Re:$899 mini PC puts Snapdragon X Elite into a mini desktop ...
by GeekyBear on Monday May 27, 2024 @08:41PM
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> I didn't mean support in a fanboy sense
This is indeed exactly how your posts are coming across.
It's obvious that Apple took a loss on the DTK hardware because it was never for sale to the public.
Apple manufactured it, shipped it out to developers, and then issued a credit for the full cost of joining the program when the hardware was returned. They ended up with used hardware that couldn't be sold.
An obvious loss.
Microsoft isn't even bundling a copy of the ARM version of Visual Studio, which would have a marginal cost for them of pretty much zero.
This is indeed exactly how your posts are coming across.
It's obvious that Apple took a loss on the DTK hardware because it was never for sale to the public.
Apple manufactured it, shipped it out to developers, and then issued a credit for the full cost of joining the program when the hardware was returned. They ended up with used hardware that couldn't be sold.
An obvious loss.
Microsoft isn't even bundling a copy of the ARM version of Visual Studio, which would have a marginal cost for them of pretty much zero.