Its amazing how user taste change. Back in the 2017 to 2018 period, all you could see at Internet Cafe's were Surface Pro's and mixture of different brand Windows laptops and sprinkle of Apple logos here and there. Now, it looks like since Apple fixed the keyboard, I am seeing the Apple logo dominate more, it was in public spaces prior to the pandemic and every current affairs program I see, its MacBooks. Last night, I was watching a BLM protester discussing Breona Taylor; they went to her home to interview and there she was, using a non-touchbar MacBook Pro. That entry level touch bar MacBook Pro seems to have helped to increase adoption.
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Apple Sees All-Time High Mac Revenue of $9 Billion in Q4 2020
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I agree ~ and I’m most looking forward to the new Macs over anything else they are offering.
I would still keep that 17 Pro ~ I’m running Mojave flawlessly on my 09 iMac with the DosDude patch, so yours should be able to run as well. Have you added an ssd to it?
This is the run on Intel Macs before Apple slams the door on people by ARM-twisting them to buy AS Macs. People aren't dumb and know that the ARM Macs will be locked down like iPads are and Apple will have those customers by the throat. People don't like being intimidated so they're buying Intel Macs for freedom's last call before the lockdown.
Mac sales...yes, mac is good. unfortunately, this means a huge drop sales in the future as most people concentrated their buying power in this time frame so there will be drought of sales in the next coming years. Given that macs last as long as 8-10 years, that will be a long drought.
To “unfigure” it out 😛
However I think it’s still ok to try to innovate on many fronts, keyboard included. We might see the comeback of the butterfly thing one day, maybe the failure rate was just a tiny measurement mistake or an oversight. With 4 years of real world data it might come back fully ironed out.
I would have upgraded too, just for the keyboard. Living abroad though, and cannot buy my mother-tongue keyboard layout. Waiting for governments to stop the Covid bans so I can return home for shopping.
Apple switching to ARM is going to force me to buy a PC and a Mac.
A dozen years of having both on the same computer will be looked back upon with wistful nostalgia.
A dozen years of having both on the same computer will be looked back upon with wistful nostalgia.
You can set whatever layout you want in macOS. Then use a keyboard skin to match your keyset.
I was thinking the same thing. Apple's being a little too mum on Apple silicon.
For me it's bad enough that Catalina makes a handful of mission critical apps (and games) unusable meaning I'm stuck on Mojave... or even worse, Windows 10.
I get it. The Osborne Effect is bad, but for Pete's sake, give us some info. Hey Apple, customer is supposed be king. Throw us a freakin' bone.
They should have refreshed ALL the Mac Lineup with Intel's Latest Comet Lake 10th generation processor CPU before making their ILL FATED switch to ARM processors.
Imagine they are going the "portless iPhone" direction. And it will take 3 years to listen to customers who "need the port". You may already see the analogy with the missing escape button and the butterfly keyboard. 2025Q4 report: "iPhone sales at all time high, finally broke 2020 record"
Doesn’t surprise me during the pandemic I did a complete overhaul main study area spending more time studying and working from home all my Macs new or been replaced this year Even secondary location set up for a change of scenery on the weekends and night
gone single iMac to iMac and lg 4k and 5k monitor connect MacBook Pro total 3 display on table
gone single iMac to iMac and lg 4k and 5k monitor connect MacBook Pro total 3 display on table
same here, ordered a maxed out macbook pro (not the big SSD though), want to use the intel processors still for a while... Covid had nothing to do with it, my previous one is 10y old and i have higher expectations from my macbook (doing movies and whatnot)
I'm thinking when people stay at home and are free to get the computers they want and not the ones they are given, most people would prefer to get a mac.
No, this is an anomaly. Apple’s moving customers to iOS/iPadOS. There are MILLIONS of people that still grew up using macOS that will never get used to iOS. Eventually, those people won’t be buying macOS anymore.
Not likely. “People” don’t even know about the transition. There are plenty of other factors than can explain an uptick not only for Macs but for EVERY PC maker.
Got my MacBook Pro 16 last fall and I love it. Got it with AppleCare so I am set for the next 2 years. I have a EPGU box and a nvidia 3080 card running under windows 10, playing VR software with a new oculus quest 2 and having a lot of fun. So I think a lot of people still like Intel processors. I will have to see what the Mac world will be like in 2 years.
As much as I loathed that particular piece of hardware, corrolation ≠ causation. I very much doubt the vast majority of consumers would have a strong enough preference to actually hold off buying a new Mac if they needed one.