As Apple seemingly retreats from the top tier, Microsoft and HP have moved in with high-end products, particularly Microsoft’s Surface Pro 4 laptop and Microsoft Surface Studio (which begins at $2,999, only only offers an i5 and 8GB RAM to start, which is criminal) and HP’s Envy line of laptops.
Unfortunately, Microsoft is copying, and out-gouging, Apple’s practice of obscene charges for extra options. HP, thankfully, has not gone that route, and its charges for options seem more reasonable.
Indeed. The surface pro doesn’t have the performance of the entry level Lenovo Yoga Pro. I got a Yoga for travel and it runs all my CAD CAM and engineering software. Granted not as fast as my powerstation back home but good enough for my frequent on the road travels. It’s $1000 cheaper and has hardware that is compliant with the software makers’ demands. The new Surface Studio looks fantastic for my line of work but the specs are just fluff not up to speed with even my 4 year old Dell workstation.
The software I use renders Apple a non issue to me. Nothing runs on it.
Regain the edge? The 80’s are calling? MacOS is 80’s to the core.
It’s too bad they put a Gay leftist as thier head. Jobs kept Apple from being overtly political. He was a lefty but made a point not to antagonize nearly half the country.
Much overlooked is Apple’s Pro Desktops. There’s nothing second rate about them. Really top notch high performance boxes.
I’ll tell you what MS can do with that $3,000 laptop.