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I hate to play the devil's advocate here, but why would Apple make an upgradeable machine? Having everything built in drives sales and they've obviously done th

by berbec 8y ago

I hate to play the devil's advocate here, but why would Apple make an upgradeable machine? Having everything built in drives sales and they've obviously done the math and come up with the right numbers. They believe they won't get enough new purchases due to upgradability to offset the loss in sales. The people who are most in favor of this either go PC, Linux or Hackintosh.

sonnyblarney 8y ago
There will be a price to pay that's hard to be felt in the early numbers. I am for the first time considering switching away from Mac simply because getting a relatively powerful machine on mac is how prohibitively expensive. Remember that Mac/OSX get it's underlying impetus from a vast number of individuals who are not working for big tech etc..
sixothree 8y ago
I am not buying their machines. HP laptops are field serviceable for memory and hard drives. That is what we are sticking with for now.
charlesism 8y ago
> I hate to play the devil's advocate here, > but why would Apple make an upgradeable machine? Because a customer sends Steve an email explaining how many headaches it's causing her. And he says "yeah, this is stupid" and tells someone to fix it. Oh right, I forgot. It's 2018.
mamcx 8y ago
To make happy a small but important segment of the customer base. Consider how before Apple give some love for music, composers or scientific users. In the great scheme of things, them are not big numbers but is good to have them. Is not as if Apple do this and suddenly most consumers will buy it instead of a simpler/soldered machine. And if it "Cannibalize" is among Apple products, so is not as big of a deal. I not buy that Apple is not doing this because money. I think the reality is more sad. Them truly believe that what them are given make happy this small segment of the customer base too. Is pure denial, plain & simple. That is why when aknowledge that the mac pro was a mistake I think them get "shocked".

by berbec 8y ago

sonnyblarney 8y ago

There will be a price to pay that's hard to be felt in the early numbers. I am for the first time considering switching away from Mac simply because getting a relatively powerful machine on mac is how prohibitively expensive. Remember that Mac/OSX get it's underlying impetus from a vast number of individuals who are not working for big tech etc..

sixothree 8y ago

I am not buying their machines. HP laptops are field serviceable for memory and hard drives. That is what we are sticking with for now.

charlesism 8y ago

> I hate to play the devil's advocate here, > but why would Apple make an upgradeable machine? Because a customer sends Steve an email explaining how many headaches it's causing her. And he says "yeah, this is stupid" and tells someone to fix it. Oh right, I forgot. It's 2018.

mamcx 8y ago

To make happy a small but important segment of the customer base. Consider how before Apple give some love for music, composers or scientific users. In the great scheme of things, them are not big numbers but is good to have them. Is not as if Apple do this and suddenly most consumers will buy it instead of a simpler/soldered machine. And if it "Cannibalize" is among Apple products, so is not as big of a deal. I not buy that Apple is not doing this because money. I think the reality is more sad. Them truly believe that what them are given make happy this small segment of the customer base too. Is pure denial, plain & simple. That is why when aknowledge that the mac pro was a mistake I think them get "shocked".