Probably coming to a “smart tv” near you soon: either pay a subscription fee or we will push advertising to your screen- even when you’re just watching something from your own collection. Within a year that will just be the only option. They might even push it as a firmware update to existing TV’s.
Nah, that is baby talk, and I am rather surprised it comes through as genius. Maybe I did strike the target group after all 👍
This is the kind of BS thinking that allows Apple to get away with charging so much. There’s really nothing special about Apple SSD’s other than being proprietary
On the other hand, commenting about how useless it is to comment doesn't really help either.
This is the most cynically, yet correct, post I have seen in quite some time. Really great job! (And I am there with you. I see a $799 16/512 M4 Mini in my future.)
Perhaps outrageous not blaming Apple for it, but I`d prefer M series all USB C hardware for that too
Hynix is an Apple supplier. They have been providing SSDs and RAM to Apple for decades. They don’t have the name brand that Samsung has in the West, but they are some of the highest quality parts around.
Oh that makes it even better. Literally a supplier for Apple.
I’m confused about your question. I think people sometimes do things out of kindness of their hearts, but not corporations.
Do you know why it’s like this? It’s because there’s no incentive to make it better because no one’s going to profit from it. Sure the people that use it could get together with major software developers and make things more compatible but why. The logic is what’s in it for me. If that’s nothing other than a better operating system for everyone else then it doesn’t work. I love the concept of Linux, but it’s never going to become a mainstream desktop operating system, unless someone puts major corporate funding into it.
I totally agree it’s a mess but it functions and I can game on it without any issues. I despise Microsoft as a company, but that’s just my feelings.
How is external storage wrong on a desktop computer? I could see if you said a laptop because it’s annoying to carry around an external hard drive but on a desktop it just sits there. That’s where external storage shines.
I don’t think people are siding with the company because they’re not agreeing with you. People are happy with the product and understand how the pricing structure works. I don’t agree with attacking anyone because they want more for their money. I actually support that concept. If you want more for your money, then buy the product that gives you more for your money. If enough people feel the price is unfair and stop buying it, Apple will see this downturn in sales and lower the price. If you’re just complaining about the price, but still buying the product then nothing will change.
Having read many recent Mac mini posts (not many Mac tasks are more irresistible than reading what others think of it), I'm pretty certain that if the $599 base came with 16/512 the same arguments would still exist because nobody would believe it wasn't a devious trick to get them to pay more the next level up.
Agreed. On the desktop there are better machines available for my needs, and I have voted with my dollars. I voted five years ago, and the current OS is supported until 2029. I suspect the next OS revision will also run on that machine.
If you are talking about the Windows environment, the Surface products are very much comparable to the MacBook Air. I have a Surface laptop and found it just as capable as the Air, maybe not as fast as it is older. The Surface is light, looks good in black, runs W11 Pro without issues, along most of the Windows productivity programs. If you don't like Apple, want an Air like machine, consider the Surface Laptop.
As well as MS, Google and almost all of Silicon Valley.
So you’re buying a machine where a lot of effort was put into the design and ensuring a minimalistic, clean desk experience. And you then add some random looking external disk, dangling from it.
No Windows allowed here.
The server just got converted to Linux, the desktop main PC was always Linux, the shop music player/reference_PDF_reader/web searcher is Linux. The stereo cabinet is still Monterey (2014 mini) and this laptop is Sequoia. When the iPod dies the stereo cabinet will go to Linux too.
The same reason that BMW doesn't want to sell to Ford Escort buyers. The profits are all in the high-end consumer market, not in the price conscious volume market. The volume market brings the unwashed masses to sink the ship. Apple's business model is to chase profits, not people.
