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To be fair. We have no idea if it’s still being produced with the 128 combined or just excess stock still being sold.
This whole website is built on the foundations of 'supposition and guessing'. In 9200+ posts over 12+ years I'd have thought you'd have noticed. But yes, my 'supposition and guessing' is they realised there was way too much of an overlap between what the M1 Air was capable of and the M1 Pro machines, with it stealing sales definitely from the 13" Pro model and probably some from the 14". When we get to finally see what the 14" and 16" M2 Pros are capable of I wouldn't expect there to be as much of an overlap this year, with more clearly-defined delineations between the products, aided and abetted by a 10% to 20% hike in the prices of both products (market dependent: Americans will get the least hike, while RotW pays through their a--ses), like we witnessed with the MBA. Supposition and guessing? Of course it is, I'm not an Apple insider.
I agree! but I'm old, so back in the late 90's OS9. I belonged to a bunch of online forums back then. every thing from audio forums to here. Back then there was a true community of users that actually helped one another. Offered good geniune advice. This sight was different also. But as everything else, commercialization has changed everything. Sponsors adds etc. Mac YouTubers that have click bait titles in a effort to make money, testing that they really don't know(none of them are electrical engineers with the proper equipment to even begin to offer up a unbiased testing). They used to be sight called silly Mac rumors back then, and was a parody of Apple news, now I fear all the apple sights have taken these silly rumors to actual facts.
Stakes were always gonna be high on new chip debut… best footforward
I'm old too. It just made me laugh on a forum literally called 'MacRumors' that someone called me out for supposition and guessing.
I stand Corrected! The sight was crazy Mac rumors If you use the wayback sight you can pull it up! http://crazyapplerumors.com/2001/12/ Here is a example of that sight, of course it was in good humor:
"Macs Suck" Web Sites Provides Irrefutable Evidence That Macs Do, Indeed, Suck
The Mac community has been dealt a series of reeling blows in recent weeks by the publication on multiple web sites of a compelling body of evidence that indicates Apple computers and the Macintosh operating system suck. Apple CEO Steve Jobs convened a hasty press conference this morning in a frantic attempt to quell the panic already rippling through the nation’s schools, graphics departments and homes where Macs are used.“We at Apple are still reviewing the material on SBP’s Anti-Mac Homepage and other sites,” Jobs said. “It will take us some time to digest this information but we expect within a few weeks to be able to determine if this will force us to take any action, such as a corporate restructuring. Obviously, this is as much a shock to us at Apple as it is to our customers. We simply had no idea that Macs suck so badly.”
Most devastating to Apple’s Macintosh product line is evidence unveiled on SBP’s Anti-Mac Homepage entitled “Technichal (sic) Reasons to Hate Macs.” Former Apple enthusiast and Macworld columnist Andy Ihnatko described his reaction to reading the incontrovertible evidence that the operating system he has proselytized for years sucks: “It was like a light went on, you know? One mouse button. No software. Low market share. Overpriced. The list went on and on. Reading it, I felt like I was in a car crash; everything was happening in slow motion.”
Analysts indicate that Apple has several key questions it will need to answer over the coming days if it is to right itself. Can it quickly make changes to its Macintosh product line to make it stop sucking or, at least, suck less? Does the recently introduced iPod, which is not a Macintosh, also suck or is it exempt from the suckage? Do certain Apple applications, such as WebObjects, that are able to run on other non-sucky operating systems, also suck? Even if it is just the Macintosh itself that sucks, how will the company restructure itself to survive solely on those relatively few products it makes that do not suck?
As Apple struggles to answer these and other questions, time appears to be running out. Already a class action suit is being initiated against the company and Cupertino police have formed a cordon around the Apple campus where an angry mob has gathered. Demonstrator Mark Grudzilanek, a 40 year old sound engineer, told CARS reporters “It just never hit me before that I had bought a computer without a floppy drive. I mean, I’ve never really needed to use one, but a computer without a floppy drive? How much does that suck?” Other protestors echoed Grudzilanek’s comments. Deborah Getty, a 29 year old a school teacher from San Jose, demanded “What am I supposed to do with this iBook I got last Thursday? I just found out it sucks.”
Apple’s stock has plummeted in recent days and is currently trading at $0.24/share, having been severely downgraded by a majority of Wall Street analysts.
What a nice and fresh take on the good old Apple is doomed cries. Appreciate the effort! 😂
If only I had invested in a hundred dollars worth of stock when the stock price was 29 cents a share....
We should also include ScreenGate!
Let's keep in mind p, of course, that many things labeled “gate” turn out to be serious, even consequential.
Let's keep in mind p, of course, that many things labeled “gate” turn out to be serious, even consequential.