> simp: be excessively attentive or submissive to a person in whom one is romantically or sexually interested.
This word does not appear to be in any way relevant. You do not have to buy a MacBook Neo, but approximately everyone else in the low-end laptop market will.
If you think it is a bad product, go buy some Acer stock.
> but approximately everyone else in the low-end laptop market will.
No, they won't. People repeat this, but Macs constitute a minority of the low-end market and will continue to for the foreseeable future.
This has been the case when $400 Retina Intel Macbooks were flooding the used market; it was the case when Costco sold $700 M1 MBAs. If you cannot extrapolate what will happen with the $600 laptop, then I don't think you have payed attention to what the market is buying.
> but approximately everyone else in the low-end laptop market will
This is delusion. The retail price point right now for comparable PC laptops is $429 and they ship with DOUBLE the RAM and storage (16GB, 512GB).
For the same specs as the Neo we are talking < $350.
There is NO market for this device. Apple is catering to the welfare crowd with this one, except anyone in that situation would opt for a PC at half the price.
Like trying to sell a Cadillac with a park bench for seats to save money. It makes no sense.
Bookmark this post, the Neo will be discontinued within two years. It will join the original MacBook on the scrap heap of Apple products that should have never been.
I have firsthand knowledge that at least one incumbent household name PC manufacturer is in a state of panic over the Neo. This is from an organization that would be predisposed to believing what you’re saying, but instead they’re revising internal forecasts and executives are freaking out.
I have no interest in arguing further, it benefits me nothing. But sure, let’s revisit it in two years.
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> simp: be excessively attentive or submissive to a person in whom one is romantically or sexually interested.
This word does not appear to be in any way relevant. You do not have to buy a MacBook Neo, but approximately everyone else in the low-end laptop market will.
If you think it is a bad product, go buy some Acer stock.
> but approximately everyone else in the low-end laptop market will.
No, they won't. People repeat this, but Macs constitute a minority of the low-end market and will continue to for the foreseeable future.
This has been the case when $400 Retina Intel Macbooks were flooding the used market; it was the case when Costco sold $700 M1 MBAs. If you cannot extrapolate what will happen with the $600 laptop, then I don't think you have payed attention to what the market is buying.
> but approximately everyone else in the low-end laptop market will
This is delusion. The retail price point right now for comparable PC laptops is $429 and they ship with DOUBLE the RAM and storage (16GB, 512GB).
For the same specs as the Neo we are talking < $350.
There is NO market for this device. Apple is catering to the welfare crowd with this one, except anyone in that situation would opt for a PC at half the price.
Like trying to sell a Cadillac with a park bench for seats to save money. It makes no sense.
Bookmark this post, the Neo will be discontinued within two years. It will join the original MacBook on the scrap heap of Apple products that should have never been.
I have firsthand knowledge that at least one incumbent household name PC manufacturer is in a state of panic over the Neo. This is from an organization that would be predisposed to believing what you’re saying, but instead they’re revising internal forecasts and executives are freaking out.
I have no interest in arguing further, it benefits me nothing. But sure, let’s revisit it in two years.