Agreed but the MacBook Air is desperately in need of a Retina display. Sadly this is unlikely to ever happen as the MacBook Air is probably going to be removed from the Mac range.
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Apple Rises to Become World's Fourth-Largest PC Maker With Around 20M Macs Sold Last Year
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sitting on a 2013 iMac and still waiting.
lol, to jump to third would mean a much lower price point, not a higher one
Well Marco did just note he likes his iMac Pro so much he may not need a Mac Pro when it's released (he will buy one, of course, but he may not keep it).
They paid (and may still pay) for that "piggybacking" through mandatory Windows licensing agreements on each unit manufactured.
Because they can't due to the design. Hence them designing a new Mac Pro that can (along with shipping the iMac Pro).
If you have the technical skills to deploy and support it, you could always go Hackintosh.
People complain about the battery life in the current MBP as-is and it would be a fair bit worse at 32GB because it would be using much more power-hungry RAM because Intel cannot be bothered to support more than 16GB of battery-efficient RAM in their current mobile chipsets.
And considering how fast Surface is losing market share due to the huge quarterly sales drops, they would not be one of the places I would be looking to for design advice.
This really shows the pitiful state of the Windows PC market more than Apple getting ahead. Microsoft has to get involved because there’s literally nothing different about a 5-7 yo Windows PC than a new one. White box PC makers have moved to Android phones/tablets because there’s no profits in the market. The other 3 OEMS are scraping by on $500-$800 machines.. and Apple only has like one model under $999.
Wonder how many of the Apple Stores/3rd Party resellers actually have a Mini on display any more, I haven't seen one in the UK for years.
I can just about remember seeing a Pro but that store closed about 18 months ago.
If headless macs were people, they are so many generations ago they would have fought in WWI (or earlier) /end sarcasm
I can just about remember seeing a Pro but that store closed about 18 months ago.
If headless macs were people, they are so many generations ago they would have fought in WWI (or earlier) /end sarcasm
Imagine how many macs they'd sell if they actually updated the bloody things on a regular basis
Bingo...those numbers could be much higher if they actually gave a damn about their lineup.
Please...enough whining about dongles and docking stations, it's been over a year.
I bought a MacBook Pro 15" 2016 and I only have one "dongle", a Transcend card reader, which is hooked up via an Amazon Basics USB-C to USB Micro B cable, of which I ordered two (the other is for a USB hard drive), along with a USB-C to USB 2.0 Male B for my audio interface and a USB-C to Display Port cable for my Dell P2415Q display. Total cost for 4 cables and a card reader - $60.76. I use the card reader for my iMac as well, which saves me time and frustration trying to put an SD card into the slot behind the computer.
In other words, I easily converted over to USB Type-C cables for my peripherals, have one tiny "dongle" on my desk and my transition has been without incident. The angst and teeth gnashing over "donglegate" is so overblown, you would think we lived in a soap opera. All of this venom over replacing a few cables is ridiculous.
Just an FYI for all those saying they will buy a MacBook Pro once all their beloved ports are restored...it's never going to happen. Apple does not move backwards in these types of things. Cough up the cash for some new cables and move on with your lives.
Well, my Mac Pro is from 2008 and my MBA from 2012. I'm having a hard time finding a decent replacement for either one of them.
Not really, Mac Mini never sold very well, it's a very particular format. And the Mac Pro is a niche product by definition. Neither of them would make sales "much higher".
Apple's machines start a $999, HP, Lenovo and Dell probably at $399. Obviously comparing marketshare without considering price bands makes no sense.
Probably not a lot more considered that for most users the deal breaker is price and Apple sells expensive machines. The improvements you list may interest a little niche of users, not the mass market. That's why Apple is never been in a rush to update their machines very frequently (yes even before Cook), it really doesn't make the difference some people think it would make, given their business model.
These numbers could be higher if Apple wasn't so sloppy with their software.
Why should Apple not say "We're done here" with the Mac line? Why shouldn't they keep rehashing old IOS kit with new badges? The ecosystem did exactly what Jobs intended. It kept people feeling safe and locked in. Change is scary. Once they're in. They're in. Go into any phone shop and ask if people using Fruit-based devices ever go to Robot-based devices. They'll say "very rarely". The cosy feeling of complacency is a bigger draw than justifying spending (a lot) more cash on less tech. Apple shares rise and rise and still are. So there's no need to market lead any more. If the business model works then why change it? You can't argue with that.
I replaced my 2009 Mac Pro with the low-end 27" 5K iMac from 2017 and haven't regretted it for a second. Those machines are really out of date now in many, many ways.
So your post clearly indicates how closely you're Not following Microsoft and how the Surface has dropped considerably in marketshare alongside with significant decline in sales in past quarters. And a touch
device doesn't mean anything in terms of what makes it a "Real" laptop."
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Ahem.
Yes I understand the argument regarding apple's pricing but that's not the reason (or at least major reason) why they've not really been able to change their marketshare.
While I agree that a few models need some serious updating, I have been pleased with my old mac and the updates that Microsoft has made the past few years to Mac versions of Office and other business tools, like Skype for Business.
I can now run things I am working on in current projects into OneDrive and work at home on my Mini as if I am on my work PC in my office. It's very nice.
Them making the updates to Mini and Pro should only help this cycle...
I can now run things I am working on in current projects into OneDrive and work at home on my Mini as if I am on my work PC in my office. It's very nice.
Them making the updates to Mini and Pro should only help this cycle...
You are right, even though I run the latest OS and software on them. I actually plan to get the 2018 5K iMac.
Create a a point and click front end for iOS optimized for that environment and they could get me back to macs.
I agree with most every comment in here concerning what Apple left on the table. If they could have just update the Mini and the Pro and rounded out the product lines they could have sold more units. They've neglected several Mac models now for far too long. I've said it several times, I would buy a new Mac Mini every 3 years if they would properly update the hardware every 3 years.
Yep, good luck with multitasking, a good file management system and running professional programs.
