I haven’t shopped for a PC for the longest time. What makes Lenovo good here on the worldwide chart, just cheap systems?
Yes...Lenovo’s are still crap, no matter how much PC Magazine talks them up.
I haven’t shopped for a PC for the longest time. What makes Lenovo good here on the worldwide chart, just cheap systems?
yeah well I'm just some idiot on the internet but i'm kinda stumped on what apple could be doing right now besides making stuff cheaper and more accessible. I have and love my 2018 MacBook Air. No problems with the keyboard, Touch ID works great, screen is fine. The whole thing was just priced a couple hundred bucks too high.None.
But they chose to offer some in form of butterfly keyboard and gimmicky touch bar.
I haven’t shopped for a PC for the longest time. What makes Lenovo good here on the worldwide chart, just cheap systems?
Don't you feel tired trying to justify, apologize, defend, etc, Apple in every post?Or the entire market declined 4.6% and Apple declined less, while increasing market share.
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
It's priced beyond reach for most who expect a decent configuration..
I 100% agree. Apple has priced itself out of the market. Only those who work at Apple's headquarters can afford them (and the 1%ers).
I haven’t shopped for a PC for the longest time. What makes Lenovo good here on the worldwide chart, just cheap systems?
Yeah, and made 2% margins. What’s your point?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.
They haven't done anything in like 8 years... so
No, because it’s easy to point out the facts when people ignore what’s right in front of them. People have a hard time thinking critically. All this data helps me keep up with the company I own, so it’s kind of like working.Don't you feel tired trying to justify, apologize, defend, etc, Apple in every post?
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).
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1st generation i7 can still play triple AAA titles at a decent fps, my i7 920 was still chugging along far cry 4 last time i checked.I blame SSD's and lack of CPU/Battery progression.
For desktop users, there has been little reason to upgrade over the last decade provided your computer has an SSD. For the majority of the population, even a 1st gen i7 CPU has enough power to run word, browse facebook or watch a youtube video (as long as you have a decent enough GPU)
Laptop sales weren't affected as much. While new processors offered incremental raw performance increases, they did offer significantly reduced power consumption, which means longer run times and less heat, which also means less cooling needed which made for thinner and lighter laptops.
Fast forward to today and we have very marginal performance gains as well as power consumption reduction. Combine that with Apple's asking price and it's no shocker that sales are dropping.
They lost profits. The only reason they did not lose market share is because other losers lost even more (in sales). The big picture is that in 1996 Apple market share of PC market was 5.9%. It's 6.8% today.The most important metric is Apple hasn’t lost market share. I’m actually surprised at Apple price points, they are ahead of Asus and Acer.
Don't you feel tired trying to justify, apologize, defend, etc, Apple in every post?
Yes...Lenovo’s are still crap
They lost profits. The only reason they did not lose market share is because other losers lost even more (in sales). The big picture is that in 1996 Apple market share of PC market was 5.9%. It's 6.8% today.
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)...
So why bother?
- 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.