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...despite the market disruptions of COVID-19. Apparently, people think that American consumers have the resources to buy hardware or digital services.
Cirque du So-What
(25,939 posts)I purchased my first iPhone last week. Im not the type who needs to keep up with the latest gadgets; the phone that replaced this one was almost 7 years old.
orwell
(7,773 posts)...made in 3rd world sweatshops.
brooklynite
(94,571 posts)Javaman
(62,530 posts)orwell
(7,773 posts)The processor was made in the US.
The hard drive and dram were made in Singapore or US by a US memory company.
The motherboard was made in Taiwan.
The case was made in the US.
The monitor was made in Korea by a US company.
All of these parts are very low in cost and very high in performance.
My computer is over 5 years old and runs better than most new ones
I built it myself.
So no sweatshops here and no overpriced here.
I work with computers and information technology for a living.
Next question?
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)Lazy and petulant implications made to advertise character flaws in others more often than not, backfire.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)we can do it
(12,184 posts)Mosby
(16,311 posts)we can do it
(12,184 posts)The purity shit is just that.
orwell
(7,773 posts)Micron memory and SSD's.
US Operating systems.
sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)judeling
(1,086 posts)Don't look to the market.
stopwastingmymoney
(2,042 posts)Now sitting in cash and waiting
I dont see any good reason for the market to be this high
jimfields33
(15,803 posts)I have bought carnival and Exxon every month since the virus. But just as I was going to buy again the stocks went up. Funny how making so much money can be disappointing. Lol. My first buy for carnival was 12 dollars a share. Last I saw it was 23 or so. The stock market is incredible. I just wished, it crash some, again just so I can get some buys in.
bif
(22,702 posts)Not bragging, but the company has been very good to me. And I've been a so-called fan-boy since I first got on a computer. They simply make great products.
brooklynite
(94,571 posts)Brother Buzz
(36,434 posts)So then I got a call from him, saying we don't have to worry about money no more. And I said, that's good! One less thing.
jimfields33
(15,803 posts)bif
(22,702 posts)And about once a year he'd whine about how he had to spend hundreds of dollars to have all the viruses cleaned off his computer. I told him to buy a Mac. He finally did and hasn't had a virus since. And I've owned macs for 25 years and have never had a virus.
jimfields33
(15,803 posts)msongs
(67,406 posts)orwell
(7,773 posts)...as they get more popular they will get viruses.
Hackers attack market share.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)I prefer a PC because of it's huge price-performance ratio to MAC.
I use computers, but unlike you, I don't build them. PCs allow me to update Apps rapidly. My line of work requires high level graphics and data sorting and analysis tools, PCs have always given me that.
Yavin4
(35,438 posts)People need returns on their savings in order to afford the soaring cost of living in the U.S.
So, they turn to the market.
Ms. Toad
(34,072 posts)As someone who worked for H&R Block for for a few years - I can tell you that when people who have little money get a big check, they frequently spend it on big, specific purchase that they can't afford except at tax-refund time. People just got $1200.
Another factor might be that Apple isn't dependent on consumers, as much as it is dependent on its corporate clients.
whistler162
(11,155 posts)buy Apple at $8.
hunter
(38,312 posts)Awsi Dooger
(14,565 posts)Changed my life, although I'm still kicking myself for investing the other $5000 in furniture at JC Penney.
It is nice furniture, though. I still have it.