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How could they make a cheaper display without taking away from Pro Display sales?
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Quote: Steve Jobs, mentor to Tim Cook:
"...it comes from saying no to 1,000 things to make sure we don't get on the wrong track or try to do too much. We're always thinking about new markets we could enter, but it's only by saying no that you can concentrate on the things that are really important."
Like making money from you...
"...it comes from saying no to 1,000 things to make sure we don't get on the wrong track or try to do too much. We're always thinking about new markets we could enter, but it's only by saying no that you can concentrate on the things that are really important."
Like making money from you...
If you want a cheaper display (possibly with a set of trade-offs per above), there are plenty of options not made by apple.
Apple focuses on a specific niche, and they are good at filling that niche. If you want something cheaper, you’re best off seeking third party - which is where other manufacturers do a better job.
You’ll struggle to find a modern monitor with no speakers at all, as displayport and hdmi both include audio.
Apple focuses on a specific niche, and they are good at filling that niche. If you want something cheaper, you’re best off seeking third party - which is where other manufacturers do a better job.
You’ll struggle to find a modern monitor with no speakers at all, as displayport and hdmi both include audio.
Yup, thats one option.
Apple like to focus on the devices they think they can do better than other people. Which is premium gear with integration features with the rest of their platforms. E.g. the studio display has an iPhone 11 SOC in it essentially to control the centre stage camera. That's ONE reason it is expensive; they could get rid of the inbuilt centre stage webcam and save a heap there. But then it wouldn't be the single cable to do all the display related things box that it is for an attached Mac mini or MacBook in clamshell mode.
Cheap doesn't enter into it. They don't do cheap well.
Apple like to focus on the devices they think they can do better than other people. Which is premium gear with integration features with the rest of their platforms. E.g. the studio display has an iPhone 11 SOC in it essentially to control the centre stage camera. That's ONE reason it is expensive; they could get rid of the inbuilt centre stage webcam and save a heap there. But then it wouldn't be the single cable to do all the display related things box that it is for an attached Mac mini or MacBook in clamshell mode.
Cheap doesn't enter into it. They don't do cheap well.