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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.../sarcasm



Good luck trying to get everyone to agree. Name one product that has ever been all things to all people.
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This was the approach that Apple took in the 90s. How'd that work out for them?

Incorrect! This was the strategy that apple took in the 2000's - the decade they grew to become the biggest tech company in the world.

When did offering flexible, multi use, hardware choices become a thing that's bad for business: Hint - NEVER
 
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Incorrect! This was the strategy that apple took in the 2000's - the decade they grew to become the biggest tech company in the world.

When did offering flexible, multi use, hardware choices become a thing that's bad for business: Hint - NEVER

They do that now. What's different is the technology itself.
 
Maybe they don't have any employees at the Apple Stores that could lift a cMP. Or Maybe they could, but the beard oil residue caused too much droppage. :rolleyes:
 
Crazy how the MacBook pro is still listed as new on the Apple website
Nothing odd there, they had shown the 2015 iMac as new for like a year.
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Someone earning their income on their Macbook, and I don't mean writing emails or writing blog posts.
Why wouldn't you consider that professional? Clearly someone who works needs to converse with their team and emails is one avenue for such things.

Blog writers can and do make a nice income, just consider Paul Thurrott who writes and has his own site, under your definition he's not a professional?
 
Why wouldn't you consider that professional? Clearly someone who works needs to converse with their team and emails is one avenue for such things.

Blog writers can and do make a nice income, just consider Paul Thurrott who writes and has his own site, under your definition he's not a professional?
Because it's a job you don't need special tools for. You could even be writing on a napkin, if you wanted to. In that context it's mostly irrelevant what computing device you choose.
 
I ordered a 15 inch top specced MBP last week and the shipping estimates to Norway have slipped from June 10th to about June 25th. Will I receive the updated versjon, if it is updated, or is it possible that I will receive the "old" MBP? I can still cancel my order and wait until after Monday to be sure. Does anybody have experiences with these situations? I appreciate all guidance!
 
Because it's a job you don't need special tools for. You could even be writing on a napkin, if you wanted to. In that context it's mostly irrelevant what computing device you choose.
You can say that about almost any profession, in all honesty.
 
Not a hope, Apple has long left the serious professional space, Apple is solely about attracting the well heeled consumer. Even by Apple's own numbers there are so few utilising the Mac professionally, small wonder really...

Apple only values one thing $$$$, it may very well desperately want the kudos and halo effect that professionals bring to the table, equally Apple is clearly just churning out consumer focused hardware, albeit very well executed. Not even going to watch the upcoming Keynote, simply sick & tired of listening to Tim Cook & Co procrastinating on the Mac and Apple's professional users, it's just insulting. Apple want's my individual & business custom back Apple needs to stop talking & deliver...

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I fear you may be correct, but I hang my hope on the fact that Apple deeply understands the importance of taste-makers and influencers. If music, if movies, if fashion, if design, are all being done on PCs using Microsoft and Google apps, it is only a matter of time before the mainstream follows.

But they clearly missed it the first time, so who knows. Unfortunately, the company and the leaders are making so much money it's hard to tell you're making bad decisions. The same thing happened to Balmer at Microsoft.

This is why one of Steve's greatest strengths is he didn't care about the money. Focus on people, markets, and products, and let the money follow.

But my guess is the plan is to use iPhones as a platform to transform Apple into a massive financial services, health services, content distribution business. That's the play to grow the company. So it's easy to see in that context why the Mac and the pro market get ignored. If I had to guess, all they really learned is they moved too quickly abandoning the Mac, it's software, and the tastemakers. Give it a few more years...
 
I fear you may be correct, but I hang my hope on the fact that Apple deeply understands the importance of taste-makers and influencers. If music, if movies, if fashion, if design, are all being done on PCs using Microsoft and Google apps, it is only a matter of time before the mainstream follows.

But they clearly missed it the first time, so who knows. Unfortunately, the company and the leaders are making so much money it's hard to tell you're making bad decisions. The same thing happened to Balmer at Microsoft.

This is why one of Steve's greatest strengths is he didn't care about the money. Focus on people, markets, and products, and let the money follow.

But my guess is the plan is to use iPhones as a platform to transform Apple into a massive financial services, health services, content distribution business. That's the play to grow the company. So it's easy to see in that context why the Mac and the pro market get ignored. If I had to guess, all they really learned is they moved too quickly abandoning the Mac, it's software, and the tastemakers. Give it a few more years...

Would really like to think the same, focusing on the optimistic, however time turns and Apple has simply failed to deliver year on year for so many of us.

The businesses I am a silent partner in, my own consulting work are now simply far more productive after switching platforms.

I am totally open minded to returning to Apple as a professional provider, equally Apple must step up and deliver, have the edge, as at the end of the day these sytems are a function of revenue, not impressing nobody at the local coffee shop...

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Nothing odd there, they had shown the 2015 iMac as new for like a year.
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Why wouldn't you consider that professional? Clearly someone who works needs to converse with their team and emails is one avenue for such things.

Blog writers can and do make a nice income, just consider Paul Thurrott who writes and has his own site, under your definition he's not a professional?

It's actually this: Many of us are thinking only of A/V, Post, VFX, engineering, CAD, etc., rather than writers and managerial communications.

So when you hear us say professional, we're talking about hardcore data crunching and real-time, low-latency DSP functions. No offense meant to the writers, etc. :oops:
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Would really like to think the same, focusing on the optimistic, however time turns and Apple has simply failed to deliver year on year for so many of us.

The businesses I am a silent partner in, my own consulting work are now simply far more productive after switching platforms.

I am totally open minded to returning to Apple as a professional provider, equally Apple must step up and deliver, have the edge, as at the end of the day these sytems are a function of revenue, not impressing nobody at the local coffee shop...

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That's really interesting, because I've been wandering over to the Boxx.com site and looking at those machines. My only experience on Windows is at work through those 2009-range of Dell Inspiron mini desktops with 4GB of RAM and 5400 RPM hard drives. Something I did not choose and these systems are probably not as fine-tuned as they could be. The IT pros don't get to pick the systems and servers because it's that "lowest bid" crap that people think will save money. (It doesn't, it costs more in the long run.) About 100-200 PCs have been replaced in my building at least 5 times each over the last 20 years. That seems like a lot of expensive landfill. I'll never forget having to install Windows NT and the MOS on a bunch of Tangent computers. One. At. A. Time. -There were no push services.
 
So when you hear us say professional
I think everyone uses their own definition without explaining it, which is why many people say the MBP is a fine professional machine and others do not.

My definition is anyone who uses the laptop for their job, since that fits the definition of profession much better
 
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