IDC: Mac Shipments Continue to Soar

[nt5672]

No there's really nothing bad to say about Apple's current Mac streak. They're doing really really well, no reason to not buy a Mac nowadays.

Except for all of the unaddressed bugs.

Like Time Machine not being reliable. We are always having to reboot or do something else because Time Machine thinks the disk is in use, or we don't have permissions, etc. This after working fine for weeks.

Like Remote Access just dropping the connection and not able to reconnect for a long time or never without rebooting the target computer. On a local network with monitored business class routers and switches that are not showing errors.

Multiple crashes per day in Apple's development systems and associated daemons.

My wife is sick of her MacBook because of all of the errors and things that just quit working. Just this morning Safari refused to open an email link. Reboot, works fine.

And I am talking about Sequoia on multiple modern M2 and M4 computers

 

[bradman83]

As in “Wow—I hope they aren’t using the same crappy plastic that discolored then disintegrated after a year of use.”?

The black plastic wasn't too bad; I had a black MacBook circa 2008 that held up well. But I agree that anything that comes into contact with human hands should not be matte white plastic. It will discolor no matter how much you clean it and regularly wash your hands.

 

[MacLawyer]

meanwhile the ipad they've been trying to shove down our throats as a "laptop replacement"

The iPad is big in aviation, hospitals, and to a certain extent in education. Agree it is not a laptop replacement.

 

[m1maverick]

No there's really nothing bad to say about Apple's current Mac streak. They're doing really really well, no reason to not buy a Mac nowadays.

Unless you need to run software which is not native to macOS. While the AS Macs are great they have one downside their x64 counterparts did not: The inability to natively run Windows.

 

[supergt]

Except for all of the unaddressed bugs.

Like Time Machine not being reliable. We are always having to reboot or do something else because Time Machine thinks the disk is in use, or we don't have permissions, etc. This after working fine for weeks.

Like Remote Access just dropping the connection and not able to reconnect for a long time or never without rebooting the target computer. On a local network with monitored business class routers and switches that are not showing errors.

Multiple crashes per day in Apple's development systems and associated daemons.

My wife is sick of her MacBook because of all of the errors and things that just quit working. Just this morning Safari refused to open an email link. Reboot, works fine.

And I am talking about Sequoia on multiple modern M2 and M4 computers

Apple software across its platforms pretty much sucks. There are bugs on iPhone and Mac. Siri is an abomination, and Apple intelligence is anything but.

 

[Jumpthesnark]

As in “Wow—I hope they aren’t using the same crappy plastic that discolored then disintegrated after a year of use.”?

I owned a white plastic Macbook and it lasted years and it never discolored or disintegrated. But I guess if someone were to treat their device like garbage, then it would end up looking like garbage. Sounds like it's not a problem with Apple's choice of materials.

 

[m1maverick]

I owned a white plastic Macbook and it lasted years and it never discolored or disintegrated. But I guess if someone were to treat their device like garbage, then it would end up looking like garbage. Sounds like it's not a problem with Apple's choice of materials.

It was. It discolors and chips, especially the upper deck around the edges. Great systems (I own two "BlackBooks") but they definitely had issues with the plastics.

 

[IceCool]

I do hope that one day Mac marketshare becomes substantial enough to encourage way more devs to release their software on Mac.

I absolutely love MacBooks and it’s nice to finally see more people loving theirs too, besides the usual Apple fans.

 

[m1maverick]

I do hope that one day Mac marketshare becomes substantial enough to encourage way more devs to release their software on Mac.

This was the benefit of the Intel Macs. People didn't have to worry about software availability because they could run Windows natively on their Macs. Not so with the AS Macs.

 

[Lounge vibes 05]

meanwhile the ipad they've been trying to shove down our throats as a "laptop replacement"

The iPad was on a hot streak as well, and last year sold almost triple as many as Macs, including 10 million iPad pros in seven months.

 

[WilliApple]

Is it bad that I thought MacRumors didn’t care before reading

 

[turbineseaplane]

This was the benefit of the Intel Macs. People didn't have to worry about software availability because they could run Windows natively on their Macs. Not so with the AS Macs.

Definitely a drawback now, as one can't even do Virtual Machines in the same we used to be able to.

😕

 

[lkrupp]

The more Macs in the wild the better, attracting the attention of developers who may have been Windows only in the past. If they can make decent money developing for macOS they’ll do it.

 

[n8mac]

Im surprised people dont buy more studios. They are really quite nice for those that need the power. I remember a long time ago when Apple had the high end 27” imac, there was a vocal group complaining about throwing away a good monitor when the machine was obsolete, asking for a headless imac. Apple delivered. So what happened to them?

 

[jouster]

I owned a white plastic Macbook and it lasted years and it never discolored or disintegrated. But I guess if someone were to treat their device like garbage, then it would end up looking like garbage. Sounds like it's not a problem with Apple's choice of materials.

It most certainly was an issue with the plastics, which is why they replaced my (and many others’) iBook’s case for nothing. It was a known issue. Not sure why you think someone you don’t know would treat their device like garbage. I took good care of mine, as I do with all my computing devices. Only the white iBook had this issue.

 

[m1maverick]

Im surprised people dont buy more studios. They are really quite nice for those that need the power. I remember a long time ago when Apple had the high end 27” imac, there was a vocal group complaining about throwing away a good monitor when the machine was obsolete, asking for a headless imac. Apple delivered. So what happened to them?

My brother wasn't one of the ones complaining about it but that's the situation he finds himself in right now. His 2014 27" Retina iMac needs to be replaced due to no longer being supported. It's a shame that a fully functional and beautiful display is likely headed to recycling due to the integration.

 

[Adelphos33]

Im surprised people dont buy more studios. They are really quite nice for those that need the power. I remember a long time ago when Apple had the high end 27” imac, there was a vocal group complaining about throwing away a good monitor when the machine was obsolete, asking for a headless imac. Apple delivered. So what happened to them?

1) A lot of people who liked the 27” iMacs also liked to tinker (add their own storage, RAM), and that was basically disabled with Apple silicon

2) Performance difference between MacBook Pro and Apple Studio (or Mac Mini) in the same chip/RAM configuration is minimal

3) Studio Display is expensive

The move to Apple Silicon seems to still be a big adjustment for a lot of prior Apple desktop users - it’s a different set of products

 

[svish]

Good for Apple. With the back to school sales and the new Macs expected to launch later this year, expecting the numbers to be up

 

[nt5672]

Im surprised people dont buy more studios. They are really quite nice for those that need the power. I remember a long time ago when Apple had the high end 27” imac, there was a vocal group complaining about throwing away a good monitor when the machine was obsolete, asking for a headless imac. Apple delivered. So what happened to them?

Right here. Will never again buy an iMac. Would think about it if the iMac had a display port of some type, but no Apple removed that.

So we are buying Mac Mini's with 3rd party displays. If Apple supplied a 5K 27 inch no frills display, we would have bought 2 to 4 this spring. But instead we are sending our money to someone else.