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> I lost faith in their ability to innovate and understand their users. Consider the possibility that you represent an extremely tiny segment of users.
by brandonmenc 8y ago
> I lost faith in their ability to innovate and understand their users.
Consider the possibility that you represent an extremely tiny segment of users.
- wyclif 8y agoI don't think he does. It's a laptop (i.e., a mature consumer product, not something new like the Apple Watch) and the entire point of "MacBook Pro" is that it's supposed to be for pro users who do engineering on a laptop. That market is a subset of MBP users, but it's a significant one.
- brandonmenc 8y ago> the entire point of "MacBook Pro" is that it's supposed to be for pro users who do engineering on a laptop Very little of the promotional material from Apple features engineering being done on the MacBook/iMac Pro - it's almost all content creation. Engineers are far from being the main target audience for these products.
- wyclif 8y agoEngineers are far from being the main target audience for these products And that's why I was careful to say exactly that by qualifying that they are not. The bigger point is that post-Jobs Apple doesn't seem to target engineers or even "content creators" that strongly anymore. There are always going to be the type of people who just want the brand identification that Apple serves up, and will happily use a MacBook Pro to access Facebook or YouTube and little else. That seems a really bad way to appeal to the pro user market, even if it's smaller.
- pdimitar 8y agoThat is possible. However the segment of users you might have in mind would get the MacBook Air -- in my opinion. The "Pro" branding implies battery, horsepower and ergonomics. Something Apple consistently failed to deliver ever since they peaked with the MacBook Pro 2015.