▲ 421 ▼ Apple Plans to Defeat RAM Prices by Letting You Lease a Mac (gizmodo.com) submitted 3 months ago by JensSpahnpasta@feddit.org to c/technology@lemmy.world 205 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] Hairyfishnuts@feddit.online 46 points 3 months ago (8 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] rowrowrowyourboat@sh.itjust.works 16 points 3 months ago (7 children) You just know that apple idiots will line up to get this. Soon, you'll be having people leasing laptops and trading them in every year for the new model, perpetually paying a monthly fee to have the best and newest laptop from apple. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago (2 children) It's wild people don't see the parrel to how 99% of Americans "buy" new phones.... That's 100% what Apple is going for, laptops the same as iphones. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] dudeface@lemmy.world -6 points 3 months ago* (1 child) I have owned all my MacBooks for 5 years+, pretty sure it’s the windows users who buy new computers ever year because they buy garbage and Microsoft are encouraged to slow down computers over time I use a 5 year old Mac mini at work and it’s faster than the thread ripper pro they originally gave me for what I do Apple hate of this degree just smells like ignorance in this day and age permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago I have owned all my MacBooks for 5 years+, So has everyone else... This program is new... Apple hate o I said it's the same as all phones, if you're confused why I'm talking apple specifically, try reading the headline again, maybe ask Siri to explain the connection permalink fedilink source parent [–] frongt@lemmy.zip 8 points 3 months ago I'd be more surprised if people weren't already doing this. They do with iPhones when they lease and upgrade with their carrier. permalink fedilink source parent [–] mrnngglry@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 months ago I don’t think people care as much about the latest and greatest laptop as they do smartphones. That mindset about phones is also just as true with Android fanboys as it is Apple fanboys. Apple haters love to criticize when Apple does something like this but when the rest of the industry follows suit, they show us how much non-Apple users eat that shit up too. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Auli@lemmy.ca 1 point 3 months ago Yep its great cause I get new x every year. I have heard people say they want to lease appliances because they well get a new fridge or stove every couple years. And they want it cause new tech. We are our worst enmities. The waste this all produces is insane. permalink fedilink source parent [–] lemmyng@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago Sony was doing this with the fucking PS5. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rowrowrowyourboat@sh.itjust.works 16 points 3 months ago (7 children) You just know that apple idiots will line up to get this. Soon, you'll be having people leasing laptops and trading them in every year for the new model, perpetually paying a monthly fee to have the best and newest laptop from apple. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago (2 children) It's wild people don't see the parrel to how 99% of Americans "buy" new phones.... That's 100% what Apple is going for, laptops the same as iphones. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] dudeface@lemmy.world -6 points 3 months ago* (1 child) I have owned all my MacBooks for 5 years+, pretty sure it’s the windows users who buy new computers ever year because they buy garbage and Microsoft are encouraged to slow down computers over time I use a 5 year old Mac mini at work and it’s faster than the thread ripper pro they originally gave me for what I do Apple hate of this degree just smells like ignorance in this day and age permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago I have owned all my MacBooks for 5 years+, So has everyone else... This program is new... Apple hate o I said it's the same as all phones, if you're confused why I'm talking apple specifically, try reading the headline again, maybe ask Siri to explain the connection permalink fedilink source parent [–] frongt@lemmy.zip 8 points 3 months ago I'd be more surprised if people weren't already doing this. They do with iPhones when they lease and upgrade with their carrier. permalink fedilink source parent [–] mrnngglry@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 months ago I don’t think people care as much about the latest and greatest laptop as they do smartphones. That mindset about phones is also just as true with Android fanboys as it is Apple fanboys. Apple haters love to criticize when Apple does something like this but when the rest of the industry follows suit, they show us how much non-Apple users eat that shit up too. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Auli@lemmy.ca 1 point 3 months ago Yep its great cause I get new x every year. I have heard people say they want to lease appliances because they well get a new fridge or stove every couple years. And they want it cause new tech. We are our worst enmities. The waste this all produces is insane. permalink fedilink source parent [–] lemmyng@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago Sony was doing this with the fucking PS5. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago (2 children) It's wild people don't see the parrel to how 99% of Americans "buy" new phones.... That's 100% what Apple is going for, laptops the same as iphones. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] dudeface@lemmy.world -6 points 3 months ago* (1 child) I have owned all my MacBooks for 5 years+, pretty sure it’s the windows users who buy new computers ever year because they buy garbage and Microsoft are encouraged to slow down computers over time I use a 5 year old Mac mini at work and it’s faster than the thread ripper pro they originally gave me for what I do Apple hate of this degree just smells like ignorance in this day and age permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago I have owned all my MacBooks for 5 years+, So has everyone else... This program is new... Apple hate o I said it's the same as all phones, if you're confused why I'm talking apple specifically, try reading the headline again, maybe ask Siri to explain the connection permalink fedilink source parent
[+] dudeface@lemmy.world -6 points 3 months ago* (1 child) I have owned all my MacBooks for 5 years+, pretty sure it’s the windows users who buy new computers ever year because they buy garbage and Microsoft are encouraged to slow down computers over time I use a 5 year old Mac mini at work and it’s faster than the thread ripper pro they originally gave me for what I do Apple hate of this degree just smells like ignorance in this day and age permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago I have owned all my MacBooks for 5 years+, So has everyone else... This program is new... Apple hate o I said it's the same as all phones, if you're confused why I'm talking apple specifically, try reading the headline again, maybe ask Siri to explain the connection permalink fedilink source parent
[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago I have owned all my MacBooks for 5 years+, So has everyone else... This program is new... Apple hate o I said it's the same as all phones, if you're confused why I'm talking apple specifically, try reading the headline again, maybe ask Siri to explain the connection permalink fedilink source parent
[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 8 points 3 months ago I'd be more surprised if people weren't already doing this. They do with iPhones when they lease and upgrade with their carrier. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mrnngglry@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 months ago I don’t think people care as much about the latest and greatest laptop as they do smartphones. That mindset about phones is also just as true with Android fanboys as it is Apple fanboys. Apple haters love to criticize when Apple does something like this but when the rest of the industry follows suit, they show us how much non-Apple users eat that shit up too. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 1 point 3 months ago Yep its great cause I get new x every year. I have heard people say they want to lease appliances because they well get a new fridge or stove every couple years. And they want it cause new tech. We are our worst enmities. The waste this all produces is insane. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lemmyng@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago Sony was doing this with the fucking PS5. permalink fedilink source parent