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>These people care about expandable and replacable things Apple likely has data that says there are enough people that don't care about these things to justify
by j2bax 9y ago
>These people care about expandable and replacable things
Apple likely has data that says there are enough people that don't care about these things to justify their production of this computer. I work in an office full of designers, illustrators, animators and developers and there are very few of them that have much of a passion for messing around with the hardware and would far prefer to just upgrade every few years (we also don't really have much of an IT infrastructure). We buy Mac's and replace them when they are no longer working optimally for our team. That said, we've had some iMacs last 4-6 years with no complaints from their operators. I will caveat that and say that I did go through and replace all the HDD with SSD's on the oldest round of iMac's before you could get the Fusion or SSD upon order for a reasonable price.
- alkonaut 9y agoI'm sure Apple have done their research, but it also feels a bit like a stopgap. Who would buy this over a MacPro tower at similar cost? This is aimed at people with the Mac Pro, not those with iMac of MacBook (at least thats my impression) What I was getting at is that the people that prefer the All-in-one are likely e.g. graphic Designers etc, meaning people who already have MacBooks or iMacs. Not the hard core machine learners, VR creators, color graders etc that today have old Mac Pros and $5k screens.
- sangnoir 9y ago> Apple likely has data that says there are enough people that don't care about these things to justify their production of this computer. I wouldn't bet on Apple having a finger on the pulse of the pro market ever since I witnessed the reception of Final Cut "Pro" X.
- j2bax 9y agoMaybe they determined that there was more money to be had and a lack of options in the prosumer space between iMovie and Final Cut. The influx of home-baked content producers on Youtube comes to mind.