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Mac Sales are Down (www.theverge.com)
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Mac sales are down.

I’m really not surprised. They are just a bit too expensive once you start upgrading the storage and ram.

I have been holding out on buying a Mac since the M2 was rumored to come out.

I keep hoping that the base model will have a larger amount of storage and ram, but it does not.

They keep selling faster processors, but I do not need that, I need more storage and I’d like more ram.

At this point, I’m just going to buy a used M1 air. If Apple had 512 and 26 standard on the base air, I’d pickup a new one today.

Do you disagree? What can Apple do to increase Mac sales?

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[–] LoamImprovement@ttrpg.network 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean it might help their value proposition to not attempt to sell monitor stands for a thousand dollars. I will never forget the audience's collective incredulous gasp at that reveal.

[–] OfficialThunderbolt@beehaw.org -3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

If you're talking about the VESA mount, there was a lot of tech that went into that that explains the price, including sensors that auto-rotate the display when the display is rotated. It wasn't just price gouging.

[–] LoamImprovement@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

sensors that auto-rotate the display when the display is rotated

You mean the accelerometer tech that's been included with every smart device for years, that costs significantly less than $1000?

[–] CalicoJack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

They sell $700 wheels, $1000 for an accelerometer isn't really a surprise.

[–] MayonnaiseArch@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

Tech and price gouging

[–] zerfuffle@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Hate to break it to you, but I could build that with $5 and a coffee.