Fourteen months ago I wrote an editorial, suggesting that Apple should create an ultra cheap machine to battle the PC world. On that article, I suggested some specs for the hypothetical "Strawberry" computer. As technology is moving on fast, I am now updating these specs. To get the idea though, please make sure you read last year's article before you read on this one.
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Apple don't work like this, they sell relatively few machines but make a relatively big profit on them.
HP do it the other way around, they sell masses of computers but make very little profit on them.
I'd like to see them do something like this but I think it would cannabalise their higher machines so much it'd end up loseing them money.
What they could do is wait until everything else is using the G5 *then* release something like this but not have it directly associated with Apple, have a separate company and brand for it.
Apple don't work like this, they sell relatively few machines but make a relatively big profit on them.
HP do it the other way around, they sell masses of computers but make very little profit on them.
I'd like to see them do something like this but I think it would cannabalise their higher machines so much it'd end up loseing them money.
What they could do is wait until everything else is using the G5 *then* release something like this but not have it directly associated with Apple, have a separate company and brand for it.