I'm curious if you think those HPs will last 4 years. I think it's a testament to Apple and computing in general that it is becoming normal for a computer to last 3-4-5 years, and be completely productive. My MBP is a mid 2014, and works fine for all of my development tasks.
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I'm curious if you think those HPs will last 4 years. I think it's a testament to Apple and computing in general that it is becoming normal for a computer to last 3-4-5 years, and be completely productive. My MBP is a mid 2014, and works fine for all of my development tasks.
After hearing all that noise about iOS11 I have installed on an old iPhone 5S I have around and it's showing no issues. I don't see any news magazine talk about widespread noticeable issues with iOS11 and performances or battery so I think it's the usual much ado about nothing.
Wishful thinking? As long as Apple continues to lead in the product categories in which they compete, people will continue to buy more Apple products, not less; and in the process, become more entrenched in Apple's ecosystem.
Also, what in the world is a "cult themed technology"? If 75% of a nation is using it, then that's a pretty large "cult".
I don’t know about your social pool but I’m my area (US), most people have at least one Apple Product. iPhones 5c or newer dominate my University and work. MacBooks and MacBook Airs are the most common computers around campus and other social places I go to. Apple TVs are in every classroom.
Of course this is a scientific survey so the scope is much better than what we see outside our homes.
its remarkable how different though that our own "bubbles" are. and how dependant on region it is too
here in my bubble. nobody uses Apple. At all. Aside from the iPad's I have purchased for my father, Nieces and sister, everyone else uses Android phones and windows for everything else.
But that also points that the US tech use cases don't lline up with the rest of the worlds. Where in the US, Apple features near 40% phone usage (if not higher), the rest of the world is closer to 30%. America really supports Apple far greater than the competition. Dunno if it's a combination of that it's an American company or pure marketing prowess? it's just an interesting thing to look at from a business case standpoint
Totally parents money here since the average age is 16 which is generally the youngest jobs will take. If this were teens 16-19, it could go either way. Although a 17 buying an iPhone with their own money is still not paying rent, insurance, etc...
I'd be interested to know how you are defining 'cult themed technology'?
'Cult' and 'mass appeal' are usually mutually exclusive.
Is the idea here that Apple products are as popular as they are because people who buy them are akin to those following a cult?
Rather than, say, I dunno, just off the top of my head, Apple just make good quality products that a lot of people like?
I'm sympathetic, but that battle is lost in English. When I speak Spanish, I always say estadounidense. When I speak French, I sometimes say états-unien (if I'm talking geopolitics). If I'm having a casual conversation, I say américain. When I speak English, I always say American when I mean a resident of the USA. I haven't heard an English term that is not awful.
Or the average American's wealth relative to the average wealth elsewhere...
And we tend to like 'stuff' here more than other countries.
There’s still huge headroom to exploit for Apple in other segments and even in the segments they’re currently in.
Or a testament to the fact that computers haven't gotten much faster in the last 5-7 years.
I don't know why teens are polled. They are as flaky as they come. A recent survey on teens says that they don't care about social network. They would have been ok without it. And guess where they spend all their time whole day and night! I wish we all parent won't succumb to this. I really get mad when I see a 5th grader running around with iPhone plus. Why????
Relative wealth does play a factor in it, especially since Apple does peg prices against USD regardless of the market out of country.
For example, the iphone 8 base price right now in Canada is $929 (unlocked 64gb off contract). with tax (13% in Ontario), the entry price comes to a whopping $1049. add apple care and you're looking at closer to $1300 CAD.
Canadians on average are not 30% more wealthy that our US counterparts. But we're expected to pay nearly 30% more for the exact same products and services.
No one is saying Apple is doomed or losing sales except you. Lots of people are complaining about bugs and glitches and lag. Completely different things.
Because the bigger screen is great for gaming?
iPhones are today's gameboys.
Or if you're older that commodore whatever before Atari.
You need upgrade to a better sphere. In mine, only a couple people have Androids and they don't like them.
I don't know how much worth I would give to this survey. I own many Apple products. But I can tell you this: I don't use my iPad air that much. I prefer opening up my MacBook pro. My daughter has my old MacBook pro. She wants to upgrade and I am holding off because the newer ones are not worth it.
So a survey about iwbibg an Apple product is useless. A right survey would be how much usage does it get. It's the same way, how we judge a social network worth. It's not about people having accounts, it's about DAU, MAU. Same should he applied to any product survey.
So a survey about iwbibg an Apple product is useless. A right survey would be how much usage does it get. It's the same way, how we judge a social network worth. It's not about people having accounts, it's about DAU, MAU. Same should he applied to any product survey.
oh, they've gotten MUCH faster.
what has happened is we've hit a point of diminishing returns. Back in the 90's and 00. new software regularly pushed the boundaries of what hardware could do. You would frequently have to look on the back of the box the floppies came in just to see if your CPU was enough. your ram was enough, etc. Each new piece of software, tended to push the hardware boundaries every single day. minimum requirements often in new software exceeded the previous generations of hardware by leaps and bounds.
Look at windows Vista (booo BOooo!!!!! BOOO THIS WINDOWS!). when it launched, it required computer power that most of the world didn't have yet. it was one of the reasons it was so panned. most computers just wouldn't be able to run it, forcing a mass wave of upgrading, or stagnation.
But today? hardware might keep getting faster. but most software minimum requirements now are met by even the lowest end hardware. Better hardware might equal better performance, but everything for the most part will run on even the lowest end stuff. you can run Photoshop on a 5 year old i3. will it be as fast as on a brand new i9? ah heck no, but it will run.
back then, if you bought $300 super cheap computer, it would be obsolete in 6 months. Now if you buy a $300 computer, chances are it'll still run everything 5 years from now (unless we magically hit some leap in software technology)
are you really using your own subjective belief about your devices skew your opinion enough that you're telling someone else what friends he should have based on what hardware they use?
I want you to really really think that through
Curious what the number was back in the peak iPod days. I would assume it had to be higher as the cheapest Apple Device was $99 for a period of time when you included the Shuffle.