No, I'm not saying that you can't shoot some crows with an expensive gun, but cheaper gun will shoot the crows dead just the same.
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Apple Launches New Cheaper 21.5-Inch iMac Starting at $1,099
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No, I'm not saying that you can't shoot some crows with an expensive gun, but cheaper gun will shoot the crows dead just the same.
It never compares. You can't compare an 11" MBA with 23" display, and external HDD to a desktop AIO with one power cable.
The clutter on your desk alone is enough to drive some people insane.
Also, if you never plan on taking it with you, what's the point? Might as well get the iMac and be done with it.
This and even when I worked for a University we bought our bulk Mac purchases from a 3rd party retailer that gave us a cheaper base price, and cheaper custom ordered parts price.
Buying direct from Apple is a sure-fire way to spend $10,000 (depending on the amount of machines) more for no reason at all.
This is the first time I'm wonder "what in the world is Apple doing??"
NO Mac Mini in 2 years! (Yes I'm waiting)
NO Thunderbolt Display in 3 years (Yes I'm Waiting)
lame macbook air update for 2014
lame imac update for 2014
No new Apple TV update
No new iPod updates in 2 years
No new update for the beloved iPod Classic since 2009???!!!!
its june 2014 and still no new products
I mean, whats going on??????
There is nothing wrong with Apple coz those things are cool but not very profitable.
Apple makes most of money from iOS devices and iTunes Store. That's why they are upgrading them every year.
This is the first time I'm wonder "what in the world is Apple doing??"
NO Mac Mini in 2 years! (Yes I'm waiting)
NO Thunderbolt Display in 3 years (Yes I'm Waiting)
lame macbook air update for 2014
lame imac update for 2014
No new Apple TV update
No new iPod updates in 2 years
No new update for the beloved iPod Classic since 2009???!!!!
its june 2014 and still no new products
I mean, whats going on??????
I'm waiting for the tell-all book by an insider. It's gonna be a shocker. Something really bad in going on in there. I suspect tons of their best people left.
In other words, it doesn't make sense for them to increase costs of iMacs for something that they think few people will use or be satisfied with (and indeed is another thing that can break). Not to mention that OS X isn't particularly optimized for touch screen as of now and will probably frustrate users.
I'm not saying that Apple won't have touchscreens in the future, but that they don't see touchscreens as offering enough benefit (potentially better input for some) to Macs for Apple to justify the drawbacks of including them (higher costs, poor ergonomics).
Nah, Apple will drop a bomb this fall like they've done in previous years. For whatever reason Cook has decided to move the majority of hardware updates to September and October.
Somethings going on. That's for sure. Right now they are just seeing what they can get away with.
You: "If touch screens had come first, people would view the mouse as an incredible labor-saving device."
Me: I rarely read really good points here. This is actually really insightful. You could also add trackpads as they proportionally cover large screen real estate with gestures as well as pointing and click.
I really wonder if the people that complain about modest updates "get it." Meaning - Apple might not care about "you" in terms of this round of updates. Perhaps they'll target their next update to hit those who have been waiting for something significant. Instead - some people should remember that there are many people who own much older devices and/or aren't on Apple's platform yet. So these newer products are catered to those who want to make sure they are buying Apple's latest and greatest - not something that's outdated.
This "issue" isn't just about consumer products. It happens within companies when it comes to websites, collateral, etc. Some people tend to look at things day in and day out and get bored or feel something is stale - forgetting that for a new customer or visitor, it's all new and they are experiencing it for the first time.
This "issue" isn't just about consumer products. It happens within companies when it comes to websites, collateral, etc. Some people tend to look at things day in and day out and get bored or feel something is stale - forgetting that for a new customer or visitor, it's all new and they are experiencing it for the first time.
Iwatch or appletv is not a bomb since we can already imagine the uses for such devices. Unless it's something no one was expecting it's no bomb.
What I meant by bomb was announcing a bunch of products all around the same time.
5 hours downtime just to add a new product
4 hours, 59 minutes and 30 seconds to generate buzz. 30 seconds to activate the item in their backend.
This seems really strange. The CPU in this new cheaper imac is more expensive than the one in the more expensive model.
This new one would seem to have the i5 4260u whilst the others have the i5 4670. The 4260u is a $315 CPU, the 4670 is $213. I know Apple get preferential pricing, but this still seems very strange. Could it be they've decided to make less profit just to maintain product differentiation?
It could also be Intel is selling apple the worst i5s they have and rating them only for 1.4ghz and that's how Apple can sell it for less, but the specs match the CPU above identically. I would normally imagine they'd go for the desktop i5s and lower the speed than the more expensive mobile i5s.
This new one would seem to have the i5 4260u whilst the others have the i5 4670. The 4260u is a $315 CPU, the 4670 is $213. I know Apple get preferential pricing, but this still seems very strange. Could it be they've decided to make less profit just to maintain product differentiation?
It could also be Intel is selling apple the worst i5s they have and rating them only for 1.4ghz and that's how Apple can sell it for less, but the specs match the CPU above identically. I would normally imagine they'd go for the desktop i5s and lower the speed than the more expensive mobile i5s.
That is not how an ecommerce site works. They should have a staging server that is a perfect replica of the production server and all the testing should be done there. Then when they release to production, it should take just a couple of minutes, especially for a small change such as this. There should be almost no down time.
Yes, you are correct.
My wife is a school teacher, and almost all of their learning materials are accessed via the web or the school's cloud.
And this is in inner city Baltimore here folks, I am sure the suburbs have just as much tech oriented lessons and learning tools. When it comes to accessing the web, setting up students with Gmail accounts, and managing all of this stuff everyone keeps telling me, and I keep reading how Google is killing it.
The iMacs would have been so much better at $899. Good for folks just looking to buy a Mac of some kind with a screen already attached.
I really think they need to bring back an eMac sort of machine. Or a 15" AIO iMac with mBA CPU, 8GB of RAM, and 64GB SSD for $899.
I will stick to a mac mini hooked to my TV. Just waiting to take advantage of a 4k resolution with yosemite.
Whenever they do, it'll be called the iMad as it will be a merger of the iPad and iMac.