And like in their previous ads, none of the supposed advantages they are showing are owed to Intel.
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But you've still got to use that awful Windows OS.
The Windows OS is the main reason I left PC.
The Windows OS is the main reason I left PC.
Oh wow this dual screen laptop is way cool... oh there a lot of finger prints all over the screens... is there a fingerprint resistant version?.... but wow those screens are cool! Wait... is it supposed to be this hot? it feels really hot.. all I did was open a web browser... wow... and those fans are really loud. are they suppose to be that loud? ooh and the battery is already down to 50%... Do I have to use windows to get all those games?
I almost feel sad for Intel. Apple started designing their own chips and divorced them. With AIM Alliance it was the opposite…Motorola and IBM basically stopped caring about personal computing, leaving Apple abandoned.
Now Intel can’t compete in design, manufacturing, video or consumer. Their only saving grace has been the global pandemic because the supply constraints allow them to sell everything they make, keeping them somewhat on equal footing with the competition.
Now Intel can’t compete in design, manufacturing, video or consumer. Their only saving grace has been the global pandemic because the supply constraints allow them to sell everything they make, keeping them somewhat on equal footing with the competition.
Every person requesting a touch screen on their MacBook is cringey as hell. It's the perfect example of never let the customer create the device for you.
They have definitely trimmed out any reference to the OS or any fan who stayed loyal to apple despite what they have presented to him.
They really went all out to fool these people by recreating an Apple Store design environment with furniture and decorations in the room they were in. Down to copying the new plants from Apple stores.
Thank for making the choice for us. And why apple will forever stay as a luxury thing and not a casual thing. You don’t play games to kill time( your life seems dull) you play games because the are fun
seems more that you didn’t lose interest or patience. But just access to them and was forced to change hobby
The market is not overrated. Apples service revenue is dominated from mobile games.
consoles have sold 250~million since 2017.
apples total mac sales don’t even reach 100 million total units from 2009.
The only thing apple is growing is services. iOS sails are sloping as well as mac sales. Apple is becoming more and more a service.
Macs user base is a catch 22. No games equals no gaming interests.
At least I can chose to do that. I want macOS and **** out of luck. But will build a hackintos so I can dual boot windows for gaming and windows for gaming.
Tell that to every “apple fan” on this site complaining leaks don’t feel like apple, untill apple released it. But to be fair no apple fan would believe apple will allow upgrade ability.
Same like having the Mac Pro as an art piece.
That is a shame. If apple cared for gaming it would be the dominant market instead a rich man’s product or business only.
There is not a single Mac exclusive game. Only ports. Or “iOS” exclusives are kind of irrelevant. Console selling games like God of War, daemon souls, halo, gears of war etc. no such thing exist in the apple ecosystem.
Nope, Apple equipment is more expensive, for an extremely boring ride.
Mac have become a beautiful workaholic and windows is ugly but for having fun and options
Well we are a very big group. I sold my rMBP 2012 a few years back to replace it with a PC so I could play games without bootcamp and an iPad Pro . I regret buying the iPad instead of a MacBook Air considering how limited it is
who cares at all? Mac’s don’t have games. It’s a workstation exclusively. How far apple gave fallen as the casual guy instead of stick up their ass corporate overlords.
this is a dumb design tho.
Shame it’s still more locked down. Less options less abilities. iOS and Mac work seamlessly tho. Just need to fix that game problem, upgradability of at least one Mac and I would return instantly
No need. Apple does that effectively with their butterfly keyboards. Anti repair mentality and hostility of making a Mac for the masses
Hackintosh for the rescue
Does it matter? Apple computers haven’t been able to upgrade ether for a long long time
1.000% agree
As a web developer, using a Windows10 company laptop (HP), and an Air (personal), I can honestly say that the biggest difference is the one that cannot be put on paper -- macs just work. On the MS side there are a ton of things that require constant fixing, or acceptance that it just wont work (examples: bluetooth headphones that require a daily trip to setting to re-pair, closing & opening the lid doesn't properly come of of sleep 2/10 times, and many more).
- Would I love some of the features shown? Sure.
- Is touch one of them? Heck no, I have it and never use it since it's more of a gimmick than a feature *for my particular use case*.
- Would I leave macOS to get the features? Not a chance, I like things to be limited to the feature set that works, instead of throwing in the kitchen sink but flooding the place in the process.
- Would I love some of the features shown? Sure.
- Is touch one of them? Heck no, I have it and never use it since it's more of a gimmick than a feature *for my particular use case*.
- Would I leave macOS to get the features? Not a chance, I like things to be limited to the feature set that works, instead of throwing in the kitchen sink but flooding the place in the process.
You are really special. What f-king desktop are we supposed to buy? iMac 16stuck with a GPU less powerful than a GTX 690(2014)
Or 3-4x less powerful than a 1080/2070/3060
A 1k$ Mac mini with a crappy intel iGPU?
Or a 6k$ Mac Pro
Get real man
I'm sorry, but I disagree with you. Windows is great. Only have had positive experiences with 7 and 10 and 11 looks amazing and works flawlessly…On my AMD laptop. My Intel HP sounds like it's about to blow up sometimes.
Not sure what these commercials had to do with Intel though. There are better AMD laptops about there.
I agree with you, but many people bash Apple products without even trying them out.
I have a hard time believing these are genuine reactions. Mainly because I can't believe that people are so woefully unaware of what's going on in tech outside of Apple.
Then again, a lot of PC/Windows/Android users are incredibly unaware of what's going on outside their preferred tech bubble so... maybe?
It's also preeeeeetty misleading.
"PCs can run all these games!" Yes - if you get a dedicated graphics card, enough RAM and a decent CPU.
"PCs are upgradable!" Yes - if you get specific models from specific manufacturers - or a PC you build yourself. I'd argue, though, that if you're so unaware of what's going on in the PC world, you probably won't be comfortable building one yourself.
The original Mac vs PC ads were somewhat misleading, too, but at least they were funny.
Then again, a lot of PC/Windows/Android users are incredibly unaware of what's going on outside their preferred tech bubble so... maybe?
It's also preeeeeetty misleading.
"PCs can run all these games!" Yes - if you get a dedicated graphics card, enough RAM and a decent CPU.
"PCs are upgradable!" Yes - if you get specific models from specific manufacturers - or a PC you build yourself. I'd argue, though, that if you're so unaware of what's going on in the PC world, you probably won't be comfortable building one yourself.
The original Mac vs PC ads were somewhat misleading, too, but at least they were funny.
Main problem with Windows PC is software: it is not ready for Tablet, not for Phone. They are very beautiful but when you start using them you find a lot of drawbacks in using Windows as a tablet.
And there is a lie in the video: those shown PC aren't upgradeable as MACs aren't.
And there is a lie in the video: those shown PC aren't upgradeable as MACs aren't.
The commercial is great but falls flat once you realize that all of those "great" features will rely on you running Windows.
that would actually be useful for business travel - and could probably be constructed without a lot of overhead
(given that there isn't that big a difference between an M1 MacBook and iPad).
At home I might prefer a dedicated iPad - but for business travel and integrated into a laptop - I would love this.
