Maybe, but a quarter of Berkshire Hathaway's portfolio, now, is Apple stock. Just saw that headline today. Gossip ensues about Warren possibly losing his edge, but my presumption is that he is very confident something is about to materialize that I don't see, or understand.
Still, it will require something unforeseen because Apple's current course is for the shallows. Jumped over to an article about the Mac Mini from that one, and I was reminded why I despise the Apple tech press. The way they cover Apple products is so steeped in fanboyism they're blind to what is unfolding in front of them. With the launch of products at last month's show they destroyed the logic of their separate laptop lines, and they doubled down on the "just charge them more, they'll pay anything" strategy first (successfully) adopted to their iPhone X, and now extended to the new MacOS hardware.:
https://appleinsider.com/articles/1...tling-and-performance-in-the-2018-i7-mac-mini
Apple's Mac Mini is still the most inexpensive way to get a Mac, even though the base price is $300 more than the base model from 2014. Given the inclusion of four Thunderbolt 3 ports, it's a difficult compare to the cheapest Wintel hardware, and is price and performance competitive with Intel's NUC hardware for the first time. The six-core Core i7 processor can be had for as low as $1099, and we feel that this model will be very popular in the scientific community, and for users not afraid to add external storage and add their own RAM.
No, it's not difficult to compare, and no, it isn't remotely competitive. The thing that pisses me off is that he's suggesting the price gap is getting better when it's getting worse every year with each new Apple release. The new Mac Mini pricing is vomit-inducing. Maybe this author would realize that if he took enough care to notice the i5 model is available for $1099 while the i7 model actually starts at $1299. Derp. BTW, you could match this i5 base build spec for spec (minus two of those Thunderbolt ports) in a
NUC unit including Windows 10 Home for $679. That's a
61% markup on the base hardware.
You'll also want that base model. Oh, they restored the ability to install RAM? Syke! Building a PC from scratch requires fewer tools, is less complicated, less fickle, and less risky than merely installing RAM in one of these things:
https://www.zdnet.com/article/yes-its-possible-to-upgrade-a-2018-mac-minis-ram-no-its-not-easy/
Don't worry. It's only going to cost you
$200 for every 8GB RAM you want to add. That runs
$55-$60 for NUC builders, and has been as low as $30 when SODIMM DDR4 RAM prices have been at their best.
It's just depressing to see Apple reduced to price gouging as a business strategy, and even more depressing to read articles that indicate this strategy (at least in the short term) is working.
*relegated
No, makes no sense for them. They've already yoked their desktop to mobile. Windows 10 is touchscreen on touchscreen-capable devices. It may not be nearly as robust as iOS on tablets, but even Apple has to envy this. They're trying to figure out a bridge between their iPads and MacBooks. That's why they keep trying to pitch their iPad Pro as a "laptop killer". That was the plan for that line since Day 1. Still a failure.
Meanwhile, Windows is already there. Their challenge is continuing to develop the "Tablet Mode" while broadening sales of the Surface Pro product lines that encourage its use.
