I honestly cannot tell if you’re joking or not.
Edit: ok, your edit and second reply make me think you are... Maybe
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I honestly cannot tell if you’re joking or not.
Edit: ok, your edit and second reply make me think you are... Maybe
They’re actually making it so hard even for me (the person who’s been buying their products for over a decade) to justify any upgrades these days. I was looking forward to this new Air, but again there are too many compromises at this price.
I have wondered about this lately as it concerns me as a shareholder. I came to the conclusion that Apple probably has a large business base that is set within their system now to accommodate the higher prices for these devices. Kinda like why the tickets to the super bowl are so high but they always sell out. Corporate gets a hold of it and business expenses are justified.
I honestly cannot tell if you’re joking or not.
Edit: ok, your edit and second reply make me think you are... Maybe
Any satire was completely coincidental. Or something.
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I *might* have been joking a little there. All seriousness aside, I worry a bit about the rising prices. Some of it can maybe be explained by inflation. Still, if the prices get too high, sales will slow.
Any satire was completely coincidental. Or something.
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I *might* have been joking a little there. All seriousness aside, I worry a bit about the rising prices. Some of it can maybe be explained by inflation. Still, if the prices get too high, sales will slow.
It was a beautiful piece of parody. A perfectly judged reflection of absurdity that fooled people into thinking you’d actually believe that. Well done sir.
Apple have comp in phone sales but there is zero competition when it comes to watch end tablets
As a user of Windows 10 on touch devices (HP laptop and Surface) for 2 years now, MS as it right. Win 10 works great on touch.
I have touch on my HP Windows 10 work notebook. I disable the touch feature. The application scene is worse. Adobe Acrobat is just awful now since it tries to accommodate both touch and mouse, and fails miserably at both.
Considering how EXPENSIVE the inflation adjusted price (before they were forced to cut the price), the first Iphone and Ipod were, and almost everything done by Apple over the last 30 years, I think you have no clue what Jobs was truly about. You are basically rewriting history in your own mind to fit your own narrative.
The only part that surprised me was using Amber Lake instead of Kaby Lake R. I guess they want to maintain a processor differential for the Pro. HP manages to get decent battery life on the new Sceptre 360 with the 15W i5 within a similar weight and size package.
In case you didn’t notice, Apple released a $329 iPad that works with the original Apple Pencil earlier this year. It’s the top seller. Now that the Pencil won’t work with the new iPad Pro that I ordered I’ll be giving the old Pencil to my nephews, who will be receiving the aforementioned $329 iPads from their parents this Christmas.
I think this iPad together with marzipan is the portal into an ARM Mac.
First have the developers develop high quality, fully functional apps like photoshop, etc for the iPad/IOS, and have the ability to convert them to ARM macOS apps with mouse /keyboard operation, would be the next step.
First have the developers develop high quality, fully functional apps like photoshop, etc for the iPad/IOS, and have the ability to convert them to ARM macOS apps with mouse /keyboard operation, would be the next step.
At adjusted inflation rate $499 from 2007 to 2018 would be $600 not $800. A bit tired of this argument of prices being higher and higher due to either inflation or the price of dollar, because the numbers don't add up if we consider that the main reason. We are talking about an increase of 60% in the price of Apple innovation (flagships) across the board.i
The truth is, the price is going higher at at a rate way above Inflation because according to Apple, the value of their goods today is higher than it was in 2010. While people keep buying at high numbers that will be correct. When people stop buying, that will no longer be correct. What will do they do then, lower prices?
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There is a very good reason for this. Apple is no longer the small fish from 1998 to gain attention. Investors and Corporate guys realise that the innovation magic is gone and they don't know where to go next, as they are not as passionate about the business as Jobs was.
They figured now that our brand is at all time high we can charge whatever prices we want incrementally and we will milk the people before the down fall in 5 or more years (in which Cook might very well be gone). So they figured lets ride the wave as long as we can get away with it. There are many companies who were on top but due to lack of innovation and guidance are no longer in competition. Sony in electronics, Atari in Videogames, Chevrollete in cars, Dell in computers, Sega in consoles, Nokia in cellphones, ... you name it.
That being said, due to lack of competition MacOS is still best OS out there over the horrendous Windows 10, its the most consumer privacy concerned, the Apple eco system still best eco system, and Apple hardware still most well designed. Until some one comes along and creates the better alternative- like Jobs did with the iphone-we will still be dealing with Symbian and BlackBerries. In this case, we will continue to deal with Apple prices and outdated tech.
Hence the concern, in the long run, that Apple is becoming a high end niche premium brand while others like Samsung, Amazon, and Google slowly start take the rest.
They are under no obligation to not extend their product lines with more offers at different price points, or stop selling in unprofitable markets. Got that. If there is no profits directly from the sale, or from subsequent services, they cut the product or extend to where the profits are.
Now, go buy something else if not satisfied, or quit whining. You got the choice.
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Rest of what. If they have 5% profit and Apple 95%, that's still 5% profit for the rest and almost all the rest to them that's all that really matters in the end.
Google and Android already have the rest btw, since 2010, and Apple obviously been doomed ever since (and even beforehand obviously when we count laptops...).
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Humm. I know that I have a choice, don't need you to tell me that. I know that they have no obligation in that or any other regard. My intervention was not about if or not they are obligated to do this or that.
I'm talking as a long time customer that shares their principles on many things. To talk as a member of an executive board I have my own company, don't need to come here!
You also have a choice just to shut up while avoiding insulting people intelligence. Stop wasting my time reading whatever you have to say pretending to be more than you actually are in this context, just a simple customer, at most a shareholder.
Have fun.
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If I’m right, he’s not okay, the problems lately might be due to an inability to stay on top of things, in which case he’s got a few more years, then maybe we see a product worth the scrap in it.
Had high hopes for this one, but I’m left wondering if there’s a bug in Calendar that makes them think this was April 1st, or if they just had very full bladders and decided to see just how long they can void on their customers before people start closing their mouths.
