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U.S. Mac Sales Continue to Sag Ahead of October Updates

Not sure if the global economy has any effect on the decline of Mac sales that made consumer spending less though I am not a marketing expert . The feedback I got from one Apple Reseller is their sales are mostly iPads, iPhones. Most of their regular customers are hanging on to their current older Macs. Some think the new models speed and features are only incremental that they are not inclined to buy newer Macs. Though this is just one sector's feedback and may not generally reflect the whole market.
 
Frisco said:
So what does Apple have .001% of the OS market? Developers are going to be dropping by flies.

Count the days before the Mac is dead.
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I actually agree somewhat. (Although they have about 15% market share). The writing's on the wall though unless they start working on silly-assed hybrids like the rest of the world.

Apple should just develop and licensee out OSX and stop making the hardware.
 
There's no major impetus to upgrade HWs these days. In the past, successive OSs would run slower and slower on older machines. These days, new OSs actually perform better on the same HW. Apple should be commended on this! Gives confidence to users. As such, I would think this "slow down" would only further consolidate user confidence in the company. Not necessarily a bad thing.
 
Quu said:
Updated machines:
MacBook Air updated in June.
iMac updated late last month.

Still waiting:
Retina MacBook Pro
MacBook Pro
Mac Mini
Mac Pro

No **** there is a sales slump. :rolleyes:
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Don't blame Cook--he's just following Job's playbook.
 
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Not too obvious...

I liked it better when Macs were on a more frequent schedule (laptops and iMacs 2x a year), but as many have said iPads have replaced a good deal of what computers are used for.

I still need a computer. It will be years before I can be completely self-sufficient with an iPad.

I agree with many posters in saying Apple should go back to staggering their product releases. I hope they do this in 2014 and beyond.
 
stukdog said:
It really feels like Apple should move to more often updates on their Mac line. It used to be that only Mac diehards followed the cycle, but it sure seems that the general population is watching it now.
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I don't think Apple updating MacBook Pros twice a year. The industry is what it is time to mobile computing
 
PDFierro said:
They are at the mercy of Intel. What would be the point of updating just for the sake of updating?

But yeah, sales are declining. Not just recently, but more and more people are switching to tablets and other devices.

I for one need to use a Mac.
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No they are not at the mercy of Intel. Haswell came out months ago. Also there is more to a computer than the CPU. There is storage options, pricing changes, port configurations, and tons of other stuff to change. There is no excuse to wait this long.
 
These sales figures are surely to do with consumers moving away from both Mac and Windows PCs in general in favour of tablets. I wouldn't say it is much to do with Apple updating its Mac product line often enough (or not).

Give it maybe another 5 years and users of the Windows desktop and OS X will be for professional content creators, app developers and hardcore geeks only. The "full blown" computer as we know it won't die but it will become a lot more niche.
 
I bought a new iMac, i've done my part. All this talk about tablets replacing a computer is just absurd. I have had an iPad for a couple of years and I have an iPhone 5 and I only use the iPad a few minutes a month and the phone is a phone to me. App platforms can do some cool things like interfacing with instruments and such but let's face it porn still belongs on the biggest screen you can find.
 
Hope this means bigger updates (not mini spec bumps every year) and a better price to try and keep customers coming back.
 
I skipped buying an iMac

Why?

- Lack of standard fusion drive, seriously Apple, you are too greedy.
- I simply would doing web browsing, office productivity, light photography/video editing, manage my large music library.

When I took into account, I said its best to stick with a Windows based PC. I spend the majority of time in the web browser and its no different on a Mac or PC. So spending $2,000 just did not make any economical sense.

With the Jamaican dollar continuing to loose value, I said to myself, its best I save that money for emergency. Windows 7 is going everything I need. Yes, I wanted to experience OS X for a change, but, to spend that kind of money for doing the same things in an awkwardly different way, no way.

Yes, I could have bought a Mac Mini, but then I would have to add a display, monitor, keyboard and the cost start adding up.
 
Nunyabinez said:
I agree. I love my iPad and iPhone, but I like to have some horsepower when I do serious computing tasks. Maybe the average person can get by with just an iPad, but without serious computers, there won't be anything to consume.

And I know many people are saying an iPad is not just a content consumption device, but if you are doing substantial music production, or video or photography, it's not gonna cut it, not even close.
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Engineering software is also not written for the iPad either. Their is no way that my MBA could be replaced with an iPad. It's not just a hardware issue, it's a software issue.
 
ready to buy refreshed Mac Mini quickly

... but you guys in Cupertino have to refresh it first.
 
The market for PC's/Macs is going to shrink due to multiple factors such as the maturity and slowing pace of improvements, the lack of new software that taxes equipment, and of course tablets. But they will always be necessary and desired.
 
kds1 said:
A tablet and a phone is NOT a replacement for a desktop or laptop computer. I don't get these statements. They're absurd!
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They are NOT for content creators, but for 95% of the content consumers, iPads are more than enough.
 
People are buying the iPads because they are great devices and a budget solution to get an apple device. I think the Mac line of computers is very expensive hence the decline.
 
Of course sales are dropping. It feels like they're never updating their Macs anymore. Combine that with continual iPad uptake and there you have it. That said, I'll make my "contribution." Release the friggin' new MBPs already.
 
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