Why keep quoting figures from these guys when every quarter Apple proves them (and other "research" firms) wrong? Just wait a few weeks for Apple to announce the real sales numbers.
Apple should reduce Mac price and release both a mini tower plus display and Mac tablet. Once Mac gets 25% worldwide market share, Windows will be history in three years.
The Surface branded products have never been nor will they ever be mass market sellers. Surface is a reference brand to get OEM's to get off their collective butts to make more compelling devices. For the most part, it's worked. Surface devices tend to be priced towards the ceiling allowing OEM's to come in under that with their "competing" products so that they reflect a better value per dollar and it allows the OEM's to get a little better profit. Ya know, since they offer more of a bargain compared to Surface devices. wink, wink, nudge, nudge.Not that I trust these numbers but with all the hype around Surface where is Microsoft?
Surely jacking up the prices and adding a gimmicky touch bar should've gotten them more sales![]()
And yet sales of the older models of MBP's jumped after Apple released the dumb new ones.
Ain't rocket science: don't release crap!
And Apple charges 300 bucks extra for a stupid Touch Bar smh
Except, Apple also charges an extra $300 for the Touch Bar, in addition a slightly faster CPU, Double the Thunderbolt Ports and Touch ID. Yes they charge an extra $300, but you are receiving more than just the Touch Bar as you noted.
Really? I would think it's just because so many people already have PCs now ("saturated market"), and they don't need to be replaced often, especially now that they're so powerful and aren't getting huge upgrades anymore."Higher PC prices due to the impact of component shortages for DRAM, solid state drives (SSDs) and LCD panels had a pronounced negative impact on PC demand in the second quarter of 2017," said Mikako Kitagawa, principal analyst at Gartner "The approach to higher component costs varied by vendor. Some decided to absorb the component price hike without raising the final price of their devices, while other vendors transferred the costs to the end-user price."
"Apple shipped an estimated 4,236 million Macs worldwide"
Really, 56% of the earth's population bought a Mac last quarter?
I don't know but I started building them in 1987 and quit in the early 2000s when Dell was good and cheap. Then in 2011 I built my machine for about $600 without drives/monitor. 2016 threw in a new SSD, upgraded from 8 to 16gb memory, and new $150 video card to drive a 4k 40" monitor. Good to go for a few more. Hubby's $2000 3 year old 27" imac? Just stuck a $50 monitor in front of it because the $500 LCD took a poo. We won't be upgrading the imac while they use crappy components and overcharge for reasonable memory and SSD. We WOULD love to buy an upgradeable memory/drive mac mini with quad core and 4k/5k capabilities but I doubt they will put it out. Too bad.What is the evolution of self-built PCs and upgrades?
What is the evolution of self-built PCs and upgrades?
And Apple charges 300 bucks extra for a stupid Touch Bar smh
Touch bar's a gimmick though. It needs to be dropped.
Except, Apple also charges an extra $300 for the Touch Bar, in addition a slightly faster CPU, Double the Thunderbolt Ports and Touch ID. Yes they charge an extra $300, but you are receiving more than just the Touch Bar as you noted.
I got my Macbook Pro in 2015. If I wanted to get a new one right now - Apple would sell me the same processor but with a slower speed, half the SDD storage space and I would have to pay MORE for that.
Does that make sense? Not to me, but it does to Tim "F. the Customers" Cook.
I can't believe how bad the internal SMB client is. Why does it take so long to list a directory? And I've noticed macOS getting slower and less stable, but after checking back on Windows again, there's still no way I'm going back to using it as my main OS on my PC. And there's also no way I'm updating from 7 to 10.That's a pipe dream until Apple fixed SMB networking, improves Finder, improves graphics performance for gaming, and adds Enterprise features like iSCSI, Active Directory, etc.
OS X is fine for casual use but these days it's really fallen behind Windows in terms of functionality and even stability.
I don't disagree with you, but have you received any wage increase in the past two years? Genuine question.
They don't have to increase, but it would be nice if they would. The article just says they're stagnant, which they are.Strange how selling 4+ MILLION computers in 3 months can be considered stagnant. Pretty darn impressive if you ask me. Why do sales always have to go up?
Except, Apple also charges an extra $300 for the Touch Bar, in addition a slightly faster CPU, Double the Thunderbolt Ports and Touch ID. Yes they charge an extra $300, but you are receiving more than just the Touch Bar as you noted.