Apple’s plunge in PC shipments is steepest among major computer makers

Post by Spooky23 » Mon, Apr 10, 2023, 8:45 PM UTC

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Companies usually buy base models. Apple is also struggling with supply chain, as M1 is still prominent. Another feature of this issue is that because of their parsimonious storage configuration and linkage of M2 chip and storage, upgrades are nuts - it costs as much as an iPhone to get a storage upgrade that is like $100 with commodity SSD storage.

$100 with commodity SSD storage. You answered your own question there. Apple doesn't used "commodity" SSD storage. Apple's SSDs are enterprise-grade, not bottom-of-the-barrel commodity parts.

Post by smoldesu » Mon, Apr 10, 2023, 9:30 PM UTC

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>can install every UNIX package under the sun with homebrew Even this one? https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/unix/

Does it even use a nvidia chip? Their stuff doesn’t work with my AMD APU and the oppression I feel is oppressive.

Post by kofejnik » Mon, Apr 10, 2023, 9:36 PM UTC

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Might be because it’s the “soldering in” that boosts its performance. So if you can plan ahead you come out ahead.

That's true for the memory (RAM), but not the storage (SSD). Socketed SSDs are just as fast and almost as light as soldered, and there is no good technical reason why they shouldn't be upgradable for a long time. I'm in the market for a new Mac. I'm currently using a late 2013 15-inch Retina as my trusty friend. If the M2 Max came with socketed SSD I'd buy it today with the 96GB RAM and max spec in every other regard…

Post by panick21_ » Mon, Apr 10, 2023, 9:49 PM UTC

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Weird having an insightful factual beginning of a sentence just to conclude with weak and hugely incomplete speculation ignoring the bulk of the picture (Apple's all other products, what actually needed actually entails, ...).

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…

Post by bsder » Mon, Apr 10, 2023, 9:52 PM UTC

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I think Apple being as big, and making the big technological leap with M1 convinced a lot of customers to buy the new Macs. Even those that technically weren’t needing one/upgrade. Now, that curiosity bubble has saturated with the M2 being an iterative improvement and the customer base certainly not as desperate (intel to M1). Given enough time, I think the Macs will continue to gain market share. Most tech companies…

This makes sense. Amongst my friends, a number of them maxed out an M1 machine not just because of the processor but also because of the improved I/O and new form factor. The M1 machine ticked so many boxes that the purchase decision was not solely pushed by the CPU. The machines are so good it’s hard to justify a new one!