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My friend - a notorious luddite - bought a newer iMac recently. He was sold by the marketing and videos/reviews of it. I've yet to see him sit at his desk to us
by Aromasin 3y ago
My friend - a notorious luddite - bought a newer iMac recently. He was sold by the marketing and videos/reviews of it. I've yet to see him sit at his desk to use it once beyond the first time. It's a paperweight. Same goes for my parents; they went to Currys (UK electronics retailer) to get a cheap laptop to view photos on, and to my dismay walked out with an iMac for 3x the price of a similar spec device that they use once in a blue moon.
These SKUs are categorically not meant for the likes of you and me. They're meant to target technologically illiterate people who want a pretty looking PC that everyone raves about because Apple are expert marketeers. The fact it's got 8GB RAM and 256GB of memory means little to nothing for them. They want an Apple device, but want something cheap, so they buy the cheapest one. Any other consideration is irrelevant.
- seec 3y agoI completely agree with you, but this is also what saddens me. Previously I thought that Apple was a brand catering to technology enthusiasts, bringing on to market devices with incredible specs at a price that could seem reasonable. But I guess I was wrong, or this was just in the distant past. In any case your stories match my experiences and the only thing making me laugh is that those incompetent fools very often need services around those expensive devices and if they can pay for the device, they should be able to pay a decent amount for the service. It is very rarely the case, and I have found that Apple users are poorly paying egoists but whatever, they have the money anyway...