My sister bought a Lenovo thinkbook with a Ryzen 7, 16 GB of RAM (upgradable up to 32) for € 729
My 3D artist friend an Asus ROG 14 with an NVidia GPU and 32GB of RAM for € 1.780 and he's using it to render complex scenes.
Does the increase in performance justify the ridiculous price?
It doesn't, in my opinion.
Also, Apple doesn't want to be a mainstream company, their market is never gonna be huge, premium prices are only justifiable if the product is somewhat exclusive.
Not to mention the unusable trackpad and keyboard, and the lack of video camera. Or even the fact that this machine gets super hot and loud, while an air doesn't even have fans.
M1 Macs can't do what that laptops does.
Simple as that.
People are not stupid, that might surprise you, but people use their money for the best, usually.
> Not to mention the unusable trackpad and keyboard
Have you ever heard of a device called "mouse"?
My friend uses another device entirely, it's called "WACOM CINTIQ PRO TOUCH 32"
because he cares about eronomics in his job, specific to his job, he doesn't need to show off with his friends.
> and the lack of video camera
are you familiar with the concept of a working machine?
> Or even the fact that this machine gets super hot and loud
have you ever thought that people don't care about it, because they are working and their job is not making less noise possible?
that's a feature only if your job requires absolute silence, rendering at X minutes per frame is not one of them.
People just don't care.
It's like saying that your washing machine is noisy.
Do you stare at it while it washes your underwear?
And vice versa. Try using it for hours just on battery.
>Have you ever heard of a device called "mouse"?
Then you can't use it on your lap, need a bigger desk, etc.
>are you familiar with the concept of a working machine?
Are you familiar with the concept of online meetings ? Or do you work as a hermit ?
>because they are working and their job is not making less noise possible?
Not to mention audio people that do require that, but I'm sure your coworkers wouldn't appreciate the fan noise blasting each time you unmute
>Do you stare at it while it washes your underwear?
Do you leave the room when using your computer ?
Dell XPS and HP Elitebooks often meet or exceed the price of comparable MacBooks.
How many times people said that the Air is the "entry level" "low budget" Mac?
Which one is true?
Is it a luxury product or an entry level one?
I can quote many comments saying both things in the same thread.
Anyway, no company pays Lenovo full price and their discount policies are far more aggressive than Apple's.
There's a reason: Apple doesn't undersell, they don't care.
Lenovo, Dell, HP make volumes, they don't care to be a luxury brand.
The X1 carbon, paid full price, is for people who have money to waste.
Obviously: Both.
The absolute "entry" point is the Mac mini.
The MacBook Air a low spec "luxury" quality device for people who want a well built laptop (that has decent battery life and a good screen) but do not have heavy demands on performance.
If your argument is discounts then I don't support that pricing model (unpredictable frenetic oscillation) anyway.
And, yah, if you're a company you get a flat rate discount based on volume with Apple products.
Luxury is never cheap.
An M1 can't be both entry level and better than high end models at the same price tag, at the same time (that's what they say).
They are not in fact.
Please leave Ferrari alone, they actually make cars that last for decades.
Apple doesn't.
