The two big areas Apple missed the plot before were A) failing to do minimal upkeep on their product lines B) redesigning the Mac Pro without consideration for

The two big areas Apple missed the plot before were A) failing to do minimal upkeep on their product lines B) redesigning the Mac Pro without consideration for meeting the needs of its target user base and the heat envelope required. These were colossal and humbling failures for Apple's PC business. The fact that they aren't building commodity-style boxes for hobbyists is very very minor in comparison. The market for these things is shrinking, and it's dominated by price-sensitive people that are not very valuable customers to begin with. If this is what you want, then there's no point in wishful thinking: start looking at Windows / Linux yesterday.