If you, and other hundreds of thousands switch to an iPad Pro as their primary computer plaform, the new MBP will be considered a success in the eyes of The Cook!
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Apple's Phil Schiller: 'We Don't Design for Price, We Design for the Experience'
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If you, and other hundreds of thousands switch to an iPad Pro as their primary computer plaform, the new MBP will be considered a success in the eyes of The Cook!
To me, this isn't about Mac v iPhone. Most owners overlap anyway in this Apple ecosystem. Most here own several different Apple product. So don't expect deliberating their merits like the scene in Pirates of Silicon Valley when Jobs wanted arguments between Lisa v Mac teams.
I still believe smartphones are the more important gadget to have because it goes everywhere with us. Our most personal gadget. But Mac OSX and iOS don't really act the same no matter how much some people say iPhone is like having a computer in our pocket. Mac acts like a real computer. While mobile phones and tablets are basically a bigger evolution of portable media players but with apps and a camera.
This is about the divided attention Apple gives to iOS and Mac. It isn't really split when computers carried Apple's brand for the previous 30 years before iPhone and this is how Mac is appreciated? Apple designs for experience? Are you sure, Phil? Or experience to make more money on us by making divisive (courageous) decisions (omissions)?
I still believe smartphones are the more important gadget to have because it goes everywhere with us. Our most personal gadget. But Mac OSX and iOS don't really act the same no matter how much some people say iPhone is like having a computer in our pocket. Mac acts like a real computer. While mobile phones and tablets are basically a bigger evolution of portable media players but with apps and a camera.
This is about the divided attention Apple gives to iOS and Mac. It isn't really split when computers carried Apple's brand for the previous 30 years before iPhone and this is how Mac is appreciated? Apple designs for experience? Are you sure, Phil? Or experience to make more money on us by making divisive (courageous) decisions (omissions)?
Honestly I am so glad I got the MacBook Pro in my signature last year. I saved £699, the price of an iPhone and I get to keep my built in HDMI port, SD Card Slot, more compatible USB-A ports, Magsafe, better keyboard too.
I honestly think this is the first time in Apple history that I think the previous generation product is superior. If I was ordering today I'd rather have the old model.
I honestly think this is the first time in Apple history that I think the previous generation product is superior. If I was ordering today I'd rather have the old model.
That's exactly what is happening with swtor (a starwars pc game) the developers are completely lost, we have the 3 stooges there...Apparently is a tendency on many IT companies right now...
Wow, just wow
Tech goes down in price year over year except at Apple. Now that IS magical.
The original Mac (with 128K of RAM) cost over $5500 in today's dollars. The original PowerBook was over $4000 in today's dollars. That's the base configuration.
Yeah but that's not how it is now. You can get an XPS 15" for $1700 with similar specs and performance. Apple needs a Time Machine to get to the current year if your point is the old stuff cost a shed load.
Apple took this approach once before. If I remember correctly, it didn't work out well for them. Not only did they nearly go out of business (three months from bankruptcy), but they had to be bailed out - BY MICROSOFT!!
Exactly, how do I plug my iPhone into that thing? Oh well, I don't have worry as I won't be buying one.
But this is the Pro line... the F-keys are not "outdated" in many professional contexts... and now you can't touch-type them.
Combined with the port stripping, the storage, and the last gen tech, and the sacrifices for "slimness", it's like Apple is now defining a professional as someone who blogs from a cafe, rather than coders/architects/engineers in offices.
Very likely. Someday you'll be able to touch-type on a completely configurable keyboard (not just which letters on which keys, but the layout of the "keys" themselves). Need an number pad? You got it. Want a keyboard of emoji? No problem. All the feedback will be haptic/taptic.
lol!! Esc is quite underrated, I wonder how annoying it'll be having to look constantly at the oled panel in order to find and press it all day long...
For me, price isn't the problem. It's what you get for the price that's b.s. I was ready to order a new MacBook Pro today if they delivered a worthy upgrade. This isn't the case. I speced it up to the highest end processor, video card, and 1TB of storage and I'm looking at $3500 for a midrange laptop. I'm going with the new Razer Blade Pro.
That does look like a nice laptop but it does wobble a bit tho. HP ditched the pen in the kaby lake model too. Just so you know.
Well they are trying to price the mac out of the users wallet, so they can kill it off and concentrate on "post pc" devices. I just hope they hurry it up, but release macos to work on traditional hardware. Ill pay $100 a year to apple to never touch windows again. But not $5k++ AUD for yesterdays tech.
I dont want to build a hackintosh. The whole point of a mac is not to deal with that ********. Once apon a time I would reinstall my OS for fun, and tinker. But now I dont have time for that. If I have to spend more time maintaining my computer than I do cleaning the trash each week, I might just as well get windows.
I dont want to build a hackintosh. The whole point of a mac is not to deal with that ********. Once apon a time I would reinstall my OS for fun, and tinker. But now I dont have time for that. If I have to spend more time maintaining my computer than I do cleaning the trash each week, I might just as well get windows.
I think everyone of us who've come here to bitch about appl, myself included, should just bail this lame company. A dock at the bottom of the screen is definitely not worth all the negative disappointment they spoon out (or don't spoon out) year after year after year. It's always a let down. Every damn time. The dream is over. Apl is what it is. The enthusiasm is gone. All this negativity is toxic to all of us. This last event, really was Apls defining moment. They've had 5 years. 5 years of empty promises. I've lost hope. After 21 years, I'm moving on. I've had enough. Bye bye.
