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- You stated that the "newest" MacBook Pro devices have already been significantly dropped in price by some sellers? Please display a few links backing that up. As for my assumption, it is not terrible, but hey, if you see it that way, so be it. Enjoy the rest of your weekend...��
I'm not in the mood (and don't have the time) to scour for links right now. I have no reason to lie about this. It's a trivial matter, to be frank.10-30-2016 10:59 PMLike 0 - Did you know that Apple hasn't raised the price of the MacBook Pro since it's induction by Steve Jobs in '06? Did you also notice that only when you can't afford to buy something is it overpriced? Please haters go buy all the $300 dollar Windows laptops your heart desires, it will just make the line at The Apple Store that much shorter for when I go to pick up my new 15" MBP ...
If you think this is an issue of not being able to afford something, you're off your rocker. The MacBook Pro and macOS isn't better enough than a Surface Book and Windows 10 to justify paying a $300+ premium right out of the gate for a less flexible machine simply because they added an OLED bar and the company selling them is named "Apple."
For people locked into Apple's ecosystem, this is a shame, because it means they will have no choice but to pay the prices. If you're using FCPX and LPX you won't be able to switch off to a comparable (and cheaper) Windows machine without overrunning the savings in Software licensing fees.
Check Mate.
Personally, I think they're just trying extract revenue out of their PCs to make up for some of the falling revenues in other areas of their business (like iPads and iPhones). This is the only other area where they can reliably do this. I actually think Apple's PC users are more fiercely devoted than their smartphone users; and in many cases, definitely more invested.10-30-2016 11:01 PMLike 0 - The prices don't surprise me anymore. It's expensive? Yes it is. And it will be always expensive. Maybe apple find that the prices are fair for the product they are selling or maybe they know that apple is a major company and although the price they gonna sell it. Steve Jobs once have said they don't make cheap so... yeah.
Clearly that is a subjective matter, but the distinction is worth making.
I'm okay paying more for a BMW than a Corolla, for that very reason. No one complains that their BMW is too expensive, because they feel like they are getting the value for the dollar spent, and it goes beyond "brand recognition" (otherwise Tesla would never have sold any cars, cause they'd have failed instantly due to being an upstart). If Toyota upped the price on the Corolla by 15% and added nothing but a sunroof, then people would look at it the same way they're looking at the new MacBook pricing.10-30-2016 11:05 PMLike 0 -
Other manufacturers are starting to discover that "Metal + High Prices" = premium to a lot of people... Thanks to none other than Apple.10-30-2016 11:10 PMLike 0 -
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- This is Apple doing the equivalent of the 16Gb iPhone again - sure there is a cheaper model but we know you'll hate yourself for buying it because as well as not having the touch bar, we've put in slower RAM, a much slower CPU and a worse graphics set. I don't see anything lucky about this for buyers! It's the classic Apple upsell with bells on!
'but we know you'll hate yourself for buying it'
Its so true! ^_^ Spending all that money and then you don't even get the thing that new. Apple will always be Apple.StraightlineBoy likes this.10-31-2016 04:06 AMLike 1 - Apple puts its price on a stratospheric high bar because people buy it. Simple like that! Company doesn't care about massive sales, it do care about massive profits on low volume units. That's Apple way of life.
Look, in this single thread there are passionate people defending until death Apple's right to put obscene high prices on this products. So, why change? Why make cheaper computers, iPhones and iPads? I know two guys who hates iPhone SE because it is a "cheaper" iPhone. Well, I don't know in your countries, but in mine you simply can't put "cheap" and "iPhone" on the same sentence. Never! Even SE is much more pricey than, say, a Galaxy S7 Edge, here. But that people doesn't like it because it isn't that expensive as a regular iPhone 7.
So that's it. People are very strange animals who likes to pay more just to show they can. Because of it Apple puts high prices on its products. Because is about this type of client they do care, not about us who complain about their prices and do months of cut-spending just to change iPhone once in 4-5 years...
Cheers,10-31-2016 05:32 AMLike 0 -
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Apple makes something you want, and you don't have the money to buy one, so the only thing left for you to do is come on here and complain about how unfair, and overpriced Apple is. People who can afford Apple products have no problem with Apples pricing that's why their stores are jam packed from open to close, 7 days a week, and Apple is one of if not the largest corp in the world ...10-31-2016 10:19 AMLike 0 - [WARN]Please keep the conversation respectful. There's nothing wrong with a debate but insults will not be tolerated. Thanks.[/WARN]Just_Me_D and robertk328 like this.10-31-2016 02:14 PMLike 2
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It's these same wannabe ballers that are drowning in debt, ducking bill collectors, yet carrying around the latest smartphones, portables and wolfin' down $25+ salads.*
* Yes, I'm a cranky old man that pines for the old days of responsible spending & getting your money's worth at the same time10-31-2016 06:14 PMLike 0 - I've learned long ago that what doesn't make sense to some people makes perfect sense to others...
...Apple is a company that has positioned itself as a company that makes premium products and outstanding customer service. With that in mind, premium doesn't necessarily equate to better because better is subjective to the individual. It's the same with justification. Some people can't justify paying the price of a MacBook Pro when they can get a better spec'd Windows laptop. On the other hand, some people can justify getting the MacBook in lieu of the Windows laptop and it has nothing to do with Apple loyalty. Some people simply "prefer" the MacBook to the Windows laptop. Yes, it's really that simple for some people. Too many people spend too much time trying to find justification for what someone else chooses to purchase in comparison to what they'd purchase, and the simplest of reasons, preference and satisfaction, are often too difficult for them to accept. What doesn't make sense to some makes perfect sense to others.
10-31-2016 08:46 PMLike 0 - I've learned long ago that what doesn't make sense to some people makes perfect sense to others...
...Apple is a company that has positioned itself as a company that makes premium products and outstanding customer service. With that in mind, premium doesn't necessarily equate to better because better is subjective to the individual. It's the same with justification. Some people can't justify paying the price of a MacBook Pro when they can get a better spec'd Windows laptop. On the other hand, some people can justify getting the MacBook in lieu of the Windows laptop and it has nothing to do with Apple loyalty. Some people simply "prefer" the MacBook to the Windows laptop. Yes, it's really that simple for some people. Too many people spend too much time trying to find justification for what someone else chooses to purchase in comparison to what they'd purchase, and the simplest of reasons, preference and satisfaction, are often too difficult for them to accept. What doesn't make sense to some makes perfect sense to others.
Again: perfect post!
Cheers,Just_Me_D likes this.11-01-2016 09:55 AMLike 1 -
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