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Obviously Apple thinks that the extra sales that they get from having 7 different colors outweighs the production, supply chain and retail/physical stock comple
by yrral 5y ago
Obviously Apple thinks that the extra sales that they get from having 7 different colors outweighs the production, supply chain and retail/physical stock complexities. But I really don't see it; are there really that many people who wouldn't have bought an iMac but because it comes it orange they suddenly want one? Who are these people?
- bombcar 5y agoIt must be successful with the phones and so we'll see it continue.
- cbhl 5y agoTo me, the design language feels like a cross between an iPad Pro and the iMac G3. The chin, the apple logo on the back, and the rainbow colors. If anything, I'd expect they're reducing complexity by having the seven colors -- I imagine they're adapting (reusing?) processes from the iPhone and iPad Air to this line of iMacs.
- stock_toaster 5y agoRemember the old imac g3? Unless I misremember, something like 13 different color options!
- zitterbewegung 5y agoThis harkens back to the original iMac where it was first introduced in Bondi blue and then came in multiple colors. When I bought my iPhone Pro 11 and MacBook Air the fact I could get the iPhone Pro 11 in green made me not upgrade to the 12 pro because blue was the alternative. With the MacBook Air I like the gold color but also it is completely silent.
- downrightmike 5y agoWell, they aren't going to innovate 1000% every year. They can't. So they have to differentiate their products and color has been a classic way they do that.
- munk-a 5y agoI'd really appreciate it if they stopped differentiating their products by the insanely sparse number of parts and low RAM capacity though. Pretty cases and monitors are nice but I'd rather buy an otherwise ugly computer that doesn't force me into dongle hell and a painting.
- dillondoyle 5y agoYes... my business partner could easily get one only because of the colors and pass his beefier current one down to an employee.
- mattnewton 5y agoIIRC the best selling iPod model of all time was a pink nano. So yes, I believe people absolutely do buy because it fits the home decor.