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Old 03-02-2012, 07:24 AM  
Deputy Chief Command
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Originally Posted by PR_Glen View Post
ok lets try some more math. If the median of salaries in the US is 31000$ a year (i think thats before taxes) and you take 2000$ from that that's about 6.5% of their income before taxes. Since 31k is the median, it would mean that doesn't represent a poor person and those percentages would just go higher up the less they make, which would make your argument that the average person can easily afford a new mac every year invalid ;)

Also you can easily find a capable pc for under 1200$ these days, not 2000$ Not many business men need gaming capabilities!


haven't seen a maddox post in years. Almost forgot about that shit, always been hilarious.
so you just randomly choose a number and designate that the "median salary" ? how does that work mathematically?


lets talk about the "median salary" of the target audience not of the entire population

also the $2k iMac I used for my $5 example is actually a very EXPENSIVE model compared to the rest of their line-up

$999 Macbook Air

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11-inch : 64GB
1.6GHz dual-core Intel Core i5
processor
2GB memory
64GB flash storage1
Intel HD Graphics 3000


$1199 Macbook Pro

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13-inch: 2.4 GHz
2.4GHz dual-core
Intel Core i5
4GB 1333MHz
500GB 5400-rpm1
Intel HD Graphics 3000
Built-in battery (7 hours)



$1199 iMac

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21.5-inch: 2.5GHz
2.5GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5
1920 x 1080 resolution
4GB (two 2GB) memory
500GB hard drive1
AMD Radeon HD 6750M with 512MB

these are the base models for each serie.. for a normal home user who wants a desktop the obvious choice would be the $1200 iMac with 21.5 inch sreen

so , if we are going to have a discussion about apple, I don't think it should be about price
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