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Arguably Apple is still only serving the high end of the market. They are in a unique position where the consumer does not do the math on the true cost of the iPhone. I also don't see a whole lot of college kids with rMBP's. Besides, who is to say that they are not going to run out of their premium price runway?

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Probably depends which college you go to, but Macs are pretty popular on a lot of campuses: http://askmeboy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/college-class...

rMBP vs MBP vs MBA?

As far as the U.S. goes, around 1/3 don't go to college, and 1/3 go to community college. I doubt many of those kids are going for the MBP. I can't tell if you're using this as evidence for or against apple being a premium brand.

I haven't seen a Retina MacBook Pro, but you can walk into any bigger lecture hall and you'll see plenty of MacBook Airs.

(My observation is in Germany)

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