04-07-2006, 12:55 AM
IronMac Wrote:
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> Looks like Mr. Gruber just dissed a whole bunch of
> Mac mini users:
>
> "but Apple doesn’t really want customers like that
> anyway — people who shop primarily based on price
> are generally lousy customers."
"primarily" is the key word here.
Low-end Mac mini buyers are more price sensitive than buyers of higher-priced Macs, but they still had the good sense to buy Macs in the first place. They are focussed more on value than price, and perhaps just (relatively) poor or students.
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> Looks like Mr. Gruber just dissed a whole bunch of
> Mac mini users:
>
> "but Apple doesn’t really want customers like that
> anyway — people who shop primarily based on price
> are generally lousy customers."
"primarily" is the key word here.
Low-end Mac mini buyers are more price sensitive than buyers of higher-priced Macs, but they still had the good sense to buy Macs in the first place. They are focussed more on value than price, and perhaps just (relatively) poor or students.