At 9:41 PM +0000 10/21/2010, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote:
Does it seem strange to anyone else that in an era when we hear a lot of lip service about the nobility of free enterprise and business efforts that a big company like Apple is out of tune with what small businesses need in a computer.
Strange? No. Apple, under L'Jobs, has shown no serious interest in the business market, small or large. Sure, they've tossed the business market a few bones (eg: Exchange support), but that's nothing compared to what it really takes to get into business.
At this point, Apple is quickly selling *every* device (iPod, iPhone, iPad, and Mac) that they can manufacture. Adding more markets, while there is no capacity to build more widgets, would simply create back-orders -- which would hurt their bottom line.
Where the hell is that $ 500 ( not kidding Steve, that is the price point) mid tower Mac with slots and room for at least 2 drives. Upgradeable CPU and RAM too.
Apple seems to have little to no interest in the low-end or mid-range market. Old news.
If you need machines for your business, and cannot afford new Macs, then go hit the used and refirb market. Those machines work perfectly well.
Think of it as Apple's belief in the power of the masses to bootstrap themselves into a full out Mac Pro.
If that was the case, then Mac Pro sales would dwarf the Mini and iMac sales by now. But that's just not the case.
An ideological investment by The Steve into the wellbeing of the ground up nature of the economy would be a good sign and give those on the lowest tier some cash to please the corporate SUCK.
Is such needed? The world economy is in an awfully deep hole right now. Yet, Apple's sales are booming, while the companies that make those low-end and mid-range machines are watching their sales fall in to the toilet! WHY would you want Apple to get their feet wet in that?
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