I don't understand why so many people on this forum care so much about Apple's bottom line. Apple isn't a charity, why should end users think Apple making more money than any other company is a good thing, unless of course you own AAPL.
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Apple's Mac Sales Down in Q3 2018 Amid a Lack of Updates
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I don't understand why so many people on this forum care so much about Apple's bottom line. Apple isn't a charity, why should end users think Apple making more money than any other company is a good thing, unless of course you own AAPL.
I’m not worried. I don’t think we’re going to see new Macs this year. My guess is that the Mac lineup in general will get some much needed attention as part of the new Pro’s debut.
These stats make me crazy. Their sales would be wild if they updated their products. MBA, Mini, Mac Pro, iMac, MacBook... some of these are 5 years old!
Seventeen inch Macbook Pro with a 5K screen.
I don't care what she says, 15" is too small. I bought one and I'm not buying another 15".
I don't care what she says, 15" is too small. I bought one and I'm not buying another 15".
I think you may rather have missed the point of the post you replied to, which is that the ASP increasing says something about the product mix being sold. It wasn’t in any way the defense of Apple’s profits you’re implying it was.
Overpriced, overyhyped, underperforming machines. You can get a quality laptop with the similar specs for 1/3 the price.
Haha that's the reason I haven't updated my 2013 MacBook Pro. Hate the new keyboard and also because of lack of HDMI, USB, and Magsafe charger.
It's interesting to see Mac bashing by Mac owners in the last couple of years compared to the SJ days when it was only extremists doing the bashing. Apple really has turned into a hipster company and not aiming at the professional market anymore.
Just take the macbook air, slap a coffee lake processor in there and upgrade the screen to retina resolution and voila, I just made the next laptop of the year. You’re welcome Apple...
Every time I read all the complaining from die hard Apple loyalists about how trash their favourite company's hardware is, I think of my Hackintosh and chuckle.
Pages and pages of the same stuff that I've been reading about Apple for years. As a shareholder, it's paid off to pay no attention, and as someone who uses Apple computers, let me suggest that the end is a long way from nigh.
I've actually said this many many times over the last 11+ years. I tend to use my Macs 4-6 years before updating.
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Just another opportunity for some to trash Apple. Like night follows day. Or throwing a bucket of chum in the water.
The phone costs just as much as the laptop, and is cheaper to make. No news here. You are on the hook for $45 a month at a minimum with Apple. This isn’t a big deal.
How well did that Microsoft PC that does exactly that sell? Besides, something like this from Apple would be WAY expensive...
You might want to take notice. Microsoft is a top five vendor for the first time, behind Apple. I don’t ever recall them in that spot before. Slowly but surely they are creeping up there.
Great. You told us. Now we all know. Now go back to your Windows or Linux forum.
But Apple just released 70 new emoji. Shouldn't that make up for their lack of new computers?
I'm still using a late 2012 iMac that I really want to replace, but I won't until they release something new. I check the Apple website daily only to be disappointed.
I'm still using a late 2012 iMac that I really want to replace, but I won't until they release something new. I check the Apple website daily only to be disappointed.
I don't find it *annoying*, though I don't especially find it adding much to my laptop experience (fingerprint scanner excepted; I love that to death). I frequently use it to adjust brightness and volume and hit escape... and to be honest maybe I never did much more than that with function keys. I moved Siri from the end so it sits 4th from the right. There are a few places where the Touch Bar is nifty, though. Highlighting in a PDF is well done. You select some text and several color choices appear on the touch bar. Select one and it's a highlight. But it's kind of sad how little I use it otherwise.
This was an honest question regarding that specific machine which I still have to see in the wild.
It was nothing against Microsoft in general. Isn't Microsoft the top 5 vendor mostly because of the surfaces?
That is why despite the many legitimate complaints about outdated Mac hardware and declining macOS quality I still prefer Mac. Windows is just horrible at its very core. I converted in 2012 to Mac. At the time I was blown away with how great the hardware and software were. Windows has in many ways closed some of the gap. But it still is awful. The problem is Apple is declining. At this rate eventually Windows will catch up and that will be a shame.