Mac Sales Remain Flat in July, 5% Year Over Year Drop Expected for September Quarter

[pearvsapple]

Desktop will continue to decline. Give us Thunderbolt 2.0 graphics and more than 90% of desktop users would migrate to mobile devices without hesitation.

 

[maxosx]

Besides the obvious, it's also due to the normal ebb & flow of business.

 

[szw-mapple fan]

this is dated, 5-year-old multi-touch integration.

you know what I mean.

Yeah. But honestly, I've never found the urge to touch my mac's screen and my other hybrid win8 tablet/laptop never gets touched unless I use it without its keyboard stand. I have to wipe the screen every time to get rid of the fingerprints before plucking it back in. I'd rather have apple make their notebooks thinner and lighter rather than attaching a touch screen.

 

[Xiroteus]

Yeah. But honestly, I've never found the urge to touch my mac's screen and my other hybrid win8 tablet/laptop never gets touched unless I use it without its keyboard stand. I have to wipe the screen every time to get rid of the fingerprints before plucking it back in. I'd rather have apple make their notebooks thinner and lighter rather than attaching a touch screen.

I have noticed a 11.6" screen is comfortable to touch yet LOTS of wiping the screen, meaning many days a day because I hate finger prints. Not sure how useful it would be on a large laptop.

 

[eddystrasser]

Yeah. But honestly, I've never found the urge to touch my mac's screen and my other hybrid win8 tablet/laptop never gets touched unless I use it without its keyboard stand. I have to wipe the screen every time to get rid of the fingerprints before plucking it back in. I'd rather have apple make their notebooks thinner and lighter rather than attaching a touch screen.

if martha stewart can make a non-stick pan, apple can make a no-fingerprint screen.

 

[szw-mapple fan]

if martha stewart can make a non-stick pan, apple can make a no-fingerprint screen.

Why bother? I've never had the urge to touch the screen. Plus, if they could, why doesn't iOS devices have those screens?

 

[J53119]

What would be the point of that?

Cost! If the plastic iPhone is to save money, why not offer it again for a MacBook?

 

[Renzatic]

if martha stewart can make a non-stick pan, apple can make a no-fingerprint screen.

Kinda hard to compare an opaque pan to a transparent piece of glass, man.

 

[Mums]

Like I said before, Apple does not care about the 27 of you. You are not a "Pro" just because you want a bigger screen.

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I think more people want Floppy Drives and Serial ports.

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Since every Apple Product (except for the classic MBP and the soon-to-be discontinued Mac Pro) do not have an Optical Drive, I suggest you get used to it if you want to stay in the Appleverse.

Plenty of PC's also now omit the drive. It's becoming fairly useless in todays society, and if you need one, go buy an external. You can be as vocal as you want - it's not coming back.

I put "pro" in quotes because I'm not convinced that such a thing exists.