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- prophetone9
What is fascinating (perplexing?) about the millions of comments, tweets 'n memes in past 48 hours over the price point(!) and the stand(!!!) is almost all of the people taking time out of their lives to stoke the uproar are not the target consumer for this product.
They aren't out there crushing complex, pro-level projects on deadlines for a busy studio or demanding clients, that at that level would likely have those equipment costs covered in short order, and prob just pays for itself for next few years.
99% of consumers looking to buy a computer soon will have no need for a super-computer w/ a pro display, so the costs involved w/ these products will have little or no effect on their lives. What does it matter?
If you want an example of this in another form looks at cameras - everyone loves cameras. Almost everybody has one or has had one - even a good one. 99% of people will find a $450 Canon Rebel (lens included!) beyond their needs... but in a heartbeat you could drop $7k on a pro-level Nikon D5 and lens is extra! And a lens can run north of $1-5k w/o even breaking a sweat.
So is it b/c it's Apple?... that ANY announcement from them, even one that is clearly targeted to the pro user, is automatically cause for concern for many b/c they happen to own an iPhone for social apps mainly, and a 2012 MacBook Air they use occasionally to search eBay?
Anyway, fascinating. People are losing their minds!
- < thishans_glib
- True, but actually all press is good press, so even people (ridiculously) complaining, create a media impact/coverage. All positive for Apple.SimonFFM
- I'm sure the stand is worth is price considering the engineering details that went into it (internals and function). But it's still a slight PR disaster.NBQ00
- IMO Apple should've just added the stand and its price to the monitor and only offered the Vesa mount separately.NBQ00
- The fascinating part is the gaslighting where you say people making fun of a product are losing their minds.imbecile
- Apple is simply charging consumers for the development of a product they want to use internallyimbecile
- You're missing the point of people's outrage. We wanted a desktop mac that was upgradable. Not something that could render Lord of the Rings in an hour.section_014
- Which, the entry level version cannot fucking do. Making a custom mobo and power supply doesn't suddenly triple the price of a computer.section_014
- I think boils down to majority of everyday Apple users cannot wrap their heads around a pro level product, not used with costs involved = shock + power to tweetprophetone
- needs nvidiaCALLES
- As far as the entry-to-high level desktop target user, they have six iMac models, each w/ ability to upgrade ram, space, vid card etcprophetone
- I’ve had three gens of Mac towers so I get it... this is the reaction to ‘Apple has abandoned the PRO users’ and prob overkill for most, even myselfprophetone
- I still think Apple should make a lower end tower, and have been saying that for years. Wno't hold my breath.monospaced
- LOL outrage because it's not what you wanted. If only there were other machines you could buy. Or just wait for the Mac Toddler, the Pro isn't for you.MrT
- @MrT, everyone wants a product that, when something goes wrong or needs fixing, they don't get overcharged unnecessarilymonospaced
- The outrage over Apple's entire line of machines that are essentially unfixable or unupgradeable is more than warranted.monospaced
- You CAN'T buy other machines that run macOS and are supported by Apple. That's the problem.monospaced
- Then buy a Windows machine and spend your life waiting for and fitting component upgrades.MrT
- Apple has always released expensive, mostly closed systems and there’s always a bunch of people moaning about it.MrT
- And it’s fun winding people up who are outraged at a shop.MrT