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Re:Mac sales declined nearly 10% last year as Lenovo, Dell a... by wodenokoto on Friday January 27, 2017 @03:12PM (#13502245)
When I bought my current MacBook Pro (2009), it was the cheapest available amongst the updated pro's and it cost me $1.000

Apple simply don't offer that price point anymore. What used to be their low-price line of laptops - the MacBook, now starts at $1.300

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Re:Mac sales declined nearly 10% last year as Lenovo, Dell a... by endemic on Friday January 27, 2017 @08:26PM (#13504230)
Yeah, the value prop for the older (expandable) models was higher, as you could buy a reasonably-priced configuration then upgrade the RAM/HDD later. Now I'd need to spend $2k to price out a MBP with the same RAM/HDD as my 6 year old Mac.
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Re:Mac sales declined nearly 10% last year as Lenovo, Dell a... by ceejayoz on Friday January 27, 2017 @03:19PM (#13502282)
Macbook Airs start at $999.

Inflation adds about $120 to your $1k figure since 2009, too.

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Re:Mac sales declined nearly 10% last year as Lenovo, Dell a... by edblarney on Friday January 27, 2017 @04:21PM (#13502773)
The cheapest macbook air is a pretty weak laptop. It's very light on specs, compared to similar products.

Yes - it's a good piece of kit - but maybe not worth the price.

To get decent specs you have to pay a lot for Apple and I think it's becoming a problem.

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Re:Mac sales declined nearly 10% last year as Lenovo, Dell a... by myowncrapulence on Friday January 27, 2017 @05:25PM (#13503287)
Yeah I suspect they're starting to overcharge for their greatest strength: their software (macOS/Apple suite of apps).

While I used to fawn over their minimal interface and simple UX, they've been adding a lot of unnecessary noise (siri, itunes forcing apple music, cluttering imessage with extensions) to their products. Definitely straying away from their status quo.

Couple this with the fact they purposely force non-compatibility with anything non-apple and you have them becoming the new Microsoft.

They're changing the things that make Apple great and it isn't worth the price anymore.

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