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  • Thoughts On The MacBook Neo

    From Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?=@ldo@nz.invalid to comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy on Mon Mar 16 01:45:44 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.advocacy

    I am reminded of the time that British Leyland, the car company,
    brought out the Mini. This was a well-received model, designed by the
    famous Alec Issigonis. Lots of movie stars and pop stars and other
    famous people liked to be seen driving one. So it sold well.

    Trouble was, it was expensive to make. British Leyland made an average
    of about £3 net profit on each one. It didn’t stop the company from
    going bust.

    tl;dr: Apple has historically not done well in a race to the bottom.
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  • From rbowman@bowman@montana.com to comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy on Mon Mar 16 05:27:49 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.advocacy

    On Mon, 16 Mar 2026 01:45:44 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:

    I am reminded of the time that British Leyland, the car company, brought
    out the Mini. This was a well-received model, designed by the famous
    Alec Issigonis. Lots of movie stars and pop stars and other famous
    people liked to be seen driving one. So it sold well.

    Trouble was, it was expensive to make. British Leyland made an average
    of about £3 net profit on each one. It didn’t stop the company from
    going bust.

    tl;dr: Apple has historically not done well in a race to the bottom.

    BMW seems to be doing well with the MINI brand. I like the hatchback but I don't like the $30 sticker.
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  • From CrudeSausage@crude@sausa.ge to comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy on Mon Mar 16 08:46:41 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.advocacy

    On 2026-03-15 9:45 p.m., Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
    I am reminded of the time that British Leyland, the car company,
    brought out the Mini. This was a well-received model, designed by the
    famous Alec Issigonis. Lots of movie stars and pop stars and other
    famous people liked to be seen driving one. So it sold well.

    Trouble was, it was expensive to make. British Leyland made an average
    of about £3 net profit on each one. It didn’t stop the company from
    going bust.

    tl;dr: Apple has historically not done well in a race to the bottom.

    In the 1980s, Commodore was able to undersell the Texas Instruments
    computers because they manufactured their own chips. Does this sound
    familiar?
    --
    CrudeSausage
    John 14:6
    Isaiah 48:16
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