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I’m confused because your post has almost nothing to do with the OP and Apple really never had a hardware advantage in the laptop industry as with their desktop

I’m confused because your post has almost nothing to do with the OP and Apple really never had a hardware advantage in the laptop industry as with their desktop and server offerings. As for labtops, they were never the fastest processors GPUs or RAM, never had the biggest fastest storage, always had huge compromises and we’re always expensive. Apple’s true advantage was the willingness to upset a plurality of its users by removing all but the most “necessary” parallels, slick tight design, high quality materials, and of course a simple non-MS, non-Linux OS. All of these are still Apple specific today. An added bonus, Apple always had the highest resale and they still do.

thijsvandien 8y ago
It does not make much sense to me what you are saying. - When the first MacBook Air was released, for a long time no other vendor came close to producing anything in that form factor with that build quality and reasonable performance (much better with gen2 though). - When the MacBook Pro retina was released, there was no other laptop on the market with a screen like that for quite a while. - MagSafe was a brilliant invention that, together with massively better battery life, gave them a real edge in this market way before all that. These are just a few examples. I didn't even mention the trackpad yet. Up until the 2015 model, the MacBook Pro was pretty much the gold standard when it comes to a well-balanced package for the mobile professional. Surely some have very specific needs that require a real workstation, but you make it sound like Apple did not play any meaningful role at all, which I think is unfair. The point is that other vendors caught up while Apple regressed in most areas except for pricing. Their premium used to be justified, but not quite anymore.
anth_anm 8y ago
Please explain the huge compromises of my 2013 15" rMBP.

thijsvandien 8y ago

It does not make much sense to me what you are saying. - When the first MacBook Air was released, for a long time no other vendor came close to producing anything in that form factor with that build quality and reasonable performance (much better with gen2 though). - When the MacBook Pro retina was released, there was no other laptop on the market with a screen like that for quite a while. - MagSafe was a brilliant invention that, together with massively better battery life, gave them a real edge in this market way before all that. These are just a few examples. I didn't even mention the trackpad yet. Up until the 2015 model, the MacBook Pro was pretty much the gold standard when it comes to a well-balanced package for the mobile professional. Surely some have very specific needs that require a real workstation, but you make it sound like Apple did not play any meaningful role at all, which I think is unfair. The point is that other vendors caught up while Apple regressed in most areas except for pricing. Their premium used to be justified, but not quite anymore.

anth_anm 8y ago

Please explain the huge compromises of my 2013 15" rMBP.