They should focus on fixing the egregious 80ms response time on MacBook screens before thinking about a ‘privacy screen’. Average response time for the industry is around 20ms, while some are under 1ms. Apple is leading the pack for some of the worst response rates in laptops.
It’s not even a drop in the bucket for Tim Cook to personally do. His net worth fluctuates more than a million dollars a day.
I agree. Apple should’ve known that this would eventually bite them in the ass. I’m actually surprised it’s taken this long.
Apple should’ve made it so that consumers really prefer using the App Store and then open up iOS. Steam isn’t the biggest PC gaming platform because it forces people into it, but because it’s the oldest and most feature friendly. While side loading and third party stores are a thing on Android, most people use Google Play Store out of convenience unless the app is banned or priced too high.
Apple will fight this tooth and nail because digital sales are their second biggest revenue stream and growing, more than Mac or iPad. But I don’t see them winning this long term, and once one country wins a suit against Apples closed garden of apps, the rest will follow if Apple doesn’t make worldwide changes.
This is why Apple devices ‘have such good resale value’, because Apple barely has sales.
Windows laptops and Android get deep discounts for sales, making them cheaper to buy new, this resale is low.
People will say the higher resale value is good for them when they want to sell their Apple product, but then thats negated by the fact that Apple has higher prices.
Context makes that comparison not surprising either, and also less impressive.
The 13980hx is Intel 10nm, now called Intel 7, which is comparable to TSMC 7nm. The M3 is on TSMC N3B.
Even the base M3 uses more transistors than the 13980hx. The M3 Max has more transistors than a 4090.
So it’s essentially Apple buying their way to have a very good CPU. A similar chip is doable by Intel and AMD, but they have to build chips that partners want to buy, and the industry isn’t eager to have $1000+ SoCs that need to go into $3000 laptops, consumer demand for that is low.
And mind you while the 13980hx is Intels highest performing mobile CPU, it’s not actually a mobile CPU, it’s a desktop CPU binned and power limited for mobile use. It’s a half ass take. After next year they will likely dump this approach as they are fundamentally changing their lineup.
Finally it’s Siri’s time to shine /s
M1 didnt even increase Apple’s market share. Also Mac buyers and developers were forced to embrace M1, because there would no longer be x86 Mac products. That’s not the case with Windows, where 99% of the laptops sold will still be x86 in 2024, and while that number might decrease a bit going forward, the vast majority of Windows devices sold and owned will still be x86.
That’ll be another $200 upgrade for a cellular model knowing Apple.
It’s cause Apple customers suck. -ex Apple employee
Oh wow Steve Jobs is still alive
I think Apple knows this as well, that’s why everyone is getting it free for another year.
It also comes less than a week after Qualcomm ends its deal with Iridium to offer a similar emergency SOS satellite feature. This extra free year has likely been in consideration for a long time, but the timing of this announcement is likely Apple rubbing salt in Qualcomms wound.
They would need to completely revamp the branding if they want to market towards younger non-tech interested individuals. Simplify the hardware/software and boost marketing with a cool and luxury focus.
That’s impossible, as Google cant control what people do with Android. If some OEM wants to make a $50 Android phone, they cant stop them.
As you pointed out, Android still outsells Apple globally, but it should be obvious that most of those phones are budget devices, not flagships.
Android will never be a premium brand, but there can be premium brands or lineups within Android. This is probably why Google completely killed the Nexus brand, which used to sell very cheap decent devices, now Pixel is more of a mid-high end brand.
Context of that generational leap makes it far less impressive, and its clear that Apple wont be able to pull this off again in the next 2 years unless there are major changes.
Apple used to have M silicon trail A silicon architecture by a generation, this is the first year Apple has put them on the same level, its essentially 2 generations of architecture leap this year.
M2 was on N5P, M3 is on N3B, that node difference alone can account for half of the uplift.
I’d actually argue that M3 is underwhelming for what went into it, it also wasnt ‘one year’, but 16 months.
No chance this is happening, this is not even remotely in Apples wheelhouse and it’s a crowded market where Apple really has little uniqueness to offer.
There are plenty of easier, more profitable ventures for Apple than this.
He sold his name and promoted a sham technical school that was trash.
But it doesnt support DX12 or Vulkan, so the GPU performance is near useless for gaming, as very very few games run natively on Mac.
Even Intel’s cheapest CPUs have IGPs that support 3 external monitors at 4k, you just need to make sure it has the ports to do it (like 1x thunderbolt 4 + 1x HDMI or Display port).
Like you can get <$500 PC laptops that do 3 external displays. Apple has no excuse beyond segmentation, forcing people to buy a more expensive ‘Pro’ CPU.
This happens every few years. Apple pays a developer to port their game to Mac, Apple users proclaim ‘its the year of Mac gaming’, then Apple doesnt change it’s stance on API and no other developers follow.
Macs are still a joke for gaming. Apple has even lost Valve’s Mac support recently, so it’s not even trending in a positive direction.
Tim Fapple