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Re:Apple Q4/2022 by mkipper on Thursday October 27, 2022 @06:58PM (#33365155)
I this overinflates the importance of the HN crowd a bit.

Yeah, a lot of software engineering types switched to MBPs because the OS isn't a steaming pile of garbage and it reliably works with the hardware. The former can't be said for Windows these days and the latter is generally hit-or-miss with Linux.

But I wouldn't be surprised if that's a rounding error when you're talking Macs doubling or tripling their market share. I'd imagine most people walking into an Apple Store in their local mall and buying a Mac with Apple Pay on their iPhone don't really know or care about the telemetry added in Windows 10. I still think Apple deserves the vast majority of the credit for the success of Mac.

Re:Apple Q4/2022 by christophilus on Friday October 28, 2022 @07:02AM (#33369836)
They might not know about telemetry, but they probably recognize:

My Windows PC is slow, ad-ridden, buggy, and unpleasant. Also, the physical device feels cheap and the plastic is separating on the corner, and the hinge is broken.

Hey. Look at that super sleek aluminum MacBook there…