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Proves that the intended audience is the average mainstream consumer, contrary to what the pro moniker implies.
by baobrain 10y ago
Proves that the intended audience is the average mainstream consumer, contrary to what the pro moniker implies.
- jws 10y ago…or there was a pent up demand, or there are different sorts of professionals with different needs.
- Retr0spectrum 10y agoI wonder if they'll introduce a "Pro+" line or something similar to cater to the real professionals. Or maybe that just doesn't make business sense at this point.
- Lio 10y agoThey could just release a line of PCIe eGPUs as a replacement for the Mac Pro but I think it's more likely they'll leave that 3rd party vendors and just cede the professional hardware market.
- falcolas 10y agoI don't think so; I think it proves that real professional users will work with what they're given, even if what they're given is not what they wanted or needed. We're just too good at working around issues. That's my take on the whole debacle.
- ethbro 10y agoApple's typical playbook: offer new high end product in new product category at high price point, reap sales, eventually introduce lower spec product at lower price point, reap sales. Might they have decided to do the MBP the other way around? Realizing that it's an established product with a loyal following, why not offer a lower spec'd (compared to what they could build) but high profit model, get the sales, then offer a "dev edition" at a higher price point down the road?