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Tim Cook assures employees that Apple is committed to the Mac

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Re: Tim Cook assures employees that Apple is committed to the Mac

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Post by bluedino »

hkarthik wrote: post #6

This 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 M…

What do you need a Pro for that you can't do on a 15" MacBook or iMac? Serious video editing and 3D graphics. That's about it. For 95% of us the portables get the job done.

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Post by bootload »

"The desktop is very strategic for us. It’s unique compared to the notebook because you can pack a lot more performance in a desktop — the largest screens, the most memory and storage, a greater variety of I/O, and fastest performance."

So desktop is high end, MBP commodity?

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Post by protomyth »

chrischen wrote: post #9
protomyth wrote: post #7

I 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.

There is a whole world outside Silicon Valley that does amazing, world changing things and buying stats show Apple doesn't own them.

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Post by rbritton »

nodesocket wrote: post #8
cududa wrote: post #2

I'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?

Upgradeability also includes things like the hard drive and card expansion slots. Those both let you extend the useful life of a computer a bit.

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Post by JustSomeNobody »

nodesocket wrote: post #8
cududa wrote: post #2

I'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?

Not drives too?

Re: Tim Cook assures employees that Apple is committed to the Mac

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Post by mtrpcic »

dba7dba wrote: post #5

I 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.

I don't think "only ruin remains" is a fair statement to say about Apple, when the causes you're lamenting are the saving grace that got them to be a $300B+ company from effectively the brink of death.

Re: Tim Cook assures employees that Apple is committed to the Mac

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Post by enjo »

The latest rev pushed me to a PC for the first time in like 15 years. It's partly because I didn't love the new Macbook Pro, but also cause hey..change is fun sometimes.

I'm very happy with my new Surface Book. I never thought I'd like the touchscreen as much as I do. I LOVE being able to go to tablet mode for calls and stuff where I sort of want to just wander around. The pen has completely changed how I do flow-charting and wire-framing.

The new Linux subsystem thing is a god-send. It was completely seamless for me to transition from the Mac to Windows pretty much solely because there wasn't really a transition. All our provisioning and development scripts just worked.

It's been fun to do a bit of gaming on it too :)

The touchpad is really the only thing that I think compares poorly. Apple really nails that whole experience. After a few weeks I'm getting better with it, but it's still painful compared to the precision and certainty I had on my Macbook Pro.

I'm sure I'll be back on a Macbook someday (cause hey, change is fun) but no regrets right now.

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Post by tomatoman »

nodesocket wrote: post #8
cududa wrote: post #2

I'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?

Why not hard drives?

Re: Tim Cook assures employees that Apple is committed to the Mac

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Post by zdean »

chrischen wrote: post #9
protomyth wrote: post #7

I 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.

Steve Jobs had a very different idea of what changing the world meant and who was doing it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GMQhOm-Dqo

Re: Tim Cook assures employees that Apple is committed to the Mac

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Post by protomyth »

nodesocket wrote: post #8
cududa wrote: post #2

I'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?

In the old PowerMac you could switch out the CPU. I seem to remember a clone that you could put a dual processor card in also.
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