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Apple is at risk of losing their pros. Mac Pro is a failure. The old-fashioned "cheese grater" Mac Pros are holding their price nicely on eBay because many pe
by nostromo 10y ago
Apple is at risk of losing their pros.
Mac Pro is a failure. The old-fashioned "cheese grater" Mac Pros are holding their price nicely on eBay because many people don't want anything to do with the "trash can" Mac Pro. And the new Mac Pro hasn't even been updated in 3 years.
And if you do buy a Mac Pro, you'll have to buy an ugly third-party monitor since Apple no longer provides any displays.
The latest MacBook Pro is a great looking ultra-portable, but is not a pro computer by most measures. It's a MacBook Air.
I feel like Apple can't walk and chew gum at the same time. They're focusing so much on the iPhone and Apple Watch, their actual computer company is atrophying.
- Aqua_Geek 10y ago> They're focusing so much on the […] Apple Watch From the hardware side, maybe. The developer experience for it is a miserable one.
- nihonde 10y agoLots of people are throwing "pro" around as if there is an understanding about what it means. A video producer has a completely different set of requirements from a web developer. If we're talking about iOS devs, then they're probably working on an iMac or they'll buy one of these MBPs. As for graphics pros or game devs, they're probably just not all that compelling for Apple as a revenue opportunity in the laptop form factor.
- arturoz 10y agoI was waiting for the new macbook pros to drop my 11" air and I ended getting a 2009 Mac pro from Ebay. Few easy upgrades and now I have really fast workstation for coding with 32gb of ram, ssd, desktop graphic card for around $500, couldn't be happier!