thedba

Äpfelundbirnen said:

thedba said:

Äpfelundbirnen said:

I'd be much more interested in a description of the reverse switch since I just bought a used Dell workstation for video and photo editing. I maxed it out with components I'd not even be able to put in a Mac, with the exception of an outdated Mac Pro. This is after 25 years of exclusive Mac usage. Back in the day the Mac was a serious offer for people like me. Nowadays I'd pay a multitude for an inferior Apple machine. It's probably my mistake to expect a smart phone company to deliver powerful stationary computers for creative professionals like I

This is the AppleInsider forum. So I doubt they'll ever tell you how to switch from a Mac to Windows. 
As far as you being a Mac user for 25 years, well Apple was a very different company back then. The bulk of their users now are mainstream. 
As far as you paying more for a Mac than a similar Windows machine, that's an ancient myth. 
Try speccing a similar windows laptop for example, with SSD onto PCIe with same amount of memory etc. And you'll find out that Macs are very well priced. Tried it also with MS surfacebook and found it to be more expensive than a similar MBP. 
You seem to be looking for a new Mac Pro. I understand your frustration but in the end you got to go with the tools that are available to you now. 

True, the Apple of today is not the Apple it used to be. Also true that a powerful PC notebook would be nearly as pricy as a MBP, but only if I would want it to be as absurdly slim as a MBP. To me Apple's drive for slimness is a foolish obsession when it comes to advanced video and photo editing needs. As for the Mac Pro, no, I would have liked to purchase an update to the old Mac Pro design with modern components and the possibility to expand it with PCIe cards, something professionals usually do. I think Apple should change its product names. Mac Pop and MacBook Pop would be suiting. The pros can make the switch to Windows as I have done.

The Mac Pro is one product that I, like you think that Apple has dropped the ball. 
The design was unique in 2013 when they announced it but they haven't updated it since. At this point they should either retire it or update it. 
As far as the thinness of their current laptop lineup goes, it is not foolish if they are selling more of them. This may not meet your needs and I understand that. Their numbers however tell a different story than yours. 
As far as the Pro moniker, just remember that there are different kind of Pros out there. I'm one of them and these new machines look mighty attractive to me. If you're carrying your laptop to and from work, every little pound makes a world of a difference. 

Äpfelundbirnen said:

I'd be much more interested in a description of the reverse switch since I just bought a used Dell workstation for video and photo editing. I maxed it out with components I'd not even be able to put in a Mac, with the exception of an outdated Mac Pro. This is after 25 years of exclusive Mac usage. Back in the day the Mac was a serious offer for people like me. Nowadays I'd pay a multitude for an inferior Apple machine. It's probably my mistake to expect a smart phone company to deliver powerful stationary computers for creative professionals like I

This is the AppleInsider forum. So I doubt they'll ever tell you how to switch from a Mac to Windows. 
As far as you being a Mac user for 25 years, well Apple was a very different company back then. The bulk of their users now are mainstream. 
As far as you paying more for a Mac than a similar Windows machine, that's an ancient myth. 
Try speccing a similar windows laptop for example, with SSD onto PCIe with same amount of memory etc. And you'll find out that Macs are very well priced. Tried it also with MS surfacebook and found it to be more expensive than a similar MBP. 
You seem to be looking for a new Mac Pro. I understand your frustration but in the end you got to go with the tools that are available to you now. 

rogifan_new said:

Why didn't Apple just make their own display? Seems that's what everyone wanted.

At what price? 
Maybe their internal research says that there isn't a big enough market for that?

Apple absolutely needs to cut prices on iPhones in order to gain marketshare from Android. 


NOT!!!!

brucemc said:

Record profits - whatever...

Behind in voice assistants, Microsoft eating their lunch in the high end PC market, Mac line is a disaster, nothing on the market for VR, Apple Watch is a failure or at best a "meh", and, lest we forget, "no innovation for years".

/s

(I think I hit most of the current trolling points).

You forgot the Apple car. How could you forget "they failed in delivering the car".   /S