Apple (the entire company) made $15.7 billion in revenue in Q3 2010. Microsoft (the entire company) made $14.5 billion in revenue in Q3 2010. Pwned. In terms of computers only, Microsoft doesn't make any computers. Considering Microsoft has so much market share, Apple squeezes a lot out of their small amount. If Microsoft made all the computers that they have Windows on, they'd have tons of cash. Practically no companies make their own CPU's, etc., (to someone earlier) but Apple makes their A4 chip. They sell the computers, so they "make" them. The profit margin for their handheld devices is usually 50% or something crazy, so their computer profit margin must also be huge.
about apples a4 processor... its really a system-on-chip the CPU in it is made ARM the GPU in it is made by PowerVR Its is made by third party companies..all they did was "design it" it uses the same CPU-GPU combo in the iphone 3gs...they did not design the CPU or GPU they just figured out a way to put everything on one chip
Yes, several. It's not the same thing at all. Just because you know what's inside doesn't mean you know how it's going to perform.
It makes perfect sense, you just don't understand it. It's not a right or wrong answer anyway, the question was asking why people like Mac hardware, and I'm telling you this is why. There are other reasons too, but this is one of them. Of course you don't know how a Mac will perform, you've seemingly never owned one. If you owned a Macbook, then later on bought a new Macbook, you'd know what you're getting. The same does not apply to laptops, there are so many places it can go wrong, from the screen not being bright/sharp enough, to the battery life being too low, to the tiny little things like the shift key getting stuck when you press it. It's much more of a gamble whereas with Macs you're getting the same reliable hardware you had before, maybe with a couple of improvements.
Ugh... Look, it's a pretty well-known fact that some computer components just don't work with others. If you just start throwing everything you want in there, there's no telling if your finished machine will work correctly. Unfortunately, this level of stupidity sometimes interferes with the manufacturing process of several well-known computer companies. A perfect example of this is Dell; certain combinations of hardware cause overheating problems, inability to download certain drivers, etc. Heck, recently my uncle's Dell needed to be wiped, and the most recent driver for his sound card simply would not install. I had to search for about thirty minutes for the correct replacement out of the several Dell offered me on their Support site. Apple doesn't allow the consumer to experience this. They make sure that every component works exactly with the other hardware, and avoid splintering their products by using fixed options that you can't customize much. An advantage to this is customer service that knows exactly what should be in your product and what possible problems could occur with your hardware. Now, there are definitely exceptions to the PC problems. ASUS is a very good PC manufacturer with a very small hardware failure rate, as is Antec (in my experience). But sometimes a lower cost comes with a higher chance that your product could be hindered by unsound manufacturing procedures or hardware combinations.
The thing I hate about Microsoft computers is that they freeze way too often. I have only seen a mac freeze once and the problem was easily solved
I crashed my Mac once. I forced NeoOffice Writer to open a giant video file just to see what would happen
