Top Apple analyst says MacBook demand has fallen ‘significantly’::A top Apple analyst said Wednesday that shipments for MacBook computers will decline around 30% year over year.

  • johnthedoe@lemmy.ml
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    47
    arrow-down
    2
    ·
    1 year ago

    I partly think m1 is just so good no one has any appetite to upgrade. But also shit do be expensive. For me it’s repairability. I’m seriously considering not getting another Mac at my next upgrade cycle unless something changes soon.

    • nathris@lemmy.ca
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      9
      ·
      1 year ago

      It’s between Apple and framework for me for my next laptop. The question is do I want a laptop that I can infinitely repair and upgrade, or do I want a laptop that actually has battery life when I pull it out of my bag because it has a functioning sleep mode. Thanks Intel. Maybe make sure your processors are actually power efficient before axing S3 sleep.

      • uis@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        4
        ·
        1 year ago

        AFAIK sleep issues were fixed. Anyway, since AMD framework motherboards exist, you can buy them.

      • johnthedoe@lemmy.ml
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        6
        arrow-down
        3
        ·
        1 year ago

        People give apple a lot of crap and I get it. But they are still by far the best user experience laptop. There’s a reason with all that walled garden stuff. It’s good hardware and software when used by anyone with the purpose of just using it and not needing to tinker with it.

        I’m at a point where I don’t mind the idea of diversifying my time with Linux more. I have an older pc I have mint for fun and a steam deck. Just worried one of these days apple will mess macOS up to the point of no return and Linux will be my lifeline.

        • uis@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          7
          ·
          1 year ago

          There’s a reason with all that walled garden stuff.

          Yeah, their wallets.

        • Freylint@lemm.ee
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          3
          ·
          1 year ago

          As someone who uses macos every day my worthless internet opinion is that the Gnome 4 desktop experience is far better for productivity. I mainly use a web browser, email, and ssh, so I tend to value windowing and multidesktop fluidity highly. This is also coming from a linux certified tech though.