Apple Dominates "Premium PC" Market

itwbennett writes "Macs made up a whopping 91 percent of the $1,000-and-up computer market in June. Not so long ago, $1,000 got you an entry-level machine. Today the average computer sells for $701, while the average Windows machine sells for only $515. Still, Macs only make up 8.7% of PC sales. But is that really such a bad position to be in? Consider an Apples to Apples, that is, Macs to iPhones comparison: the iPhone takes only a sliver of the phone market but a much larger share of the profits."

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Re:Premium price, not premium PC

[BasilBrush]

Where's the joke? Take a look inside a Mac vs a Dell PC and you'll see the Mac had better build quality.

And of course OS X (yes, with Unix in it) is far more reliable than Windows.

Re:Premium price, not premium PC

[Lars T.]

Could you fucking make up your mind whether Macs "use the same chipsets and components as standard PCs" or doesn't "use standard off-the-shelf components"?