Mac sales declined nearly 10% last year as Lenovo, Dell and others gained ground

Re:Mac sales declined nearly 10% last year as Lenovo, Dell a... by bangonkeyboard on Friday January 27, 2017 @03:48PM (#13502531)

They're desktop PCs with midrange mobile GPUs and mobile RAM in an aging design so thermally compromised for the sake of thinness that it throttles the CPU and GPU at the first sign of either one approaching load while the revving fan efficiently draws in dust from its environment and deposits it irremovably onto the inside of the LCD.

Fantastic display panel, though.

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Re:Mac sales declined nearly 10% last year as Lenovo, Dell a... by astrodust on Friday January 27, 2017 @04:01PM (#13502621)

> Fantastic display panel, though.

That's why people buy them. It's not for the fastest CPU, it's definitely not for the GPU.

It's because it has a fast enough CPU, a good enough GPU and goes all-in on the display.

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Re:Mac sales declined nearly 10% last year as Lenovo, Dell a... by tomne on Friday January 27, 2017 @04:43PM (#13502955)

Aren't they all glossy though? It looks better, but it's less practical whenever you get some sunlight.

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Re:Mac sales declined nearly 10% last year as Lenovo, Dell a... by jakobegger on Friday January 27, 2017 @04:54PM (#13503040)

I don't know what the iMacs are like, but the Macbooks have gotten pretty good anti-reflective coating, and they have pretty bright backlight. I prefer my glossy 2015 Macbook Pro to my anti-glare matte 2009 Macbook Pro, even in difficult lighting.

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Re:Mac sales declined nearly 10% last year as Lenovo, Dell a... by astrodust on Friday January 27, 2017 @06:28PM (#13503709)

If you're not used to it that can be jarring, but over time it's less of an issue.

It's not something I notice unless I'm in a really bad spot and there's tons of light coming in. Good thing civilization invented this thing called blinds.

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