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Their EU pricing is just insane
[1] https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/07/09/iphones-worth-134...
https://www.republicworld.com/india-news/general-news/in-mum...
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The Macbook Air that's out right now is like 13.6 inches. The screen is much better than the 2012 models, so with the resolution it will feel as big probably if not bigger.
But the Air has a lower resolution than a 15inch 2012 MBP? 2880 by 1800 vs 2560 x 1664.
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Apple have been wildly successful in selling Rolls-Royces to the masses. In pretty much all categories they've entered, Apple are considered to be the premium brand. However the masses generally don't need the level of engineering that Apple products typically feature - people have been compelled into forking out for it in order to status match with their peers (e.g. the green/blue text thing). Now times are tight, t…
> Apple have been wildly successful in selling Rolls-Royces to the masses This analogy doesn’t make any sense: a Rolls Royce comes with a significant price premium, whereas Apple products tend to cost about the same as equivalent quality PC/Android devices, often cheaper in the M1 era, and most of the cost factors directly benefit the core function of the device whereas what makes a Rolls cost an order of magnitude m…
At some point there was a big deal being made about Google taking your data and so 'stealing your mind' (can't disagree tbh). However, in attempting to monetize your base urges, I would respond that Apple is trying to steal your soul!
(no longer any affiliation to either company, though I was in Cupertino for a bit in a previous life)
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Generally Apple users don't update their computers too often, and when they released the M1 models a lot of people had models pre-2016 that needed upgrading (since pos-2016 models sucked balls). So, part of that unusual demand was also customers finally upgrading their old MacBooks.
Also people that didn't need to upgrade their machines upgraded anyway cause the M1 jump was so significant. I was supplied a decently-specced late-2019 16-inch i9 MBP for work when I started in mid-2020. Basically about the best Intel MBP that ever got released. Then the M1's came, I got a 14-inch base model M1 Pro (which I calculate to have cost about 1/2 the price work paid for my machine) and it runs circles arou…
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As an avid Windows wizard who strongly dislikes Apple, I will give credit where credit is due: Apple's shit Just Fucking Works(tm). Seriously, they just work. An M1 or M2 Macbook Air is the ideal laptop and computer for the vast majority of people. Games? There are game consoles for games, which also Just Fucking Work(tm).
You can also play a decent amount of games on M1 Macs, but nothing spectacular or amazing. They can emulate almost anything with DirectX 11, but 12 is just not operational in any way at all. Most emulators work swimmingly.
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> the vast majority of Americans getting a couple checks from the government which basically cover the exact price of a new Macbook. Source? And source that they spent that income on MacBooks?
Here's the source they spent on MacBooks: "Apple (+111.5%)"
High priced luxury laptops aren't a big ticket item in a global recession.
And I have low expectations for how a luxury augmented reality headset is going to do in this recession.
God forbid that they should ever have to compete on price.