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I don't know if it's just the usual whining of people complaining about new things. From the exterior (I'm too young and the only Mac I've ever used was the Ma
by erelde 10y ago
I don't know if it's just the usual whining of people complaining about new things.
From the exterior (I'm too young and the only Mac I've ever used was the Macintosh Plus -bragging, with 4Mo of RAM- while I was a child), it really seems like Apple has dropped the ball for professionals, both developers and graphics people.
There are now equally well designed PCs (laptops and desktops) from other manufacturers, Windows has a lot of support, if you want to use Linux, the kernel now supports a wide range of hardware.
In the meantime, Apple doesn't have a good desktop offering, and their laptops seem gimmicky to me while not offering a performance edge over their competitors.
A few months ago I thought about buying a (my first) Macbook and waited for their announcement, now I'm looking the other way.
And around me, I'm the guy people go to ask when they have a computer related purchase to make.
- Twisell 10y agoI don't now where you lived the past 20 years but theses are maybe the most classical arguments against mac in business. Mac have never been "for Pro" if you go that way. So I guess it confirm that it's not the company that shifted it's focus, but maybe there is more potentials customers expectation of Apple going more "pro".
- erelde 10y agoThey may be classics, but are they wrong? Yes, Apple has never targeted businesses, but they did target individuals professionnals at some point. Video and sound editors used to work on Macs, and now move to windows. It's a classic, but is it wrong?
- Twisell 10y agoI guess as always it will mostly depend on your use case. However this recent announcement from IBM might emphasis the need to reconsider theses year old arguments to take accounts of new facts : https://www.jamf.com/blog/debate-over-ibm-confirms-that-macs-are-535-less-expensive-than-pcs/ https://www.jamf.com/blog/debate-over-ibm-confirms-that-macs...
- erelde 10y agoI knew about that (and Google's Macs). But for standards businesses with relatively technologically inept people, when you need an Active Directory, you just need it.
- nicky0 10y ago> equally well designed PCs That bit is debatable.
- amiga-workbench 10y agoI agree, PC manufacturers havent quite caught on that less is more (at least aesthetically) I see machines like the HP Spectre and feel they are still somewhat overdesigned.