Heavy? That statement is just ridiculous. If you can't lift 5 pounds then there's something wrong. My mother's tiny Pomeranian weighs more. Outdated technology? Yeah, who the hell needs Blu-Ray? It's only state-of-the-art (with 4K BD discs coming soon, the format isn't going away contrary to the nonsensical things you would have me believe) and while Pros would like to burn their discs and not have to carry around a bulky external drive to do so, they don't matter because they're not the unwashed masses! But hey! What's important in life is TEXTING. Text while you drive! Other people don't matter. You are the center of the Universe and "most" people (meaning today's youth since older people don't matter, of course) ENJOY texting while driving (
http://www.textinganddrivingsafety.com/texting-and-driving-stats/ )and why should some small thing like other people's lives matter to someone that is clearly only interested in what
they want?
Maybe the entire computer is unnecessary since I doubt you know what a computer is actually normally used for and probably only use it to do social media anyway. I think you'd be happier with an iPhone. WTF would you want to carry around a bulky 3 pound monolith when you can carry around a 4 ounce texting machine?
It's a good thing companies like Samsung exist because they DO get it, which probably explains why Android now controls over 80% of the market and is still growing while Apple's share keeps dropping and is already below 20% and when it hits 10% the developers will start fleeing in droves just like in the 1990s with the Mac. And THEN it's only a matter of time before Apple is right back where it started before the return of Steve Jobs. Sadly, Steve won't be around to save Apple this time.
Catering to a single demographic is a good way to lose the market in the long run (and Apple's NEW market is the people that buy overpriced underwhelming BEATS headphones). Apple obviously thinks if it ditches all its Halo (Pro) software it'll be OK because only a small percentage of users are power users and/or professionals. Create computers for the unwashed MASSES, but PRICE them for the Elite (that statement alone describes Beats headphones to a "T"). THAT is what will kill Apple in the long run. If they want to serve the Elite, then they better get back to making Elite computers like they did in 2008. If they're going to make TOYS, then they better drop the price to $300 like all the other TOY MAKERS out there because without good software and proper hardware, Apple is little more than a gadget maker these days. Instead of a professional workstation with the things the Pros actually NEED, let's make an R2D2 trash can instead and price it out of the stratosphere so even the people that it does appeal to (which is not most professionals many of which already fled to Windows since Apple didn't bother with the Mac Pro for several years at a time) won't buy it because they can't afford it working at jobs that pay little more than minimum wage. That way few buy them and we can then write that computer out of the lineup as well. Go crApple go!
