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Man, just as I'm about to consider buying a new macbook, another WWDC gets announced. I just have to resign myself to the fact that having paid full price for t
by makmanalp 12y ago
Man, just as I'm about to consider buying a new macbook, another WWDC gets announced. I just have to resign myself to the fact that having paid full price for the previous generation of a laptop isn't a ripoff :-)
edit: Wow! I didn't think this'd gather such a strong reaction - it isn't really a criticism, I guess it's just that to me even things that aren't close to being obsolete feel obsolete when a new version is released, and it's a challenge to convince myself otherwise. That's how a lot of companies make money!
- abluecloud 12y agoThe DC stands for developers conference, they don't announce new hardware.
- JackC 12y agoThey announced new laptops at two of the last three WWDCs: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Worldwide_Developers_Conference#2010s http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Worldwide_Developers_Conf...
- abluecloud 12y agoI stand corrected.
- plorkyeran 12y agoThe redesigned Mac Pro was announced at WWDC too. Generally the higher-end developer-targeted things get announced there, and only the mass market products get their own announcements.
- lancer383 12y agoNot always — sometimes they don't (2014), but sometimes they do(2013: http://www.zdnet.com/article/wwdc-2013-announcement-recap-mavericks-ios-7-itunes-radio-and-new-macs/ http://www.zdnet.com/article/wwdc-2013-announcement-recap-ma...)
- JustSomeNobody 12y agoI don't think you understand what the word "ripoff" really means. Also: Apple is pretty consistent with when they announce new hardware. So... there's that. Just because a new iteration of HW is announce doesn't make the previous iteration useless. Even the lowest end devices of a few years ago are still powerful enough for most daily activities. (Please don't reply with examples of where this is not true. I, too, can come up with plenty, but that doesn't invalidate my statement).
- sjwright 12y agoThe current Mac Pro was announced at the 2013 WWDC. Yes, it's almost two years old now, and the base model is already overtaken by the iMac 5K in terms of basic CPU power.
- nicky0 12y agoApple has held a WWDC every June for nearly 30 Years, so this shouldn't come as a surprise.
- uberdeveloper 12y agoYou're buying an Apple product, you're getting ripped off either way. You just haven't realised it.
- xj9 12y agoApple products are very competitively priced for their target market. That doesn't mean that they're for everyone, but nobody is getting ripped off.