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Posted Nov 19, 2009 15:22 UTC (Thu) by sumanah (guest, #59891)
In reply to: The Future of Linux is Google (PCWorld) by nye
Parent article: The Future of Linux is Google (PCWorld)

Yes, I imagine the extra cost of shipping Apple hardware to Europe and Australia is high enough that it affects what proportion of users choose a Mac.

The first few rows of a lecture at a university in Missouri (middle of the USA). Zoom out. Nearly every single one is a Mac.


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Posted Nov 19, 2009 15:57 UTC (Thu) by boudewijn (subscriber, #14185) [Link]

Macs cost in euros what they cost in US dollars in Europe generally
speaking -- even though the the US dollar is worth less than a sesterce
after Obelix is done producing menhirs for the Roman market. But I doubt
the reason for that is transport.

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Posted Nov 19, 2009 16:18 UTC (Thu) by nye (guest, #51576) [Link]

Wow. Regardless of the type of machine, I'm amazed at how many there are. Is that typical? I graduated with a CS degree from a fairly highly-rated UK university in 2007, and there were never more than a handful of laptops taken into lectures. I wonder if things have changed so much already...

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