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They are also making great laptops with the Matebook X Pro. I think we will see a lot of really good tech from them going forward. All while Apple is putting o

They are also making great laptops with the Matebook X Pro. I think we will see a lot of really good tech from them going forward. All while Apple is putting out laptops that people don't want.

scarface74 8y ago
According to thier latest quarterly results - at least a few million want them.
- mkirklions 8y ago
  Ive talked to a few of those million people. They dont know what they want.
- doctorwho 8y ago
  Apple looks strong because their price per unit i.e. the "stupid" tax they make you pay on all their products is astronomically high. The actual demand and shipping volumes for their laptops has never set any records and the iPhone is sucking air now too. Their current lineup of products is mediocre at best when compared with what other companies are coming up with. Their biggest "innovations" lately are the touch bar (loser), removing useful ports/features that people like/love and dark mode. Really? Apple is the DeLorean of tech.
  - scarface74 8y ago
    So if millions of people are choosing to spend thier money on Apple products, is it possible that thier opinions and priorities may be different than yours? BTW, all you have to do is look st their quarterly results and see what their volume of iPhone and iPad sales were year over year to see that neither is “sucking wind”.
    - iainmerrick 8y ago
      I think it’s fair to say the iPad is still relatively weak (relative to the phenomenal success of the iPhone, anyway). Unit sales have been flat for a while and revenue is down 5%.
      - djrogers 8y ago
        > I think it’s fair to say the iPad is still relatively weak (relative to the phenomenal success of the iPhone, anyway). By that standard so is literally every consumer product ever created. Take the comparison out of the picture though, and The iPad alone is a solid Fortune 500 company that didn’t even exist 9 years ago.
      - scarface74 8y ago
        Everything in the consumer electronics industry is relatively weak compared to the success of the iPhone...
LyndsySimon 8y ago
I'm anxiously awaiting reports of their laptops' Linux compatibilities.

They are also making great laptops with the Matebook X Pro. I think we will see a lot of really good tech from them going forward. All while Apple is putting out laptops that people don't want.

scarface74 8y ago

According to thier latest quarterly results - at least a few million want them.

mkirklions 8y ago
Ive talked to a few of those million people. They dont know what they want.
doctorwho 8y ago
Apple looks strong because their price per unit i.e. the "stupid" tax they make you pay on all their products is astronomically high. The actual demand and shipping volumes for their laptops has never set any records and the iPhone is sucking air now too. Their current lineup of products is mediocre at best when compared with what other companies are coming up with. Their biggest "innovations" lately are the touch bar (loser), removing useful ports/features that people like/love and dark mode. Really? Apple is the DeLorean of tech.
- scarface74 8y ago
  So if millions of people are choosing to spend thier money on Apple products, is it possible that thier opinions and priorities may be different than yours? BTW, all you have to do is look st their quarterly results and see what their volume of iPhone and iPad sales were year over year to see that neither is “sucking wind”.
  - iainmerrick 8y ago
    I think it’s fair to say the iPad is still relatively weak (relative to the phenomenal success of the iPhone, anyway). Unit sales have been flat for a while and revenue is down 5%.
    - djrogers 8y ago
      > I think it’s fair to say the iPad is still relatively weak (relative to the phenomenal success of the iPhone, anyway). By that standard so is literally every consumer product ever created. Take the comparison out of the picture though, and The iPad alone is a solid Fortune 500 company that didn’t even exist 9 years ago.
    - scarface74 8y ago
      Everything in the consumer electronics industry is relatively weak compared to the success of the iPhone...

LyndsySimon 8y ago

I'm anxiously awaiting reports of their laptops' Linux compatibilities.