IDC: PC market contracts by 29% in Q1 due to weak demand
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- Anonymous
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- 12 Apr 2023
Recession signals are rising , plus PC/Mobile market has reached the plateau right before Covid ... nowadays only overpriced low quality not justifiable upgrade
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- PhoneFreak45
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- 11 Apr 2023
S Yu, 11 Apr 2023Many, actually. Try the Adobe suite on Android, or C1, Affi... moreAnd let me guess, you can't imagine finding replacements for those pieces of software? Lumafusion for video editing, Microsoft word for document editing, snapseed for photo editing. All of which are fully featured. I understand that some people have apps they don't want to switch away from that only work on x86. But discounting an entire operating system based on that doesn't mean it's a bad operating system, it means you're really bad at tech. Mobile desktop modes have been very useful and very functional for years now. My 2019 LG G8X hook up to PC peripherals no problem and run whatever apps I want. So, it won't run windows apps. I can find replacements. Acting like every user couldn't possibly get away without their one x86 app is completely ridiculous. If you think that android desktop modes aren't useful, I'm sorry, but you're in denial.
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- Anonymous
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- 11 Apr 2023
Anonymous, 11 Apr 2023Mac is the easiest to upgrade since long ago. Just buy a ne... moreZero hassle. I use windows for years. Really easy to do everything you want.
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- 11 Apr 2023
Anonymous, 11 Apr 2023Mac is the easiest to upgrade since long ago. Just buy a ne... morePC's are easy to fix was a matter with you.
man people are just getting lazy Im sure.. enjoy the world without choices.
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- 11 Apr 2023
Anonymous, 11 Apr 2023Mac is the easiest to upgrade since long ago. Just buy a ne... moreI am not sure we're living in the same world.
PC repairability and upgradability is on another level, where a Mac doesn't even come close.
Software:
I personally use Linux and OSX exclusively (software dev), but it is a wide known fact that you can backup and quickly restore from physical backup on Windows, and the process was flawless for ages. You can also do it from OneDrive, in which case you only need to be online. I've done this very thing for my wife and in-laws laptops recently, and it was a breeze.
Hardware:
At worst, you have almost everything soldered to the motherboard, just like on any Apple laptop or all-in-one, in which case you just replace the motherboard. The big difference is that motherboards quickly drop in price 2 years after the device release, so instead of paying $600 for an apple motherboard even for a 10 year old laptop ($400 if you are lucky), you can get a new motherboard for $150 to $300 depending on configuration and how old the laptop is. 5-6 years later that motherboard can be had for under $100.
At best, like with gaming laptops, everything is upgradeable/replaceable, in which case individual broken parts are even cheaper. Like if a RAM module dies, you replace just your RAM, keeping the motherboard and CPU the same. Or if you want to upgrade a few years down the road, you can swap RAM and/or CPU keeping the motherboard the same.
In the hardware world, nothing is harder and more expensive to repair than a comparable Apple hardware. And more often than not, it fails sooner than its PC counterparts only because Apple picked design over function, so they end up running hotter. "cough" 2019 MacBook Pro with butterfly keyboard.
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- 11 Apr 2023
Anonymous, 11 Apr 2023Mac is the easiest to upgrade since long ago. Just buy a ne... moreHuh? On Linux you just copy the "Home" folder from old to new computer and it's good to go. You can use wi-fi or portable hard disk or cloud or USB stick or whatever.
As for Mac repairability, Louis Rossmann wants to have a word with you.
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- Anonymous
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- 11 Apr 2023
Anonymous, 11 Apr 2023Mac is the easiest to upgrade since long ago. Just buy a ne... more"Just buy a new mac"
That's not upgrading, that's replacing.
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- Extinction
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- 11 Apr 2023
HP Inc extinction! Hopefully! 2023!
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- Anonymous
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- 11 Apr 2023
Anonymous, 11 Apr 2023Buy a Mac to install Windows? You can just buy a Windows po... moreMac is the easiest to upgrade since long ago. Just buy a new Mac, restore from time machine. Done.
Windows you have to buy a new copy of Windows.. use third party migration software.. endless patches.. make sure the new drivers work.. downloads etc etc.. a hassle indeed.
As for repair, nothing repairs easier then Mac. Because there is only such few models, repairing is clearly documented, and they even have their dedicated repair shops. As for PC, so many makers and models.. each with their own pros and cons.. so its hard to determine repair rating.. plus if something broke.. it's hard to obtain the parts.
The only thing you may argue about PC.. cheap. that's all... but to repair and upgrade is nothing but pain and grief..
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- Hemedans
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- 11 Apr 2023
Anonymous, 11 Apr 2023Not really. Their hardware was always inferior. People used... moreDedicated gpu? Maybe but Mac had same hardware as mainstream pc like ThinkPad, Xps, Spectre etc you get i5 or i7 of latest generation some ram and Hdd/ssd etc.
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- Anonymous
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- 11 Apr 2023
Hemedans, 10 Apr 2023Just recently Mac started using M series cpu, but they had ... moreNot really. Their hardware was always inferior. People used to buy some serious speced systems to install Hackintosh.
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- 11 Apr 2023
Hemedans, 10 Apr 2023Just recently Mac started using M series cpu, but they had ... moreBuy a Mac to install Windows? You can just buy a Windows powered computer instead. Much easier to repair and upgrade.
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- Kurokaze
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- 11 Apr 2023
Prices have gone really high of course the demand seems weak. A brand new replacement for my $700 Old PC now costs $1100.
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- Invetor
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- 11 Apr 2023
framework laptops are great
they have a 16" model coming with modular graphics
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- rizki1
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- 11 Apr 2023
LazyEngineer, 11 Apr 2023By brother , performance delta between a desktop RTX 4090 a... moreand it consumes 200% more power than laptop. If a desktop performs 40% faster and has the same power as a laptop then that's another thing.
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- LazyEngineer
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- 11 Apr 2023
rizki1, 10 Apr 2023Laptops can't be productive in your opinion? How?
Y... moreBy brother , performance delta between a desktop RTX 4090 and laptop RTX 4090 is diffrence of more than 40% .
Of course mobile RTX is same power as desktop RTX 3090(which is incredible in its own) but far less behind than desktop RTX 4090.
It's just simple physics.
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- LazyEngineer
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- 11 Apr 2023
Anonymous, 10 Apr 2023I stopped using Lenovo. Cheap plastic even with the top model.Lol which top model you are talking about?
Last year I checked top end thinkpads come with carbon fiber and CNC milled magnesium body whereas yogas are full 2-in-1 metal laptops.
Maybe your defination of top end ends at $500 😏 and cannot afford $2000 laptop.
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- S Yu
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- 11 Apr 2023
PhoneFreak45, 10 Apr 2023Person who reacted X to this:
"BuT I HaVe ThIs oNe x8... moreMany, actually. Try the Adobe suite on Android, or C1, Affinity? Oh wait...
Try the real Onenote for Office360 then try Onenote on Android, it's not even a skeleton of the real app, it's less Adobe Reader is compared to Adobe Acrobat...
Anybody who can get by with Android only doesn't really use many productive software. iOS is halfway between. Not because of the OS per se but software support.
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- Anonymous
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- 11 Apr 2023
$1k+ laptops are great. Desktops are dead to mainstream people. It’s only invaluable to real professionals, though. And, last but not least, the future is all about very efficient mobile devices. Intel, AMD, and even NVIDIA better get a step on it before they start losing serious business.