Tim,

Back in July at Apples Quarterly earnings call you made a comment that has been bugging me.

“Our goal is not to build the most computers. It’s to build the best.”

I get that and it’s great that you want to put out a premium quality product, but where we disconnect is the need for non-premium apple products. I love my apple hardware don’t get me wrong, but I think there’s a problem when the best that I can reasonably afford is a Mac Mini. You know that little standalone apple TV on ‘roids you keep trying to discontinue? It’s not enough though. I finally broke down and got myself a new laptop this year. A dell. Yes you heard me a dell xps 1530. I had to compare apples to oranges and when I can buy a faster processor, a larger hard drive, and more RAM for a fraction of the cost of a Macbook Pro? It really was a no brainer.

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