[please whatever you have to post, post it after you have read my thoughts, just hear me out, thats all I ask]
Apple,
I ve been your fan for quite some years
I ve always admired your innovative products and the way you thought different
but it seems as lately you have lost your focus on your true fans, and pursue a hunt to the most profit market.
That is not bad because profit is what keeps a company going.
But what seperates a company that stays loyal to their fans and just another faceless company going for profit is how loyal it stays to the customers and fans that has already created.
Of course when having 7 billion people on the planet and more than 7 billion mobile devices, with demand for more, thats the market you want to be in, I understand this.
But you simply do not forget where you came from.
My computer died on may, I decided not to purchase anything though I was in a serious need for it, till July when new mac products would be released. Nothing was announced on the WWDC. I decided to purchase a cheap pc just something to get me through the following months, and would pass it on to my father when new mac desktop computers would be announced, as he is also in a need for computer.
What does not fit in this equation is, that there is no effort that can be seen, that Apple desktop computers line is going for a refresh or even a renewal. And I m most concerned for the mini, thats why this is posted here.
In my house I have 2 TVs I use also for monitors, they are 42'' and 32'' thus I have no use for an iMac because another screen doesnot fit in my setup. My best fit is a mac mini. I love mac minis. They re small, they fit anywhere, they do not take too much place, not so many wires running around. It fits my needs perfectly! But buying a mini now, with technology of 3 years old, on that price, is just out of the question.
I hate to be that guy that always brings this up, or thinks that way, but if Steve was alive, would he have left it this like this? I truly believe no. Because as much as he knew he has to stay in the game with new technologies and trying to compete in the most emerging markets, he never forgot where he started of, and the customer base he already had.
As much as I say to myself I will wait till new mac computers come out, I really do not think I can hold on much longer. I am not the only one on this position, I know there are a lot of people with the same needs as mine. From me you are losing a purchase of a mac mini with a keyboard and a trackpad and whatever gear I would have bought down the way, plus an extra mini I would have loved to buy for my father after seeing mine. But multiply this by all the people that are on the same position as me. We have to go somewhere. If you do not give us what we need, we will have to look elsewhere.
Dont forget where you coming from Apple.
