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  • More dooooom!

    From -hh@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jul 11 14:39:55 2023
    2Q preliminary (probably) results:

    < https://9to5mac.com/2023/07/11/mac-shipments-grow-10-percent/>

    -hh

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  • From Alan@21:1/5 to -hh on Tue Jul 11 15:54:55 2023
    On 2023-07-11 14:39, -hh wrote:
    2Q preliminary (probably) results:

    < https://9to5mac.com/2023/07/11/mac-shipments-grow-10-percent/>

    -hh

    Is Apple officially "beleaguered" again?

    :-)

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  • From rabidPedagog@21:1/5 to Alan on Wed Jul 12 08:10:20 2023
    On 2023-07-11 6:54 p.m., Alan wrote:
    On 2023-07-11 14:39, -hh wrote:
    2Q preliminary (probably) results:

    < https://9to5mac.com/2023/07/11/mac-shipments-grow-10-percent/>

    -hh

    Is Apple officially "beleaguered" again?

    :-)

    I wouldn't be surprised if more people out there got fed up of buying PC hardware as a result of Windows updates rendering their machines
    unbootable or hardware simply dying for no reason as it often does. It's
    hard not to turn your eye toward Apple when you see that your AirPods seamlessly connect, that wireless connectivity is always reliable, that keyboards generally feel nice to type on, that battery life is stellar,
    that the screen is gorgeous, that it always wakes after sleep, etc..
    Other than gaming, there's no real selling point to having a PC over a
    Mac anymore.

    --
    rabidPedagog
    TG: @rabidPedagog
    Galatians 6:7

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  • From Thomas E.@21:1/5 to -hh on Fri Aug 4 16:56:17 2023
    On Tuesday, July 11, 2023 at 5:39:56 PM UTC-4, -hh wrote:
    2Q preliminary (probably) results:

    < https://9to5mac.com/2023/07/11/mac-shipments-grow-10-percent/>

    -hh

    Well, why did Apple just report Q3 a 7% decline in Mac $sales????

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  • From Bob Campbell@21:1/5 to Thomas E. on Sat Aug 5 04:00:46 2023
    Thomas E. <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Tuesday, July 11, 2023 at 5:39:56 PM UTC-4, -hh wrote:
    2Q preliminary (probably) results:

    < https://9to5mac.com/2023/07/11/mac-shipments-grow-10-percent/>

    -hh

    Well, why did Apple just report Q3 a 7% decline in Mac $sales????

    Well, why did Microsoft just report a 20% decline in Surface $sales?

    “Microsoft has reported today that the company is continuing to the feel
    the sting of the shrinking PC market …. According to Microsoft, Windows OEM revenue decreased by 12% while Devices, which refers to Surface products,
    was down 20% or $339 million”.

    <https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/microsoft-reports-20-decrease-in-revenue-for-surface-and-windows-products>

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  • From RabidPedagog@21:1/5 to Bob Campbell on Sat Aug 5 20:46:57 2023
    On 2023-08-05 12:00 a.m., Bob Campbell wrote:
    Thomas E. <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Tuesday, July 11, 2023 at 5:39:56 PM UTC-4, -hh wrote:
    2Q preliminary (probably) results:

    < https://9to5mac.com/2023/07/11/mac-shipments-grow-10-percent/>

    -hh

    Well, why did Apple just report Q3 a 7% decline in Mac $sales????

    Well, why did Microsoft just report a 20% decline in Surface $sales?

    “Microsoft has reported today that the company is continuing to the feel the sting of the shrinking PC market …. According to Microsoft, Windows OEM revenue decreased by 12% while Devices, which refers to Surface products,
    was down 20% or $339 million”.

    <https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/microsoft-reports-20-decrease-in-revenue-for-surface-and-windows-products>

    The reality is that people are holding onto their computers for longer
    because machines don't need to be upgraded every two or three years like
    in the 80s to 2000s. In many cases, even when an upgrade is strongly recommended, people opt to install Linux (by themselves or with the help
    of a friend) because buying a new machine is mostly pointless when most
    of what you do gets done on a smartphone.

    --
    RabidPedagog
    TG: @RabidPedagog
    Galatians 6:7

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  • From Bob Campbell@21:1/5 to RabidPedagog on Sun Aug 6 19:31:17 2023
    RabidPedagog <rabid@pedag.og> wrote:
    On 2023-08-05 12:00 a.m., Bob Campbell wrote:
    Thomas E. <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Tuesday, July 11, 2023 at 5:39:56 PM UTC-4, -hh wrote:
    2Q preliminary (probably) results:

    < https://9to5mac.com/2023/07/11/mac-shipments-grow-10-percent/>

    -hh

    Well, why did Apple just report Q3 a 7% decline in Mac $sales????

    Well, why did Microsoft just report a 20% decline in Surface $sales?

    “Microsoft has reported today that the company is continuing to the feel >> the sting of the shrinking PC market …. According to Microsoft, Windows OEM
    revenue decreased by 12% while Devices, which refers to Surface products,
    was down 20% or $339 million”.

    <https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/microsoft-reports-20-decrease-in-revenue-for-surface-and-windows-products>

    The reality is that people are holding onto their computers for longer because machines don't need to be upgraded every two or three years like
    in the 80s to 2000s. In many cases, even when an upgrade is strongly recommended, people opt to install Linux (by themselves or with the help
    of a friend) because buying a new machine is mostly pointless when most
    of what you do gets done on a smartphone.

    Correct. Which explains why Windows PC sales have been declining for 10
    years.

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  • From RabidPedagog@21:1/5 to Bob Campbell on Sun Aug 6 21:23:56 2023
    On 2023-08-06 3:31 p.m., Bob Campbell wrote:
    RabidPedagog <rabid@pedag.og> wrote:
    On 2023-08-05 12:00 a.m., Bob Campbell wrote:
    Thomas E. <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Tuesday, July 11, 2023 at 5:39:56 PM UTC-4, -hh wrote:
    2Q preliminary (probably) results:

    < https://9to5mac.com/2023/07/11/mac-shipments-grow-10-percent/>

    -hh

    Well, why did Apple just report Q3 a 7% decline in Mac $sales????

    Well, why did Microsoft just report a 20% decline in Surface $sales?

    “Microsoft has reported today that the company is continuing to the feel >>> the sting of the shrinking PC market …. According to Microsoft, Windows OEM
    revenue decreased by 12% while Devices, which refers to Surface products, >>> was down 20% or $339 million”.

    <https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/microsoft-reports-20-decrease-in-revenue-for-surface-and-windows-products>

    The reality is that people are holding onto their computers for longer
    because machines don't need to be upgraded every two or three years like
    in the 80s to 2000s. In many cases, even when an upgrade is strongly
    recommended, people opt to install Linux (by themselves or with the help
    of a friend) because buying a new machine is mostly pointless when most
    of what you do gets done on a smartphone.

    Correct. Which explains why Windows PC sales have been declining for 10 years.

    Yeah, I would imagine that the only people constantly upgrading their
    hardware are the ones using their PC to play games. If games are not
    your thing, there is truly no incentive to buying new hardware. Some professionals need more RAM and processing power for video editing or programming, but that's hardly the majority of people.

    --
    RabidPedagog
    TG: @RabidPedagog
    Galatians 6:7

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