Re:MacBook Neo Is a 'Shock' to the PC Industry: Asus Co-CEO
by dylan604 on Wednesday March 11, 2026 @02:06PM
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Creating SKUs to avoid price matching is still just having one product coming out of the factory. It's just extra space in a database somewhere, so it costs nothing. The PC makers do have to create new physical products for each of those SKUs though. So it's apples and oranges here
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Re:MacBook Neo Is a 'Shock' to the PC Industry: Asus Co-CEO
by Someone on Thursday March 12, 2026 @02:12AM
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> Creating SKUs to avoid price matching is still just having one product coming out of the factory. It's just extra space in a database somewhere, so it costs nothing.
They also have to label the products. But yes, it costs almost nothing to the manufacturer, but the effect on the consumer is large.
Also, for flatscreen monitors, I think differences go further than model numbers. It’s things like number of inputs, number of outputs, max power delivery, color of the frame, etc.