[Swordmaker]

Apple’s costs suggests that they are made in the US, but they are not. I guess that explains their great profits now.

Hmmmm, you are misconstruing cost with price. If that is the case, how do you account for the costs/prices of Samsung, HTC, and Motorola tablets not being able to compete on price with the unsubsidized iPad unless they are subsidized by carriers? Strange... all of the are essentially made on the same assembly lines by the same workers. Yet Apple sells the iPads at prices WITH a profit margin of 41% while requiring that THEIR assembly line workers be paid three times more than others—while the other makers are losing money trying to meet Apple's iPad price points! Your argument does not hold water.

[Loud Mime]

I’m talking about a MacBook Pro - - which I admit I did not make clear.

I’ve been pricing a 15” model. Why is it so much more than my Fujitsu?