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apple desktop lineup is such a mess..


Apple does not have a 'desktop' lineup.

The only desktop machine they have is the Mac Pro, and that is rarely updated.

Mac Mini? It's a laptop device in a different form factor. iMac? Same thing.

EDIT: Forgot about the iMac Pro.


iMacs have desktop-class CPUs and GPUs, how are they like laptops?


Eh. No one every really complains about the iMac, which makes up most of their desktop offering.


Do you have a source on that? I never hear about iMacs, which makes me assume nobody uses them.


I've just looked at some statistics from update checks from Postico, a database app used mostly by web developers.

- 93% of my customers have a laptop

- 70% of desktop users have an iMac

Graphs: https://imgur.com/a/H0N0BZy


I bet you support Safari. ;)


Postico is a native Mac app, not a web app.


Doh! Sorry about that. :)


Those graphs are missing the scale. 70% of nothing is nothing.


Context is everything. We're talking about desktop computers. We already know laptop users dwarf desktop users these days. My question implied I was curious about what percentage of desktop users use iMacs. 70%, even for a product that isn't widely used, is interesting.


The data are for around 35000 unique users in May (of which around 2400 used a desktop).


Mac sales are pretty good relative to the overall market.

iMacs are almost definitely a minority compared to laptops (Apple doesn't break out sales by model), but since Apple is selling somewhere north of 10 million Macs/year, there have to be several million iMacs in active use.


Love my 5k iMac I bought 2 years ago; it replaced a 10 year old Mac Pro when I just couldn't justify the pricetag of a new computer AND display separately, with the 5k iMac starting at just $1800. Friend just bought an iMac Pro. My mom's still going on a 20" iMac from, I think, 10 years ago. I replaced the hard disk with an SSD at some point, but I can't even remember why -- possibly just to give it a performance bump. I know the disk didn't outright fail but it's possible it was making noise.


Not the GP, no source, but anecdotally, I see lots and lots of design related offices around London littered with iMacs everywhere. Dunno if they like them, but they certainly use them.


Hmm


I have a 5k iMac. No real complaints with it, although the design is pretty dated with its massive bezels and huge chin. Compute-wise it serves its purpose for me, good performance for an all-in-one.


> makes up most of their desktop offering

That's because it's literally the only option which isn't several years out of date.




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