> I can point to the fact that ASPs for desktops and laptops, in today's dollars, have plummeted over time.
That's a no brainer, but everyone else except Apple and Lenevo are selling less computers. Apple doesn't sell any $299 cheap ass plastic computers with a crippled board an obsolete i5 chip and... groan... the latest most hated Widows system. They are selling MORE computers even though they are fairly expensive, for a good reason, hardware, security and ease of use.
Now if it was 1995 and the average ASP for a computer was $3K and Macs were $5K your contention would make sense, but its not. A decent Mac is a grand or less depending on how you buy it or look at it.
Phones and pads are even cheaper.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not an Apple bull anymore, I just think your contention that: because computers and devices are now cheaper people are less willing to spend a few extra bucks to buy something with quality, doesn't make sense. I think the opposite is true, the difference between a quality item that you depend on every day, and an iffy item is pretty small now, particularly amortized over a reasonable 2 year ownership period. |
