[Wingy]

The MacBook Neo’s education price of $499

[bombcar]

It blows my mind that a Pi is a significant portion of the cost of it.

[krallja]

And the Pi doesn't even come with a monitor, keyboard, speakers, or power supply!

[MBCook]

I’d bet a lot that the Neo has a better SSD in it too.

[cherioo]

Having a SSD certainly is better than no SSD.

[tempest_]

The Pi isnt a loss leader for user acquisition nor do they get to enjoy Apples economy of scale. Apple can take a small loss on this and it will still be worth it if they retain the users in their ecosystem.

[wqaatwt]

Is there any evidence that’s the case? They always had massively bigger margins than all other PC manufacturers so it’s unlikely they are selling it at a loss even if’s significantly reduced

[swiftcoder]

I mean, it's Apple we're talking about. Selling at margins <50% can probably be considered "at a loss"