So the Neo is a big hit. Why I still have not seen anybody using it in the public in a big city? Have you?
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Why I don't see anybody using the Neo in the public?
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b0fh666
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Mr_Brightside_@
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Serious question, not trolling: many of your threads are concerned with “seeing people in public” doing something. What is behind this interest?
Boppi
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I have questions.
How big is this city? A few hundred thousand (that's not big), or a few or many millions?
Is it a city with a major college? Or art or theatre district? Do you live close by and spend time near the city center of this big city?
Knowing these variables for you may help narrow things down.
How big is this city? A few hundred thousand (that's not big), or a few or many millions?
Is it a city with a major college? Or art or theatre district? Do you live close by and spend time near the city center of this big city?
Knowing these variables for you may help narrow things down.
I so far saw one person using such a MacBook Neo when I was at Anime Boston. But of course, they just came out...
nickdalzell1
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XboxEvolved
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Just came out, I still barely see say iPhone 17pros, and I mean the computer is mostly for children and teens. I don't really see children and teens out and about with computers. Also what are you doing just peeping on people?
XboxEvolved
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I'd say I see them quite a bit at somewhere like an airport or maybe barnes & noble/starbucks or even library.
FreakinEurekan
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TBH I’m not “out and about” nearly as much as I used to be. I work from home and make my own (good) coffee so it’s rare for me to be anywhere that people would set up a computer in public.
When I was (say, 6+ years ago) Macs were quite common. Coffee shop or local restaurants, I’d see computers regularly and it was probably pretty even split between Windoze and Mac.
It wouldn’t surprise me at all to see a bunch of smartphones instead today… maybe some iPads? I’d be SHOCKED to see Android tablets though, they seem completely useless. I know when I was a member of a flying club about a year ago, EVERYONE had iPad, period.
One thing I have noticed, is laptops on commercial airline flights are WAY down compared to a few years ago. Phone, or iPad now.
Apple_Robert
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nickdalzell1
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At our flying club, the year might as well still be 1990. Vintage airplanes in the hangar, and you might see an Apple Watch on people's wrists (but they don't use it as a smartwatch--just to tell time) but the rest of the place never got out of the year 1990.
No Starbucks here, no fancy schmancy places where you'd see anyone rocking a laptop. Closest place would be at the lodge of an RV park or a picnic table at a regular park but it's always a Dell or HP something. Windows laptops are so cheap it's not surprising they're more common. I live in an area though that's culturally backwards too.
Wow! Today I saw the first person using a Neo since release. 2-3 weeks ago I asked somebody working at an Apple Store if he had seen anybody using the Neo. He said no!