Tim Cook assures employees that Apple is committed to the Mac
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#2I'm sure they are.. the real question is will there ever be upgradeability again, and how fast will spells between refreshes be?
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Re: Tim Cook assures employees that Apple is committed to the Mac
#4I'm sure they are.. the real question is will there ever be upgradeability again, and how fast will spells between refreshes be?
Don't count on it.
Re: Tim Cook assures employees that Apple is committed to the Mac
#5I wish Apple never had their success with iTunes and iPhone.
It was like winning lottery for them. And you know what happens when someone wins lottery.
They forget about their roots and in the end, only ruin remains.
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#6This comes at no surprise. I predicted that at some point desktop computers used by designers and software engineers would start approaching workstation class pricing (around 4K USD or more) as laptops took over. This will reflect the depressed demand as more people are able to get what they need done via a laptop.
Apple might be one of the few manufacturers able to sell desktops at a loss, and justify it since the Makers are the ones using them to generate demand for other, higher margin products like phones, tablets, and laptops.
The PC market also exhibits this trend, but at a slower pace because PC gamers keep prices a little more depressed. However now that high end GPUs are approaching $1000 each, it's probably happening there too.
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#7I thought the whole "crazy ones" theme was about Apple building things that helped people change the world. Somehow that's morphed into Apple changing the world. I think might be a problem.
Re: Tim Cook assures employees that Apple is committed to the Mac
#8I'm sure they are.. the real question is will there ever be upgradeability again, and how fast will spells between refreshes be?
I mean really the only component you're ever going to be able to upgrade is RAM right? Are you suggesting it should be possible to swap out CPUs in iMacs?
Re: Tim Cook assures employees that Apple is committed to the Mac
#9I thought the whole "crazy ones" theme was about Apple building things that helped people change the world. Somehow that's morphed into Apple changing the world. I think might be a problem.
Considering 99.99% of silicom valley uses macs as their primary development machines, they've pretty much monopolized the first goal.
Re: Tim Cook assures employees that Apple is committed to the Mac
#10I wish Apple never had their success with iTunes and iPhone. It was like winning lottery for them. And you know what happens when someone wins lottery. They forget about their roots and in the end, only ruin remains.
Fantastically dramatic assessment! I'm curious just what aspects of the pre-iPhone Apple were preferable?