Apple once designed & produced the very best it possibly could, now it's metric has significantly changed. Apple now designs & produces what delivers the most margin, literally nickel & diming it's customers at every turn.
Apple's sole interest in the professional user is limited to evangelising it's product, not meeting their needs hence the current tragic Mac line up. This is why we now see so few now using the Mac professionally, nor do expect the current trend to reverse...
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They do have to payoff the new Apple Park in the shortest period of time. And with any company, everyone has bad years.
Apple didn’t always designed and produced the very best it possibly could, they had a fare share history of failures and mistakes. No company is perfect and with out its flaws.
But, Apple does take big risks by pushing and chalanging the market and customers with new designes and products. That’s why they are worth so much and they are number 1 brand in the world.
And you have to take risks to succeed, even if you do make mistakes. Mistakes are part of the success, and if you not trying then you won’t make mistakes.
Don’t love a company because it’s perfect, love it for its faults.
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Anyone has followed the external gpu scene know TB3 has already had bandwidth issue. Yes, I'm talking about a niche market but it's a good indicator of the vicious cycle keep repeating itself.
Before long, we will have the usb-d, TB4, dongle fest all over again.
It's just the way technology is. It moves so fast that it's very hard to keep everything in sync. And then, the only deciding factor is the manufacturer's willingness to make it as painless as possible for their customers, not forcing them to follow their pointless idealization.
I have no problem for paying more for high quality hardware. But knowing the manufacturer doesn't want to prioritize their customer's needs but instead milk the sh*t out of them make it very hard to pull the trigger, psychologically.
Paying top dollar for a high end machine and then require the customer to pay more for usable ports is a joke itself. But intentionally keeping a good design like the 2015 with very outdated cpu, gpu, sdd... while charging premium dollar for it, I find that outrageous.
That’s why you buy what you need today and for the next 1-2 years tops, bare minimum. We no longer live in the 90’s or early 00’s. Now days, technology is moving, changing and evolving at rapid pace. So it’s foolish to commit to single thing financialy and technology for a long haul.
That’s why I’m still using my 6 year old Dell laptop. Not because of various connections it has to offer that I rarely use but, because I don’t won’t heavily invest in to something that might become outdated with in 6 -12 month. That’s why this year, I bought a $300 iPad and a new 3 year old iPhone 6s Plus. I want to experience Apple products and its ecosystem with out spending stupid money.
Same reason I won’t buy an electric car. 3 years from now, there will be new batteries that will triple the distance and charge rate, while Im stuck with outdated battery tech while still making monthly payments. Plus I prefer diesel, but that’s a conversation for another topic.
