We’ve shared our philosophy around price promotions before, but to summarize it, we believe in keeping pricing consistent and predictable. Instead of running time-based promotions like Black Friday sales to entice you to buy a product when you may or may not need it, we keep pricing stable so tha...

Since the earliest days of home computing, desktop PCs have been systems you could build on your own and upgrade when needed. Even the first Apple computer came as a motherboard kit without a case. Notebooks though have followed a different path, becoming locked-down, one-size-fits-all items with...