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In 2014 I bought a Macbook Pro with retina display, 2.6 GHz i5 processor, 8 GB of RAM, and 128 GB SSD for $1300. In 2018 I can buy a Macbook Pro with retina di
by cauthon 8y ago
In 2014 I bought a Macbook Pro with retina display, 2.6 GHz i5 processor, 8 GB of RAM, and 128 GB SSD for $1300.
In 2018 I can buy a Macbook Pro with retina display, 2.3 GHz i5 processor, 8 GB of RAM, and 128 GB SSD for $1300 (and now you have to buy dongles).
In 2018 I can also now buy a Macbook Air with retina display, 1.6 GHz i5 processor, 8 GB of RAM, and 128 GB SSD for $1200.
I don't really understand what market this Air is hoping to target. The Macbook Pros are already winning the ultraportable category, and the Air doesn't offer any significant price differentiation.
I thought in 2014-2015 the "Apple premium" wasn't actually too bad for the specs compared to equivalent laptops from the competition. Unfortunately their hardware offerings have stagnated over the past four years and they are again overpriced for what you're buying.
- notatoad 8y ago>I don't really understand what market this Air is hoping to target. i'm assuming it's meant to target the people buying the $1300 macbook pro, so they can get rid of that model and ratchet up the prices of the pro models while still having a 13" laptop that works for most poeple.