Can we really blame people for not wanting to shell out over $1000 on old tech?
Here's to hoping Apple dazzles at WWDC...
Maybe for some, but not for most I'd argue. I'm sure sales will boost to make up for the drop, so long as the Macs they release are actually good. Nothing can replace my Mac for coding, as well as other tasks.Headline should be:
"
Apple's Notebook Sales Drop to Estimated 2.5M as many buyers now find their phone and iPad good enough for most tasks"
If they don't announce something up to current spec and reasonably priced at WWDC, I'm switching to a Dell XPS15. And this is after buying mac laptops at least 6 times in a row and convincing others to do the same.
Those Dell's are beautiful machines, and more reasonably priced. The only down-side is Windows......but I can live with that...
Lol.Neglected, outdated and overpriced. Mini, pro, displays - are especially insulting.
EDIT - and before - but but Apple waits on Intel! - there are insane amount of things they could have done years ago - much better facetime cameras, drop the pathetic HDDs and switch to SSDs-only, drop non-retina displays, reduce display bezels, release a decent ergonomic mouse?
How about Touch-ID for the Mac? How about Thunderbolt displays that are not 5 years old with USB 2, crappy speakers, reflective and so on?
As it stands right now - Apple offers stale products with outdated internals, at an unbelievable (exorbitant) price. That is something only Apple can do.
But I just upgraded last year, how dare they release new models.
I am not unhappy though, picked up my 15" with AMD graphics to replace my aging Late 2008 MBP 15" . Couldn't be happier, and I bet those still holding onto 2009 - 2010 models will love the new release for sure. So far this has been the best Mac / Windows laptop I have ever used.
If they don't announce something up to current spec and reasonably priced at WWDC, I'm switching to a Dell XPS15. And this is after buying mac laptops at least 6 times in a row and convincing others to do the same.
Those Dell's are beautiful machines, and more reasonably priced. The only down-side is Windows......but I can live with that...
I agree 100%. The only thing is that they should wait on MacBook Pro GPUs until the EPA and the EU change their mind on lead-free solder or make an exception for Macs. Lead-free solder is the reason why many 15-inch MacBook Pros have needed replacement logic boards.At this point most Mac OS customers have woken up to the fact that Apple has not reinvested in product development, refreshes and more. It is very upsetting that Apple does not release refreshed computers more often, even waiting 2+ years.
I'd be happy to buy a new MacBook Pro with latest in tech, great graphics chip and more....but apple isn't making one.
This is a real problem, I'm not alone in thinking Windows 10 is a viable alternative.
The Mac OS X ought not be a part time hobby for Apple, they need to have proper and ongoing product development with new models and updates across the product lines for each model at no less than 1x a year.
Consumers are demanding this.
Nuts