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To be honest, I think it's pretty obvious this has less to do with M1/M2 tech specs and more to do with the vast majority of Americans getting a couple checks f

To be honest, I think it's pretty obvious this has less to do with M1/M2 tech specs and more to do with the vast majority of Americans getting a couple checks from the government which basically cover the exact price of a new Macbook.

lotsofpulp 4y ago
> the vast majority of Americans getting a couple checks from the government which basically cover the exact price of a new Macbook. Source? And source that they spent that income on MacBooks?
- DwnVoteHoneyPot 4y ago
  Here's the source they spent on MacBooks: "Apple (+111.5%)"
  - freeplay 4y ago
    Exactly
- freeplay 4y ago
  I know we are all very analytical on this site and love to comment "source?" any time someone infers something from a dataset, but this seems like one of those times we can easily correlate the two. The lower class who needed those checks to pay rent and buy food did just that. However there was a large portion of the population who did not lose their jobs and considered those stimulus checks "fun money." Many used it to purchase goods they typically wouldn't have 1k+ to spend on regularly. Couple that with many working from home, their children going to school from home and needing a laptop, and the sheer boredom factor, I don't think it's a leap to correlate stimulus checks with a huge jump in Macbook sales given the time frame. Again, you also have to factor in that the check was pretty much exactly what a new, entry-level (aka most popular SKU), Macbook Air would cost after taxes.
pertymcpert 4y ago
That's not obvious at all. Source?
makeitdouble 4y ago
These are worldwide shipment numbers.
- fomine3 4y ago
  Other countries may also gave a check to people like the US. I got 100kJPY ($900) from Japan govt. Also everyone stop travelling in 2020.
  - makeitdouble 4y ago
    Didn't most of these happen before the introduction of the M1 macs ? The first model hit retail at the end of 2020, and we were already way deep into the covid/wfo cycle, with people buying any laptop available at the time to cover for the transition. In that respect, the introduction of M1 machines looks to me to happen way after the dust settled on the gov incentives front.

lotsofpulp 4y ago

> the vast majority of Americans getting a couple checks from the government which basically cover the exact price of a new Macbook. Source? And source that they spent that income on MacBooks?

DwnVoteHoneyPot 4y ago
Here's the source they spent on MacBooks: "Apple (+111.5%)"
- freeplay 4y ago
  Exactly
freeplay 4y ago
I know we are all very analytical on this site and love to comment "source?" any time someone infers something from a dataset, but this seems like one of those times we can easily correlate the two. The lower class who needed those checks to pay rent and buy food did just that. However there was a large portion of the population who did not lose their jobs and considered those stimulus checks "fun money." Many used it to purchase goods they typically wouldn't have 1k+ to spend on regularly. Couple that with many working from home, their children going to school from home and needing a laptop, and the sheer boredom factor, I don't think it's a leap to correlate stimulus checks with a huge jump in Macbook sales given the time frame. Again, you also have to factor in that the check was pretty much exactly what a new, entry-level (aka most popular SKU), Macbook Air would cost after taxes.

pertymcpert 4y ago

That's not obvious at all. Source?

makeitdouble 4y ago

These are worldwide shipment numbers.

fomine3 4y ago
Other countries may also gave a check to people like the US. I got 100kJPY ($900) from Japan govt. Also everyone stop travelling in 2020.
- makeitdouble 4y ago
  Didn't most of these happen before the introduction of the M1 macs ? The first model hit retail at the end of 2020, and we were already way deep into the covid/wfo cycle, with people buying any laptop available at the time to cover for the transition. In that respect, the introduction of M1 machines looks to me to happen way after the dust settled on the gov incentives front.