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Mac Shipments Down in Q1 2019 Amid Worldwide PC Decline
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Holding quite steady in a PC declining era, exactly as they expect.
You'd think Mac sales went to 0 if you read these forums.
BTW, these are estimates. We'll get the official numbers from Apple in about 3 weeks, so take these with a grain of salt.
You'd think Mac sales went to 0 if you read these forums.
BTW, these are estimates. We'll get the official numbers from Apple in about 3 weeks, so take these with a grain of salt.
Nope, Lenovo makes a darn good machine with perhaps the best keyboard in the business. Wish Apple used the exact same keyboard. It's awesome. I have never liked a single keyboard Apple has ever made. They feel like the bottom of the barrel garbage. The rest of the machine is great. Apple's insistence that the butterfly problem only affects a small number of us is the opposite of what potential buyers want to hear, especially when spending a premium price for a premium product.
I'd buy a new MBP if they put a reliable keyboard in it.
Zero issues with my keyboard from day one. Don’t be afraid from all the fear mongering on the Internet about the keyboard, not everyone is having issues.
Our company has been using Lenovo for the past several years. Have been using a Thinkpad for about a year and I have to admit I am not really big fan of windows but in terms of hardware this has been a pretty good unit
MBs cost more when you add the cost to increase storage and dongles. The issue with the keyboard may also make people hesitant in buying MBPs too.
I’m in the market for a new Mac. Mine is from 2010, iMac 27”. I’ve upgeaded to ssd but it’s time to upgrade.
Looking at the apple store is despressing as all hell. They do not make any Mac that is what I want. I could settle for a Mac mini, it’ll be powerful enough for what I want it for, but the Mac mini is WAAY too expensive, misawell get a damn intel NUC for $400.
I have the cash, apple. But I’m not going to waste it on a **** deal
Looking at the apple store is despressing as all hell. They do not make any Mac that is what I want. I could settle for a Mac mini, it’ll be powerful enough for what I want it for, but the Mac mini is WAAY too expensive, misawell get a damn intel NUC for $400.
I have the cash, apple. But I’m not going to waste it on a **** deal
Ten reason why Macs sales are down:
1. Bad keyboards
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They sold 4M Macs (at higher prices), their sales declined less than the overall market, and their market share increased.
Tell me more about how they priced themselves out.
Lenovo ThinkPads are the de facto standard for business users.
If you want a 2-in-1, it's really either only the Yoga or Surface.
Or the entire market declined 4.6% and Apple declined less, while increasing market share.
When has Gardner ever been correct about Mac sales? The have continuously underestimated sales when Apple was reporting them, there is no reason to think any thing has changed.
No kidding, Sherlock/s
But it is not only the keyboard, although it is the most offensive and visible of all.
Queue the litany of "new-generation fixes" (which did not need fixing)...
- of course, keyboard (with or without "improved" key condoms)
- magsafe, where are you? we miss you!
- proprietary thunderbolt 1,2,3 .. the port to rule them all ... not! (USB 3.1 Gen2 compatibility is the saving grace)
- mega-sized touchpad (with imperfect palm rejection)
- T2 firmware with built-in "failure as an option"
- touch bar that no one asked, but all have to pay
- minimal, fixed storage configurations as entry level, with super-sized pricing for useful ones.
- built as a disposable appliance where any reasonable repair (e.g. battery!) demands system overhaul and sub-system replacement (top aluminum case replaced with keyboard, speakers, and battery as a single sub-system)
- adding insult to injury, no "Right-to-Repair", with no repair manuals and/or OEM replacement parts available to third parties.
- and, of course, Cook's spreadsheet where options are all priced by powers-of-2, regardless of technology trends.
Simple, macOS.
But that distinction is fading away... fast.
I haven't had any reliability issues with mine, but that doesn't mean it's not one of the crappiest keyboards ever.
I have a 2012 iMac with a Fusion Drive and it works great for me even for coding. Sure a more modern processor would reduce compile times, but what I get now isn’t bad. A Fusion Drive or SSD makes the biggest difference. I had a 2011 iMac and it was much slower with just a spinning drive. Using a seven year old computer would be ridiculous fifteen years ago. But it isn’t ridiculous today.
We also have a 2011 MacBook Air. We hardly use it anymore. With iPads the MacBook Air doesn’t really serve much of a purpose in my house. It is less useful than a tablet for most things we’d use a laptop for. But when I have used it lately it works fine too.
I love the spin job here.
This statement (and the headline) couples Apple's decline with the overall industry decline. Fine. But then buries (4th paragraph) the fact that three companies actually increased sales (even downplaying one of those to "remain steady" because, well I guess the number was positive but less than 1.0...or something).
Amid a decline of 4.6 percent in worldwide PC sales, Apple's Mac sales were also down 2.5 percent in the first quarter of 2019
This statement (and the headline) couples Apple's decline with the overall industry decline. Fine. But then buries (4th paragraph) the fact that three companies actually increased sales (even downplaying one of those to "remain steady" because, well I guess the number was positive but less than 1.0...or something).
Best hardware out there. And the best keyboard.
I’ve switched over to X1E, and I’m not looking back. Using linux, and if this thing could run Mac OS, I wouldn’t even look at what Apple is offering.
None.
But they chose to offer some in form of butterfly keyboard and gimmicky touch bar.
And three companies actually increased both sales (6.9, 0.8 and 1.5 percent) and market share (1.4, 1.2 and 1.6 percentage points). So you they did less bad than the bottom players. But any attempt to paint this as good is delusional.