Apple Launches 'Help Me Choose' Website for Finding the Right Mac

[trip1ex]

Where's the M4 Mini, iMac or Air choice?

 

[ruka21]

I already know what Mac i want and they didn't release it yet.

 

[anthogag]

"Help me choose" said the android user 🤪 switching to iPhone.

 

[Chidoro]

I’m sure NOTA is not one of the choices.

 

[atomic.flip]

They need to launch the microsite ‘Help Me Afford’ to finish the workflow.

 

[FreakinEurekan]

What is the point of this? Buyers know what they want! It is just a question of budget.

A quick perusal of the Mac forums suggests buyers do not, in fact, know what they want.

 

[Icelus]

Simpler times.

 

[AndiG]

Poor Steve, he must be spinning in his grave. He always wanted the customer to buy an iPhone or a Mac. Not having to choose between dozens of models was part of Apple's DNA.
But Tim is turning everything upside down just to make a dollar - someone needs to fire Tim before the whole company collapses.

 

[Westside guy]

I told it I want to game and do creative work, for $2,500 and it recommended a M2 Mac Mini. 😳

Maybe you could buy an ASUS TUF Gaming A16, then use the $1000 you have left on a gently used Intel iMac for the creative stuff. 😁

 

[svish]

Good to see the new website. Might be helpful for some.

 

[brgjoe]

Was going to say I wish this was around when I bought my M3 Macbook Pro. But in the end, this wasn't all that helpful. For one, I wanted to buy a new Mac and also play the occasional game (like I'm currently doing with BG3). But I didn't see "Gaming" as one of the choices.

So it just put me in a regular Macbook. But at least they gave me 16GB of RAM.

 

[upthetoffees]

I put in music creative, fixed, no budget restrictions and it said mac mini and NOT mac studio. Which I find weird.

 

[zombierunner]

I know exactly what I want. M4 Max Mac Studio.

 

[Frantisekj]

The budget question is pretty funny, you could eliminate most of the questions with that one. Really the only questions you need are:

1. laptop?
2. budget?

Yeah. They forgot to put option for me there. Under 400 USD 🤣 🤣

 

[matt_and_187_like_this]

I miss Steve.

 

[Jim Lahey]

Do you ever turn your computer on? Yes. We recommend you upgrade your RAM to 16GB for only $200.

 

[krell100]

Interestingly it seems to only offer the cheaper version that is underpowered for my use case, surprising as I'd have assumed it would have pushed anyone toward the pricier options. Perhaps it could do with some more detailed questions?

 

[neuropsychguy]

I have $450 to spend. What's the right Mac for me?

A used (or new) M1 Mac Mini. You could also get used M1 Airs for that.

 

[Rafagon]

*Website requires iPhone 14 or 15 Pro line in order to function correctly.

 

[D-a-a-n]

Imagine your product line up is so convoluted, that you need to build a website to help your customers to choose what to buy

Oh you should see Lenovo's or Dell's website.

 

[tomchr9]

A quick perusal of the Mac forums suggests buyers do not, in fact, know what they want.

Well, I take it back. Apple buyers are idiots!

 

[WarmWinterHat]

Poor Steve, he must be spinning in his grave. He always wanted the customer to buy an iPhone or a Mac. Not having to choose between dozens of models was part of Apple's DNA.
But Tim is turning everything upside down just to make a dollar - someone needs to fire Tim before the whole company collapses.

Whoever replaced Tim is going to follow in Tim's footsteps, not Steve's, so expect more of the same.

 

[Lift Bar]

Don’t worry. The next ”Help Me Choose” will be powered by Apple Intelligence.

 

[CheffyDude]

They should really call it "Help Me Empty My Wallet"

 

[AndiG]

Whoever replaced Tim is going to follow in Tim's footsteps, not Steve's, so expect more of the same.

History prooves you wrong. After Scully, there was Jobs - again. So there is at least hope that after Tim "Scully" Cook, there might be another type of person leading Apple. Same happened to Microsoft with Nadella.