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Apple reports fourth quarter results

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176 points mfiguiere | 3 comments | 30 Oct 25 20:34 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
1. nullbyte808 ◴[31 Oct 25 21:47 UTC] No.45777076[source]▶
No wonder they treat the Mac like a third-class citizen. Mac sales barely pay their tax bill.
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2. trollbridge ◴[01 Nov 25 02:21 UTC] No.45778754[source]▶
At this point Macs have a great deal of parts in common with phones and tablets - M4 / M5 chip, flash design, and so on.

The main purpose of the Mac (for Apple) is to host the development environment that is used to create apps which sustain the iPhone ecosystem.

It does continue to baffle me just how cheap Macs are. $649 for a brand new 16GB MacBook at Best Buy with M2, more than powerful enough to do the aforementioned development. And cheaper than most iPhone models.

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3. pjmlp ◴[02 Nov 25 05:55 UTC] No.45788109[source]▶
US prices, meanwhile in Portugal where minimum wage is about 800 euros bruto, it goes by a mere € 1692, meaning 1962 dollars.

https://www.worten.pt/produtos/portatil-apple-914-7662-13-6-...

Hardly a great value for Portuguese households.

It gets even worse outside southern Europe.