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Apple announces new Mac sales record following MacBook Neo launch

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Re: Apple announces new Mac sales record following MacBook Neo launch

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post #135

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Sure but if people want a device for only casual browsing and are ok with 256 GB of storage and 8 GB of memory they can get a Chromebook for half the price of the Neo. Not all of them are bad, there's tons in the $300 range with good enough specs for casual usage. If you want to spend ~$600-700, the laptop I mentioned fits the bill for casual use, a development workstation, media editing and casual gaming at a direct…

Again, this device isn’t someone who’s buying based on specs. Nor is it for somebody who’s buying based on price. It’s for somebody who goes to the store, puts their hands on the keyboard, uses the touchpad, looks at the screen, and feels the chassis, and then makes their decision. This is how regular people purchase these commodity items. Most people have no clue what the difference between storage and memory is. Th…

> It’s for somebody who goes to the store, puts their hands on the keyboard, uses the touchpad, looks at the screen, and feels the chassis, and then makes their decision.

We might live in different areas of the world. Every person I know who isn't into tech has never walked into a store by themselves and bought a laptop based on feel or a hunch.

They always get a recommendation from someone who is into tech, either for a specific model to buy online or someone to go with in real life at a store to help them make a purchase.

I don't blame them either, I wouldn't make a big purchase with no information and trust the sales floor to give high quality personalized advice.

Re: Apple announces new Mac sales record following MacBook Neo launch

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post #86

Part of me thinks this is a bad sign for Apple. They have always been a premium brand. I'm not a business major, but it just feels like a bad thing when premium enters low-end markets. But on the other hand, this is kind of the culmination of them owning their hardware stack. They can avoid the commoditization race to the bottom since they are the exclusive owners of a significant amount of their hardware vertical, F…

> it just feels like a bad thing when premium enters low-end markets

Depends on your money situation. For some people, spending 600 bucks on a laptop is a lot, even in the US

Re: Apple announces new Mac sales record following MacBook Neo launch

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post #124

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>What you’re asking for is an Air. The design of Air and Neo is completely different. Air is non-repairable, worst keyboard, zero bezels. The Neo is easy enough to fix I dont even need to look at the manual.

I guarantee you that if you used both you’d prefer the Air. What advantage does the Neo’s keyboard have have over the keyboard that’s identical in all other modern Macs?

>What advantage does the Neo’s keyboard have have over the keyboard that’s identical in all other modern Macs?

More Key Travel distance.

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