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Apple's Q2 2017 MacBook Sales Increase 17 Percent Over the Previous Quarter
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But from my perspective, and many others evidently, the mac has a greater capability because of being a better built machine, and mostly the mac OS.
you can do mostly the same things on a pc, if you know how or want to mess with them to keep them functioning.
I guess thats why IBM are buying Macs? Apple hasn't convinced anyone of anything, its a free country, if you want to buy a cheaper car, or computer or whatever you are free to do it.
Yes, the magsafe removal is yet another bad design decicion made the last few years. Male lightning on the apple pencil, dropping the 3.5mm jack, charging the magic mouse from beneth, and the touch bar - resulting in years of muscle memory to be in vain.
I still like their producs, and like mac os, and i will get a new iphone, but some of the magic and really good design decicions seems to be lost.
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Pfff, all Pros use an adapter anyway.
Apple has an eco-system that is unparalleled and I imagine will continue to tighten and grow, that's the reason IMHO that Apple can and does sell as many Mac's as they do even when economic times aren't as good.
Asus is quite impressive. 10 years ago they were playing catchup to Acer and were best known for their EEEPcs (netbooks). Now they are a powerhouse computer company making Macbook competitors (Zenbook), gaming computers (ROG lineup), phones, tablets, monitors, routers, motherboards, graphics cards and everything in between. The fact that they have parity market share with Apple is very impressive.
Considering 99% of your post was about how unhappy you are with the MBP and how people are forced to buy a MBP because the lack of options, no it wasn't clear.
The point is, you don't know the reason that dictates MacBook Pro sales.
Nobody knows for sure, correct.
All I was trying to clear up is that anyone saying "sales are up = people love the touchbar/new keyboard" has no way to know that or prove that.
Many people will buy a new MacBook in spite of changes they don't care for, again, as articulated previously the ecosystem and preference for macOS can quickly override any specific undesirable hardware changes. Good for Apple - Bad for anyone who doesn't love the choices they make around hardware changes.
And again - some people (like you it sounds like) enjoy all aspects of the new laptops, that is not in dispute, and that's good for those people. I'm happy for them (and you).
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I totally agree, a single cable 5k solution is totally awesome!
That could have been done without the keyboard changes or forcing the TouchBar on everyone in the 15" market though.
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My opinion is that for Apple, the Mac has just become an accessory for the iPhone. The iPhone is their primary product where most of their revenue and profit comes from. Most of the updates to MacOS recently have been somehow related to staying consistent with the ecosystem. Apple Watch, Apple TV, MacBook, etc... just accessories. Its not to say they aren't great computers, but they are not in the business of really innovating there any more.
This headline is inaccurate. The report doesn't show that MacBook sales increased 17%, it shows that ALL Apple laptops increased 17%, and that much of the growth is attributed to the MacBook. Kind of sloppy reporting, and pointless, since Apple releases exact figures of laptop sales every quarter. We don't need some analyst to make guesses.
And by the way, who still used the term "notebook" to refer to a laptop? That feels so 1996.
And by the way, who still used the term "notebook" to refer to a laptop? That feels so 1996.
I would if my current macbook are old. it is almost 3 years old and performance is still as good. And I just got a new screen, battery and keyboard last week. looks like i can get another few years out of this.
In Canada (specifically London, Ontario), 15" TouchBar with minimum specs combined with 13% tax is just over $3000. To the point where I feel a need to win $10,000 to buy one, still have the rest for a nestegg & feel I didn't spend my money foolishly (than just jumping in & buying being over $3000 poorer).
I know they hold their value, but it's classic Mac where you pay more for less (than PC) just for the amazing OS (I have yet to experience it), better build & elitist 'Apple Tax'.
But but but everybody online said the new MacBooks weren't good updates! Oops. Yeah.
Sometimes, it is not necessary to spell everything out.
It would be best for the readers to interpret whichever way they wanted.
Its a faillure as a review because it was declared to be **** by well, the actual buyers; that's one hell of a failure huh.
The Verge calling it the best makes the whole thing even more laughable; if they had not lauded they would not be considered a garbage level review site like Cnet.
If it was indeed the best, why on earth is the quality so bad that people don't buy it?
I have been reading about 32 GB for 2 years now. Will this dream finally come true ? Really 64 would be better for those of us who edit 4K/120 . But I will settle for 32. Then I can finally retire my l2013 16GB/1TB. And by the way, will Apple still charge an extra $1200 for 2TB ? How about making 2TB standard and optional 4TB ?
Not oops. Growth doesn't indicate quality because you don't have any measurement or indicator of what the **baseline** growth rate would have been. That's a counter factual.
Aside from that, mediocre products often sell.
Apple is (to great profit) increasingly positioning itself as a "high-end" company, so their target market is not subject to those who are impacted by "economic times aren't as good."
That is the reason why they both make so much money and will never break the niche space they exist in. Why should they, really?
IMHO, now it's become an issue of making the best products possible or making the most money.
They choose the latter. They used to do both.
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An individual IS convinced when he/she/it chooses to purchase something. Thus Apple has successfully convinced 10% of the market to purchase their devices above all others. Or looking at it another way, it failed to convice the other 90%.
I prefer Macs because of how they do things, and I can do what I need to on the Macs I own (2011/2012). Through Apple's annual "removal ceremony", I cannot do what I need to on current Macs without some BS workaround I didn't need before. So from my perspective, they are less capable, while being more expensive.
My point is that all these things are subjective, but the report clearly shows that most customers aren't falling for Apple's tactics, however profitable they are for Apple.
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THIS.
"The Mac has become an iPhone accessory as far as I'm concerned."
EXACTLY. I don't think it is 100% there but that's where it looks like it's going.
This is why I think it would be better for us (me?) if Apple split iOS and the Mac to where we have desktops and laptops running both. A (souped-up) iOS-powered, pen-enabled iMac would be awesome. Or an iOS 2-in-1. Keep those as the iPhone extensions.
Then give us a real Mac Pro and real, expandable (again) MBPs (13-15-17).
The consumer/pro matrix would still work: iOS for consumer hardware (includes phones), MacOS for Pro hardware.
All it says to me is some people like it, some do not. The problem is there are people that are always going to buy Apple regardless, guaranteeing sales, who don't agree with Apple's design decisions. What can they do?