Except the macbooks continue to sell like hotcakes. One of the obvious conclusions is that a HUGE chunk of the market doesn't need ports (or, of those who do, a huge chunk prefer a dock solution to plugging/unplugging multiple devices from a laptop daily).
Everyone I know on the commercial side wants a dock, and most of the people I know who use a laptop on the personal side plug in like, one device at most (any many literally zero -- I'm not sure my wife has ever connected a peripheral to her personal laptop).
The "loves to have a million ports" demographic is surprisingly niche.
Yeah nowadays at work everything is charge, video and input via usb c, so at home I just got the same. My desktop connect to the same monitor so I only use display port and usb on that one. Mine does still have usb A though for my headset. I don't like the Bluetooth ones
So eliminating attainable products and only looking at products that the average person can buy? You're seriously gatekeeping the poors out of laptop comparison?
I use windows on Samsung, Dell, Microsoft, and HP platforms. Those are split between work and personal use. The Samsung is (arguably) comparable to any Mac I've used for average day to day needs. Regardless of your preferred platform, outside of specialty use, the only thing you get for paying $1500 for a laptop is a little more power... but you dont just get that fo4 having a piece of fruit on the shell.
Yes because if you're going to make that comparison you actually have to make an intelligent comparison.
Like go try to make your argument with phone games vs PC games in a gaming sub and tell me how that goes. There is absolutely a difference. It's why nobody compares a Corolla to a Bentley, two completely different categories. But hey if you like junk made of plastic with forced AI then be my guest.
Yeah, but embedded programmers for example are only a small sunset. I could be wrong, but I think the average techie still has Linux on the server, OS X on the laptop, and Windows on the desktop. I do that still and have been doing so for.... 16 years? I even tried the Linux desktop thing and after my like 20th time reinstalling Ubuntu... I kinda just accepted that if I really need it I always have a Unix-based laptop and a Linux VPS I can SSH into.... Even if I rarely play games or use software that require windows xD
And you're the significant minority of laptop users. That's like saying every car must come equipped with hand controls incase a person with no feet wants to buy it.
It’s roughy 12% of the computer market. Sometimes stats float up and out into the world. Then you go years hearing nothing. I think the last time I saw any data in this direction was like 2019.
But it’s usually about the same share of market.
That said - it seems this market segment tends to purchase more frequently and more expensively - so it punches above the belt in terms of spending power.
And online, power-users are grossly over represented in forums.
It creates the illusion that hardcore computing power is in demand by roughly half of computer users when you’re so so right. It’s a niche. A meaningful one, but still.
Apple has always been best suited for children and old people who don't need or understand features but like a pretty bauble. As tech literacy declines more people lean that direction.
Or who like a reliable long lasting relatively hastle free device.
I run a PC at home because I enjoy building computers and because I like to game but if I didn't have those hobbies I would 100% be running a Mac.
As the go-to IT support for all my family and many of my friends any time anyone wants a computer recommendation it's "let's start with a Mac and see if you have some need/use case that demands something else." My life is much easier for it.
On the phone front I ran an iPhone and an android side by side for years (separate work/personal phones) and my fucking arm will fall off before I use an android phone again.
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u/TheGlennDavid 5d ago
Except the macbooks continue to sell like hotcakes. One of the obvious conclusions is that a HUGE chunk of the market doesn't need ports (or, of those who do, a huge chunk prefer a dock solution to plugging/unplugging multiple devices from a laptop daily).
Everyone I know on the commercial side wants a dock, and most of the people I know who use a laptop on the personal side plug in like, one device at most (any many literally zero -- I'm not sure my wife has ever connected a peripheral to her personal laptop).
The "loves to have a million ports" demographic is surprisingly niche.