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Well...with Tim Cook stating they really care about Macs, I guess this just confirms they're all full of ****.
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Apple's Phil Schiller: 'We Don't Design for Price, We Design for the Experience'
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Well...with Tim Cook stating they really care about Macs, I guess this just confirms they're all full of ****.
If that was true Phil then immediately cancel the Mac Mini and 8, 16 & 32GB phones.
It's always about price and monthly payments for 90% of us.
It's always about price and monthly payments for 90% of us.
I just realized they come with Skylake processors 
I assumed it'd come with Kaby Lake since many Windows machines have been shipping with them.
I had the live stream on the whole time on my iPad. Must've been a bird that flew by at the exact moment Mr. Schiller talked about the processor.
I assumed it'd come with Kaby Lake since many Windows machines have been shipping with them. I had the live stream on the whole time on my iPad. Must've been a bird that flew by at the exact moment Mr. Schiller talked about the processor.
When I drop into a LR it is a whole different experience than a Rav-4. I don't expect a dressed up CRV at LR prices and someone tell me it's about the experience.
'Care about affordability my ...'
I actually think the touch bar is nice. Touch ID is nice. A choice of silver or space grey is nice. But the obsession with thinness to the cost of functionality aspects, the prices, the need for adapters for so many things now, the lack of internal upgrading/expandability... taken all together it's all reaching shark-jumping proportions, if it hasn't already for many people.
I actually think the touch bar is nice. Touch ID is nice. A choice of silver or space grey is nice. But the obsession with thinness to the cost of functionality aspects, the prices, the need for adapters for so many things now, the lack of internal upgrading/expandability... taken all together it's all reaching shark-jumping proportions, if it hasn't already for many people.
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They also don't design for innovation anymore
I understand what he's saying. But, if the price is too high, only a few will buy. I for one won't be picking it up, even though I had planned to do so. I simply cannot justify the price.
Prediction: MacBook sales will decline after they dropped this lemon...
Honestly, like WTF such a huge downer to see this today.
Who wants my money now?
Dell.... Microsoft...
i dont understand how unemployed hipsters are going to afford this
Sure Phil. And I eat my greens because I enjoy the experience, not because my gf forces me.
Id love to know what was their idea behind putting the price of the old ones up, its certainly nothing to do with design or progress because they had already been designed and on sale for less only hours ago!
you guys think there will be a price drop like they did with the iphone ?
Yes, design with only four USB-C ports because it offers such a great experience. Price it at $1800 because it's such a magical price. No... we aren't doing this for money. If we were we'd be one of the biggest corporations in the world!
He didn't say they aren't doing this for money. He said they don't design their products with the price in mind and try to make an inexpensive machine. He said they design to make the best experience and that's why they are expensive.
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What a time to be alive!
What a time to be alive!
The reality is these prices are in line with late-'08 MBP prices. When I built my '08 machine, it was a loaded BTO machine and it was 3 grand.
Aside from the huge SSD options now, which there was nothing comparable in 2008, the loaded 512 machine is right around $3k, so pretty on par with 8 years ago.
So everyone bitching must be fairly new to Macs, because they've been comparatively quite cheap for several years now.
Aside from the huge SSD options now, which there was nothing comparable in 2008, the loaded 512 machine is right around $3k, so pretty on par with 8 years ago.
So everyone bitching must be fairly new to Macs, because they've been comparatively quite cheap for several years now.
I had a Honda Fit when I bought my $2800 laptop, argument invalid.
It's more clear now than ever just how much Steve Jobs drove Apple. They got by for a few years ok until it was time to start adopting newer technologies, and now it's just a complete mess.
They now go back to charging insane prices for **** that doesn't work with anything else but theirs, and now doesn't even work well with other things within their own ecosystem
They now go back to charging insane prices for **** that doesn't work with anything else but theirs, and now doesn't even work well with other things within their own ecosystem
Repeat after me! Two 5K monitors simultaneously. Charging at every port. Power and Video over the same cable. Did I mention the plugs are symmetrical and go in either way?
That explains why 90% of this forum are complaining.
This is what happens when all your executives are obscenely wealthy - you design products that most can't afford.
'"marks a beginning" of a "very interesting direction"'
Code for more mechanical keys slowly getting replaced by touch-panels?
Code for more mechanical keys slowly getting replaced by touch-panels?
Like all things, you get what you pay for. But these guys are so in the clouds its unbelievable."ancient" 3.5mm jack in the comp but no port to plug in the new headphones? Doesn't make sense. Sure there's blutooth and "Airpods" but c'mon
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So having to have multiple dongles makes a great experience?