I really think Apple needs a laptop equivalent of the old iBook. A more affordable and simpler machine that is an alternative to Chromebooks and it should be $200 less than an Air. Right now they have the iPad for that segment, but IMHO even as an iPad user is that iPad really are just for consuming content… even with the keyboard it’s just not a laptop, it is a big iPhone.
@gpowerf the MacBook SE would sell like hotcakes.
The iPhone SE brought in a slew of new people to Apple who otherwise would never drop the sort of coin needed for an iPhone 14.
Given that for the vast, vast, majority of users hardware considered mediocre by techies is MORE than enough for their needs Apple could certainly pull off a mid-budget laptop and have it be really rather very good.
@wiredfire I’m an iPhone SE user 😄 I agree.
@gpowerf then I picked my wife up one a year later for a mere £120 in absolutely immaculate condition. Best tech bargain ever. £120 for something that’ll last 3-4 years still? Very nice.
@wiredfire i like the fact that it is tiny. So many other phones are huge.
@gpowerf same. Smaller and some bezels we’re definitely a gesture rather than a drawback for me!
@gpowerf as am I, swayed me from the mid-range Androids I was buying by offering something that was going to work better (“proper” CPU rather than some gimped underclocked nonsense), last longer, and I can get the battery replaced easily (if somewhat overpriced).
All of that means lower total cost of ownership, less ewaste, better experience for me. It’s quite the proposition!