Bill Davis
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[Oliver Peters] “Sorry, but you were the one who asked for stats. Don’t blame others if you don’t like the answer.
“But I don’t dislike them at all, Oliver,
They’re all within such an extremely narrow range that I can’t imagine the differences enter into anyones decision making.
Without a more compelling delta – it’s a push, IMO.
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Okay, got the message. From your view, Apple is officially all crap and a barely 2 percent worse “repair score” from a global manufacturer is reason enough to JUST SAY NO.
Got the message.
I guess I should take a moment to say goodbye to all of you who feel Apple is too old and too slow now to be relevant.
Clearly you will all be migrating to the Cows other PC, Adobe and BlackMagic boards in search of others who have seen the light where you can start your migration towards those superior solutions.
(Maybe the mods can warn the other branded groups about the big influx of participants they will be getting as Apple collapses as a computer company.)
I’ll miss you all.
Drop me a note from where you end up and I’ll turn the lights off here when the last of you are gone.
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[Simon Ubsdell] “So your argument seems to be that unless the market reins you in from producing shoddy goods, you should just go right ahead and keep on doing it.”
Uh, not sure how you can support “shoddy” when the metrics on customer satisfaction always seem to pretty constantly favor Apple products.
I can see the premium price argument. But unless you can show me stats that Macs fail at a rate higher than the similarly priced competition – I don’t think “shoddy” is a fair shot.
And, BTW, I’ve definitely had apple products that have had various manufacturing issues. But in EVERY case, they’ve made it right without issue, at the local Apple retail store where I”m just another customer.
Maybe any extra profit partially goes to insure that? Apple as the Nordstrom of computer makers?
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[Shane Ross] “Apple is the largest company in the world because of iPhones and iPods…and also iPads. NOTHING to do with their computers.”
We simply disagree on this.
What accelerated Apple’s growth out of the “beige box” era – and into the company they are today – was a switch in focus from exclusively better software – to a new level of BOTH software and hardware expertise.
The iPhone and the iPod were only POSSIBLE because Apple doubled down on design, manufacturing AND software during the post Scully and Amelio era.
It’s no surprise that nearly all laptops today follow MacBook design aesthetics. Or that nearly all smart phones look essentially like iPhones. Here’s a prediction. When the modular MacPro arrives – wait a year and see what happens in overall computer design.
Is there a chance they will make a misstep as with the trashcan MacPro? Sure. You can’t innovate without taking chances.
But when you search “laptop” computer on Google right now, count the number of returns that are thin and aluminum compared to those that look much different. They may be different colors, but their FORM is all nearly identical. And totally contrary to all the legions of voices at the time saying “we don’t want laptops that are THINNER – we want laptops that are more powerful!!!”
Apples COMPUTERS are still informing the overall design of the class. Because everything NOT Apple, still looks like it’s stuck in the design of either the 1990s – or some weird R. Geiger Alien Gamer-centric universe.
Again, search Google for “iMac alternative.” There they are. All in one “slab” units from Lenovo, Dell, Acer et al.
Game over! ????
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But Simon, the mechamism to address this is already firmly In place.
If Apple isn’t serving their customers in a way that meets those customers needs, another vendor will inevitably come along and out-compete them.
There’s no lack of competing brands, after all.
In this era Computers aren’t magical obscure devices, they’re standard retail products.
If another company steps up to design better, manufacturer better, market better, or simply out hustle Apple, they presumably should start to sell better as well.
Last time I looked, nobody was standing outside Apple Stores forcing customers inside.
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[greg janza] “And Bill, if your only argument is that Apple makes more beautiful lemons than the competition then Apple may have some real issues.”
Nope.
My argument is that the market has spoken and Apple is the largest company in the world based on the value people perceive they get from adopting Apple products.
Sure they make mistakes.
But nobody’s forcing people to buy, use or remain using these products. And they’ve been out there competing for market share for decades now.
If people wanted Brutalist style buildings – or ASUS style hunky “fixable” component based laptops – that’s what you would see people using.
But you don’t.
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[Simon Ubsdell] “But when it comes to evaluating the internal workings of Apple hardware, I’m reluctantly going to have to go with Louis rather than your good self.”
Perfectly acceptable.
There are MANY who will be concerned with the attributes the OP values most on his post, and they need representation.
As do those of us who have different priorities.
It’s excellent that we have a variety of free market choices and can buy things that fit our preferences.
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[Ronny Courtens] “Oh yes, I must give credit to Bill Davis for that picture. I shamelessly stole it from his Facebook page because I did not have the time to take a picture myself when I saw that man coming in. BTW: it was great to finally meet you in person, Bill!”
Same here, Ronny. I just wish we’d had more time to sit and talk. Hopefully we’ll be on the same side of the world again soon!
And feel free to use anything I post, at will. It was, of course, a spur of the moment iPhone snap from the 2018 Supermeet. (And as always, the “best” camera is typically whichever one you happen to be holding when something notable happens!)
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But Simon, without inflated rhetoric, I am nothing.
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