply #55 |
69. Ok, you don't understand my question. |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 12:47 AM Response to Reply #69 |
83. His complaint seems to me to be that Apple is attempting to *profit* from that. |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 01:20 AM Response to Reply #83 |
87. Yeah, I know. BFD. You can build a computer and brag about your tightwaddiness. |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 08:43 AM Response to Reply #83 |
98. I'm amused that you try to include a terabyte of storage in your $480 price... |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 12:19 PM Response to Reply #98 |
118. Bought a brand new 1Tb drive for $68 last week. |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 01:59 PM Response to Reply #118 |
121. And the Mac version of that drive? $68! Wot a shock, ehh? (NT) |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 01:07 AM Response to Reply #69 |
86. Your claim was that PCs are made from child labor in some third-world country... |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 01:46 AM Response to Reply #86 |
90. No I didn't make that claim. That is a fact. |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 10:46 AM Response to Reply #86 |
102. I now hear crickets. The abuse is gone. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 10:05 AM Response to Reply #24 |
100. Really? |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 12:19 PM Response to Reply #24 |
117. That's a complete lie. Apple haters just hate Apple. Period. nt |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
27. Because it's far more expensive to make them here. |
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PatGund (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
29. With what Dell, HP, etc. charge for their computers..... |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 06:18 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. I guess you don't computer shop very often |
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art of compromise (30 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 06:26 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. True. They are still way overpriced. |
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PatGund (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 06:50 PM Response to Reply #30 |
39. On the contrary.... |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 07:32 PM Response to Reply #30 |
41. Lenovo? That's an Asian brand, isn't it? (NT) |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 07:41 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Chinese labor doesn't matter to them, as long as it isn't "overpriced" |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 12:33 AM Response to Reply #43 |
79. So what, do Asian companies that make Apple products give them lunch before raping them? |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 01:53 AM Response to Reply #79 |
92. I'm not defending Apple, China or US trade policy. I am addressing the hypocrisy. |
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PatGund (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 12:16 AM Response to Reply #41 |
73. They're the ones that bought the ThinkPad line from IBM |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 08:20 PM Response to Reply #73 |
131. (I knew that. It was a rhetorical question.) (NT) |
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Teka (140 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
36. You could say the same for most tennis shoes |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
38. Profit margins. n/t |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
49. For decades I heard that Apple sucked and would go out of business within a month... |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 08:23 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. The first time I heard that was when IBM got into the PC game. |
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gmoney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 08:55 PM Response to Reply #49 |
58. "Here here, well spoken BRUCE!" |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 09:32 PM Response to Reply #58 |
62. I don't get it . |
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gmoney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 10:08 PM Response to Reply #62 |
65. Vague Monty Python Reference |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
51. I'll tell you why... neo liberal policies |
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Elwood P Dowd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 08:33 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. Bush Crime Family neoliberals assisted in the move offshore. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 08:41 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. I am sorry but this policy started under Reagan |
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Elwood P Dowd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 08:47 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. I know that. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 08:49 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. Not another level, it was the natural escalation |
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Elwood P Dowd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 09:16 PM Response to Reply #57 |
60. I think it was another level. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 09:54 PM Response to Reply #60 |
64. It woudl have happened regardless |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 12:53 AM Response to Original message |
85. Because anything less than 500% profit is well, un-Apple... |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 08:37 AM Response to Original message |
97. How do you expect them to pay for all those ads? |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
105. Because Apple is evil. |
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Elwood P Dowd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 11:17 AM Response to Reply #105 |
107. No, that would be a republican company called Dell. |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 04:42 PM Response to Reply #107 |
123. Apple is EVIL |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 05:37 PM Response to Reply #123 |
127. I need to call the zoo. |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
111. Apple haters have no idea what they are talking about. No computer components are made here. |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 04:41 PM Response to Reply #111 |
122. Apple is the Toyota of computers, one day they will screw up or |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 08:00 PM Response to Reply #122 |
130. That makes no sense at all. |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 07:42 AM Response to Reply #130 |
134. To you nothing makes sense....... |
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Call Me Wesley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
116. How many of you use a Dell? I've seen quite a mention here. |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 12:22 PM Response to Reply #116 |
119. Michael Dell is an idiot. When Jobs returned in the late 90s, he said that the company... |
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FreeJoe (331 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
120. Why should they be? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 04:48 PM Response to Reply #120 |
124. Mr Friedman is that you? |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 07:45 AM Response to Reply #120 |
135. So we should depreciate our standard of living to make the people in other countries happy? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 11:32 PM Response to Reply #135 |
138. Nah he does not work for apple |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 01:07 AM Response to Original message |
139. One last question as I await the thunderstorm to subside |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 01:09 AM Response to Reply #139 |
140. Because that's never been a market they are involved in |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 01:18 AM Response to Reply #140 |
141. The top 10 run Linux.................. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 01:26 AM Response to Reply #141 |
142. Which is a branch of UNIX |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 01:37 AM Response to Reply #142 |
143. For basic computing it ISN'T cheaper to build your own |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 01:43 AM Response to Reply #143 |
144. And the components of my netbook are still INFERIOR to those of the Macbook |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 01:54 AM Response to Reply #144 |
145. You're not comparing apples to apples |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 11:38 AM Response to Reply #145 |
147. What part of that is not the market they are pursuing |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 01:26 PM Response to Reply #147 |
148. Black meet white, and their kids shades of grey........ |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 02:15 PM Response to Reply #148 |
149. This is not Jobs, and that is what you are missing |
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