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rdubwiley

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15. Actually

Reply to DemzRock (Reply #12)

Sat Apr 28, 2012, 03:42 PM

Apr 2012

I think Apple products are very innovative.

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Why Apple Makes Profits from Electronics that Break (Planned Obsolescence) [View all] rdubwiley Apr 2012 OP

Most companies do this. Do you know what the term louis-t Apr 2012 #1

What are you talking about? NWHarkness Apr 2012 #2

They are good products rdubwiley Apr 2012 #4

Agreed Sherman A1 Apr 2012 #6

yea, tell that to my 10 year old lap top Merlot Apr 2012 #18

That's interesting rdubwiley Apr 2012 #19

Well, yes, there are limits to the older laptops Merlot Apr 2012 #23

The problem is... rdubwiley Apr 2012 #24

Your iPad breaks so much because you break it. RevStPatrick Apr 2012 #3

That's true rdubwiley Apr 2012 #5

One biggie though! longship Apr 2012 #7

I actually like the internal batteries rdubwiley Apr 2012 #8

That is not what I was talking about longship Apr 2012 #9

So rdubwiley Apr 2012 #25

Not a furnished battery, a refurbished device longship Apr 2012 #26

that would be an example of planned obsolescence rdubwiley Apr 2012 #27

Bing, Bing, Bing, Bing, Bing! longship Apr 2012 #28

I had a couch from my grandmother in the late 1990s that she probably bought in the 1930s. It was applegrove Apr 2012 #10

Yeah rdubwiley Apr 2012 #11

Of course it costs more to recover a couch than it does to buy a new one too. That being applegrove Apr 2012 #13

That's interesting rdubwiley Apr 2012 #21

The decision is easy! DemzRock Apr 2012 #12

Actually rdubwiley Apr 2012 #15

The new ''light bulb conspriacy.'' DeSwiss Apr 2012 #14

Strangely rdubwiley Apr 2012 #16

I sort of favor it..... DeSwiss Apr 2012 #17

Actually rdubwiley Apr 2012 #20

True. However..... DeSwiss Apr 2012 #22

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