Yes, if I were the 2nd most valuable company in the world, I'd be really running scared. Apple is clearly doomed and will cease to exist within a few months. 1 trillion in the bank can't save them.../sarcasmYeah, running scared from their best quarter of Mac sales ever.
huh?
take the "pro requirements" from everyone around here and put them all in one computer.
you would want that?
A real pro machine is: one for all
Good luck trying to get everyone to agree. Name one product that has ever been all things to all people.
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A real "pro machine" is a lineup of products in various sizes (like 13, 15, and 17") and different performances (like a dual core i5 to a quad core i7). The key thing is not to offer functionality and versatility (contemporary ports, removable mass storage).
And before you say that's too many SKUs. Companies 1/10th Apple's size with a smaller market share than Apple manage to offer a full range of "pro" options along side "budget" and "consumer" options. And every other PC vendor somehow manages to keep their products up to date as new stuff comes out (newer CPUs, newer GPUs, cheaper SSDs, etc). Only Apple seems to be perpetually years behind and playing catchup while bragging about Timmy's clogged pipeline.
Timmy just can't seem to wrap his tiny little mind around the fact that you can spec bump products without a massive media splash.
A one machine for all idea will satisfy very few people, and that's how Apple found themselves in their current mess across the mac lines.
They're trying to make every mac satisfy the exact same mythical customer, and they're making them all satisfy very few people.
This was the approach that Apple took in the 90s. How'd that work out for them?