How would one carry around a 12 foot MacBook let alone a 16 foot MacBook Pro?
They'd probably cost a fortune too.
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2022 'MacBook' and 'iMac Pro' Could Help Apple Simplify Its Naming Strategy
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They'd probably cost a fortune too.
A comedian ladies and gentleman’sHow would one carry around a 12 foot MacBook let alone a 16 foot MacBook Pro?
They'd probably cost a fortune too.
In the name of “consistency”, we have some terrible marketing managers in this comment section . Those “consistent” lines are just boring. Of course, iPhone 13 Pro Max is much better than iPhone Pro 6,7” (2021 edition). AirPods Max is better than AirPods Studio. M1 Pro is better than M1X. Yes, we had A6X in the iPad, but it wasn’t the main selling point and differentiator, so it didn’t matter. In the end, the best strategy is going product by product, individually. People don’t have a vision of all the line-up, they care about individual products. Some categories need more classical names, some need to stand out (specially smartphones), etc.
. Those “consistent” lines are just boring. Of course, iPhone 13 Pro Max is much better than iPhone Pro 6,7” (2021 edition). AirPods Max is better than AirPods Studio. M1 Pro is better than M1X. Yes, we had A6X in the iPad, but it wasn’t the main selling point and differentiator, so it didn’t matter. In the end, the best strategy is going product by product, individually. People don’t have a vision of all the line-up, they care about individual products. Some categories need more classical names, some need to stand out (specially smartphones), etc.
I would expect Apple will sell tons of Mac minis if they put M1 Pro & M1 Max SoCs in them; plenty of folks with existing desktop setups (multiple monitors, keyboard, mouse, speakers. printer, external drives, etc.) that just want a new Mac to replace their existing desktop system...!
False, SOME professionals need internal expandability, not all... !
They don't even need SE, or "mini" for that matter. iPad and iPad Pro.
The craziest part right now is that they have both the "iPad" and the "iPad Air." I forget which is better. Really the best way to specify an iPad at this point is <year, price>. "I have the 2020 $500 iPad."
I still remember the day Apple announced the MacBook name and thought it was garbage. I’ve gotten used to it, but the name PowerBook is so much sexier. PowerBook and PowerBook Pro would even be more preferable to me than MacBook, even if it was a reference to PowerPC.
Then again, if you think of how weird a “notebook” computer sounds, the name MacBook appears incredibly odd. Like, it’s not a book! It’s a computer!
I would like to see them named the “Macintosh Portable” and “Macintosh Desktop” or have unique model names like Lisa. A revitalization of the original brand would be welcome, including the rainbow logos on the computers. Even the iMac is just a holdover brand too at this point.
Then again, if you think of how weird a “notebook” computer sounds, the name MacBook appears incredibly odd. Like, it’s not a book! It’s a computer!
I would like to see them named the “Macintosh Portable” and “Macintosh Desktop” or have unique model names like Lisa. A revitalization of the original brand would be welcome, including the rainbow logos on the computers. Even the iMac is just a holdover brand too at this point.
It comes from a weird "Steve Jobs did all kinds of things, and Cook doesn't, therefore, Cook bad" attitude.
And Steve did in fact come up with a name for the iMac. Just… for some reason, "MacMan" did not in fact make the final cut.
Some do but a hell of a lot don’t [like every creative I know].
The trash can Mac Pro came out two years after Jobs passed away.
That doesn't travel well. Neither in space, nor in time.
Imagine the names used in Turkey...
He said so during the keynote when they were released. He wanted the Mac name to be used throughout the product line so no iBook and no PowerBook.
Sorry, but the "i" in iMac was to show it was optimized for the Internet, which was a new thing for the non-educational/scientific/military market at the time. The name was a short-term tactic to help create a differentiate product to save a company that was in a death spiral. The "i" stood for "i'm desperate."
Thank you for stating that I was complaining when I was simply making an observation on how I think they will be priced
On business machines, literally every business computer out there has this on it. Dell, HP, Lenovo.... all do this.
All you need to if flip it over or turn it around.
On a consumer device, it's literally the same for Windows and Apple computers. You have to look it up in your "about this pc" or "about this mac. Its a click simpler on a Mac. Literally 1 extra click on Windows.
Thank you for stating that I was complaining when I was simply making an observation on how I think they will be priced
You can't see how "ridiculous" can be read as a complaint?
Not sure what your point is.
If you go to apple.com, you get the MacBook Air and the MacBook Pro, the latter in three sizes. It's a bit confusing that the 14 and 16 are quite different than the 13, but other than that, that's a very clean line-up.
If you go to dell.com… do you want a laptop "for home" or "for business" (what difference does it make??)? Do you want an XPS, Inspiron, Alienware, G Series, or Chromebook? Or do you perhaps want a Vostro or a Precision?
They're so confused about this themselves that they've made "which one is right for you?" pages that don't really tell you much. A Vostro is apparently best if you want… video conferencing?
But if you want "social video chatting" (what?), you better get an Inspiron instead!
This is a mess and everyone involved needs to be fired. Then they need to poach folks from Apple.
Nope. I can see ridiculous as being super expensive. Doesn’t mean I’m complaining about it, just means I think it will be “ridiculously” priced. It also doesn’t mean I won’t buy it as I currently use an iMac Pro now.
Thank you though for attempting.
That's you. So when you hit a wall with memory and storage, or graphics cards, you go out and drop a crap pile of cash on a whole new machine.
For everyone else not wanting to chuck a$3K-$12K machine in the trash after a few years where the processor, display, and most things are still perfectly fine for the software out there for years to come but needs more ram or storage that is hundreds of dollars vs. thousands, being able to upgrade and expand is important.
I agree with you that the pro convention is a joke, but this is somewhat of touch with reality and history.
This is very out of touch with reality. "i" devices was marketing scheme during the rise of the internet. It signified that the products were easy to connect to the internet without complex configurations that were often required on windows computers at the time. While iMacs and eMacs and iBooks were consumer level hardware, that's not what the "i" marketing was about.
i-Life was a suite of software that complemented the internet with media at the time. Online access to music, sharing pictures online intuitively and easily. Making movies for YouTube or back in the day, to burn on a dvd. iPod... mp3s downloaded form the internet.... iMac.... internet connected mac... The "i" moniker was there to highlight ease of internet interoperability in Apple products.... hardware and software. Plug in your phone cord or ethernet jack and it just worked and you were online. Don't forget Apple had online subscription tools to complement all of this back then too well before iCloud including email and other stuff. iWork further built on this in its replacement of Apple Works.
Well before Tim Cook became CEO of Apple and while Steve Jobs still breathed, the "i" marketing was wound down because it wasn't relevant anymore. Power PC died and transitioned to Intel, and with that change, Jobs rolled out the Macbook and Macbook Pros to show distinction between chips. There were PowerPC towers that were consumer level.... PowerPC did not mean "professional."
Steven Jobs started this pro moniker before he died. Tim Cook is only guilty of taking it to further extremes in ways Steve Jobs would have totally done himself because he wrote that playbook. "Let's put a minor feature difference in almost the same product and throw pro on it and charge an ass load of money more.... people will pay. Give it some minor distinction so that peolpe now who has the cheaper one to make people pay for status."
Don't blame Tim Cook for doing what Steven Jobs started before he died.