16-inch MacBook Pro

Re:16-inch MacBook Pro by jpalomaki on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @09:30AM (#21524446)

Minimizing SKUs was the Jobs way. I’d say Apple has since then taken very different approach. Just check the number of iPad and iPhone variants.

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Re:16-inch MacBook Pro by scarface74 on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @01:59PM (#21527980)

During the Jobs era Apple had:

4 different types of iPods - Shuffle, Nano, Classic, Touch

3 iPhones: gen, gen-1, gen-2

3 laptops: Air, MacBook, Macbook Pro,

4 desktops: Mini, iMac, Mac Pro, XServe.

It was only the "Jobs way" when they were about to go bankrupt.

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Re:16-inch MacBook Pro by esmi on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @02:39PM (#21528528)

How many more would there have been without him?

Anyway, You listed 14 unique devices. In the late 90s Apple probably had that many Performas alone, never mind everything else.

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Re:16-inch MacBook Pro by scarface74 on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @03:31PM (#21529186)

I was responding to a post that said Apple didn’t have as many SKUs during the Jobd era.

Now Apple has

iPod - 1

Watch - 4

Laptops - 3

Desktops - 3

Phones - 6

iPads - 4 (I left off the iPad before)

20 SKUs. Before they had 15.

But, the iPhone was crippled during the Jobs era because iOS had no frameworks to have multiple screen sizes.

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Re:16-inch MacBook Pro by ssully on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @10:59AM (#21525558)

They have more variants then in the past, but when compared to competitors today they still offer a more simplified lineup.

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