It is. I'd refer TID over FID. If the rumors are correct that the Mini won't be upgraded until next year, it may be because Apple is waiting to get to it to update to FID and it's just not a priority.
As usual, DigiTimes means, “Please ignore the following”.
Haha, 'You lost me at Digitimes'. I skipped and went to the Comments.
At the moment, Apple sees the MacBook as it's executive or other lightweight use model. The thinnest, lightest notebook they make, streamlined for basic functionality.
It won't have a 16G RAM option unlike other notebooks. Right now the 13" MBA is the MBP-Lite. Thinker, heavier, and more ports than the MB, it's not the same.
If Apple decides customers need to pay for ports, they'll drop the MBA and leave the MB as it is. But if they want a sub $1000 notebook for schools, the MB won't be it.
Low priced Apple products are a bad idea. Apple users are elites, and should not be diluted with low income people.
That strategy might have worked in the 90s, but nowadays a laptop, especially the MacBook, is just a vending machine for cloud services, where the real money is made. Luxury products: yes. Apple is not Dell. But there are limits. Apple is really, really pushing it. If you don’t onboard a new generation, they’ll go for Chromebooks and Windows and are less likely to switch when they are older. Gen Z is less receptive to brand marketing as we know it, so they don’t share the same feeling they have with Apple as a brand similar to you and I.
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At the moment, Apple sees the MacBook as it's executive or other lightweight use model. The thinnest, lightest notebook they make, streamlined for basic functionality.
It won't have a 16G RAM option unlike other notebooks. Right now the 13" MBA is the MBP-Lite. Thinker, heavier, and more ports than the MB, it's not the same.
If Apple decides customers need to pay for ports, they'll drop the MBA and leave the MB as it is. But if they want a sub $1000 notebook for schools, the MB won't be it.
If you don’t onboard a new generation, they’ll go for Chromebooks and Windows and are less likely to switch when they are older.
Gen Z is less receptive to brand marketing as we know it, so they don’t share the same feeling they have with Apple as a brand similar to you and I.