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Re:Coming Soon: Fedora for Apple Silicon Macs by lotsofpulp on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @06:18PM (#36978515)
>Part of it is that Apple has the margins that they can spend a little more on parts.

This part is duplicated by the business or professional branded products of Dell/HP/Lenovo/etc.

I think the part that cannot be duplicated (without very significant time and money) is the tight integration between software and hardware. Even if the other companies spend a little more for the premium components, they are not able to squeeze out the same performance.

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Re:Coming Soon: Fedora for Apple Silicon Macs by CalChris on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @07:34PM (#36979365)
However, Dell et al should absolutely make sure the major distros install on their machines. They could have had a customer. Never again.
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Re:Coming Soon: Fedora for Apple Silicon Macs by fomine3 on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @09:22PM (#36980174)
Dell/HP/Lenovo competes for price in Windows/Linux laptop market, even for professional lines. There's no competition on macOS laptop market.
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Re:Coming Soon: Fedora for Apple Silicon Macs by lotsofpulp on Thursday August 03, 2023 @10:51AM (#36986762)
I would have thought professionals are not cheaping out on a few hundred dollars for premium components, a negligible fraction of the income earned from the machine.
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