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Re:MacOS Catalina: Slow by Design? by valuearb on Friday May 22, 2020 @04:26PM (#23276536)
Apples Macintosh division is the most profitable PC company in the world and has been for at least a decade. In fact, Macintosh is likely more profitable than all other PC companies combined.

Less than 10% is no excuse.

Re:MacOS Catalina: Slow by Design? by pier25 on Friday May 22, 2020 @11:33PM (#23279645)
Like I said in another comment, is not about the revenue per se, but it's undeniable that the more popular iOS is the less Apple cares about the Mac.
Re:MacOS Catalina: Slow by Design? by _underfl0w_ on Friday May 22, 2020 @08:51PM (#23278772)
Do you have a source for that claim?
Re:MacOS Catalina: Slow by Design? by valuearb on Friday May 22, 2020 @09:50PM (#23279101)
Just an estimate. Revenues about $25B a year with net margins around 15-20% works out to $4B to $5B in profits a year. It’s possible margins are slightly lower than that but historically they were 20%+.

The rest of the market is roughly $100B, and has net profit margins of 2-3%.

Re:MacOS Catalina: Slow by Design? by valuearb on Sunday May 24, 2020 @09:34PM (#23296832)
Actually other PC company revenues are at least $200B so it’s probable roughly even.