Why don't apple desktops sell better?

[humminbird]

what do you mean by sell well?
a MacBook laptop has the same specifications except for the really expensive Mac pros
for most people it makes sense to buy the laptop and those apple display monitors

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

People can't see that you have an apple product if it's stuck in your house.

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

But on the real, its hard to market compared to the Macbook. It sucks because the desktops actually have a slight more power and convenience, than the Macbook. Especially the Mac Mini.

Plus, you are technically saving money with the desktop as they have all the fukking PORTS and you can easily get a cheap monitor, kb and m (Mac Mini), or the entire thing out the box.

 

[MikelArteta]

I’ve had my computer for like ten years. All I do is update parts hard drive here, mother board, gpu , power supply

With an apple desktop you can’t do all that

 

[Pure Water]

Windows is dominant. Macs run macOS. For it to be a single company making the OS and hardware, they're doing really well. If they spun off their Mac division that company would be a Fortune 500 company in itself.

 

[Unfiltered]

Most desktop sales are sold to businesses not consumers and corporate America runs Windows not Mac.

businesses will pay more for hardware but probably less issues with cybersecurity as Apple has much less but then again if Apple is dominating the corporate world, they'll have the same issues Windows has with security.

but the interface is easier and usually runs a little faster on older hardware, it's a win, win IMO just need to get the higher startup cost.

But I'm old enough to remember XP in 2001 and the disaster that was in corporate America.

Also factor in since it's basically Unix, ah nevermind I didn't think it through, it will cost companies a grip and apple will probably try to kill open distros of linux many companies use for their backend servers.

 

[↓R↑LYB]

businesses will pay more for hardware but probably less issues with cybersecurity as Apple has much less but then again if Apple is dominating the corporate world, they'll have the same issues Windows has with security.

I don't think it has anything to do with security, it's software compatibility. The majority of the software that's written for the enterprise isn't written to run on Macs. Plus corporate America is just now starting to take security seriously, but that's because of external pressures like PCI, FISMA, and HITRUST (plus the rise of ransomware).

but the interface is easier and usually runs a little faster on older hardware, it's a win, win IMO just need to get the higher startup cost.

But I'm old enough to remember XP in 2001 and the disaster that was in corporate America.

I'm 20 years in IT, what disaster was there in corporate America from going to XP? XP on the Desktop ran really well, especially once SP2 came out and Server 2003 was pretty solid. We migrated our environment from NT/Novell to 2003 AD domain and had very little problems.

The only OS I'd call a disaster was Windows Vista.

Also factor in since it's basically Unix, ah nevermind I didn't think it through, it will cost companies a grip and apple will probably try to kill open distros of linux many companies use for their backend servers.

Apple has never been B2B. All of their products and services are geared to consumers vs Microsoft which heavily targets corporate clients (Windows Server, Exchange, SQL, O365, Sharepoint, etc).

 

[Auger]

Were in a post-desktop world

 

[Alvin]

Price.

Limited software relative to Windows.

Legacy: companies and governments and shyt aren’t willing to invest the time and resources to switch their users to a new operating system.

lot of that software isn't compatible either, also linking Mac's up via Active Directory is a pain. Most of those desktops are for graphic design purposes, you can have slightly more leeway with the laptops.

 

[MikelArteta]

I don't think it has anything to do with security, it's software compatibility. The majority of the software that's written for the enterprise isn't written to run on Macs. Plus corporate America is just now starting to take security seriously, but that's because of external pressures like PCI, FISMA, and HITRUST (plus the rise of ransomware).

I'm 20 years in IT, what disaster was there in corporate America from going to XP? XP on the Desktop ran really well, especially once SP2 came out and Server 2003 was pretty solid. We migrated our environment from NT/Novell to 2003 AD domain and had very little problems.

The only OS I'd call a disaster was Windows Vista.

Apple has never been B2B. All of their products and services are geared to consumers vs Microsoft which heavily targets corporate clients (Windows Server, Exchange, SQL, O365, Sharepoint, etc).

I have no idea what this man said but all I know its the truth

 

[Scustin Bieburr]

If you're an artist working from home chances are you have an apple desktop.

If you're anyone else you saw the price tag and reacted like this:

 

[The Phoenix]

People can't see that you have an apple product if it's stuck in your house.

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[RennisDeynolds]

iMac boys we out here. I think commercially they sell, but there is a bigger need for mobility at work and for consumers so laptops are king.

 

[RennisDeynolds]

Also I still haven't heard a good reason why Apple hasn't entered the gaming space. Especially desktop gaming.

Don't tell me they couldnt partner up with AMD and shake shyt up at a super premium

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

Also I still haven't heard a good reason why Apple hasn't entered the gaming space. Especially desktop gaming.

Don't tell me they couldnt partner up with AMD and shake shyt up at a super premium

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