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You seem to be expecting consumers to make completely logical decisions on these matters. Past a certain saturation threshold, name recognition alone can be eno
by _underfl0w_ 7y ago
You seem to be expecting consumers to make completely logical decisions on these matters. Past a certain saturation threshold, name recognition alone can be enough to tip the scales of consumer preference.
That's exactly why people still buy Apple hardware at all anymore - their friends/peers already have them. It's surely not due to superiority by any metric for the price point.
- kmlx 7y ago"That's exactly why people still buy Apple hardware at all anymore - their friends/peers already have them. It's surely not due to superiority by any metric for the price point." I challenge this assumption. The iPad Pro is by far the best computing device for a certain subset of the market, not to mention the extremely fast Apple-made CPU. The Apple ecosystem is also leading in some of their features. And privacy-wise they are a step ahead of their competitors.
- sam_goody 7y agoI disagree about Apple. Their laptops are junk hardware, agreed. But the iMac is competitive for a machine with its specs, especially if you add in the advantage of OSX (IMO, better than Linux or Windows for a large-screen desktop). And the iPhone/iPad line are the only mobile devices with decent specs, decent apps, and not built on Adware and privacy leakage. Worth money if you can afford it.
- Spivak 7y agoI really want to know what plane of existence you're at where Macbooks are junk. If all you care about is spec sheet per $dollar then sure you can do a little better with other consumer laptop vendors I don't think I would ever call them junk. Pricey for sure but leagues above similar HP/Dell/Lenovo sets.