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0 pointsksec7y ago0 comments

>Nvidia seems to aim for higher margin products these days with scientific computing/data center/deep learning/hardcore gaming.

Which is a problem. No (Real) Games on Mac, No Deep Learning/ Scientific Computing on Mac.

Mac is now left with Programming, and Video / Graphics Editing.

May be Apple's strategy for Mac is to milk it for as long as possible. They don't see it as a platform for growth ( Despite having plenty of room ).

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mcv7y ago

It seems to me like Apple has been on the road to slowly abandoning the Mac for quite some time. Newer Macbooks are unpopular, updates to OS X have problems, and on the whole, the platform just doesn't get much love from Apple. They want us all on iOS.

I'll be moving to Linux instead.

omnimus7y ago

I think only apple ally is Adobe. If you want to do pro design or video you need adobe. Adobe will never release on Linux so if you dont want to use privacy killing cloud os like windows 10 then you are left with mac.

Hackintosh is way many people are taking for those reasons.

scarface747y ago

The “newer MacBooks” are unpopular is just a meme in the tech bubble. While Apple will stop reporting unit sells next quarter, they just posted last quarters numbers. There is no indication that they are “unpopular”.

mcv7y ago

Maybe they still sell, but I know of nobody who is enthusiastic about them. People used to love them.

scarface747y ago

Why should we pay more credence to the anecdotal “people you know” instead of the reported sales volumes?

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etaioinshrdlu7y ago

It's a little funny how stable the desktop ecosystem has been for 10 (or maybe 30?) years.

Mac gaming still sucks, EE/ME/Enterprise engineers use windows. Web devs and Artists use macs. Academics and scientists use Linux.

These ecosystems are so stable now that I don't see it changing.

Granted, it could change, but they would have to really try... And Apple has shown decreasing vision for the Mac platform over time.

cronix7y ago

> Mac is now left with Programming, and Video / Graphics Editing.

You forgot Audio, which is HUGE on the Mac.

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mcv7y ago

I'll be moving to Linux instead.

omnimus7y ago

Hackintosh is way many people are taking for those reasons.

scarface747y ago

mcv7y ago

Maybe they still sell, but I know of nobody who is enthusiastic about them. People used to love them.

scarface747y ago

Why should we pay more credence to the anecdotal “people you know” instead of the reported sales volumes?

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etaioinshrdlu7y ago

It's a little funny how stable the desktop ecosystem has been for 10 (or maybe 30?) years.

Mac gaming still sucks, EE/ME/Enterprise engineers use windows. Web devs and Artists use macs. Academics and scientists use Linux.

These ecosystems are so stable now that I don't see it changing.

Granted, it could change, but they would have to really try... And Apple has shown decreasing vision for the Mac platform over time.

cronix7y ago

> Mac is now left with Programming, and Video / Graphics Editing.

You forgot Audio, which is HUGE on the Mac.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse