'Apple tax' really Microsoft tax?

This about this the next time you see that "real person" (actually an SAG member) Lauren buying her 17" HP computer for $1000. She probably had to buy a few more things just to make her computer work properly.

MacNN | 'Apple tax' really Microsoft tax?:

"Whereas Apple's gross margin for the past five years is said to have been 31.83 percent, Microsoft's margin is noted to have been 81.69 percent. Most of the money is said to have been wasted, moreover, on unsuccessful products such as Vista, the Zune and Live Search."