New Mac Laptops are still weak
October 19, 2008
Apple just introduced new laptops this past week. But unfortunately they just aren’t there yet. Foolishly Apple is omitting some things that really should be there for people. And sometimes I think they must be looking at some competitors and deciding purposely not do what others are doing even if those ideas are good. To me it should be very simple. You look at what you promise and you maintain a strong sense of what people deserve in the products you sell them. The new MacBook and Pros still don’t have an embedded card reader. Why is this? They should have a CF and SD camera card reader. Probably a Sony Memory Stick and others should be there despite whatever political issues might be there. Do it because it’s the right thing to do.
Also, what is with these strange ports Apple uses sometimes? Apple’s magnetic power port is a superior idea even though it’s a custom port. But when it comes to video ports and monitors and peripherals, they really need to just make it standard, to match everybody else. The more compatible the better we all are equipped. Even though it’s boring to be standard and its tempting to stylize ports a company shouldn’t create monitors and require the purchasing of a $30 adapter. How does it look when you overprice a connector while creating a headache for customers? I hate having to carry these kinds of things with me. Stop doing this to people. Stop making modified video, firewire, and USB ports on your and devices. Keep it simple because customers deserve it. And keep firewire when you make people depend on it. They removed Firewire for the lesser MacBook and there’s really no reason other than an attempt to make people want to go over the threshold and buy the more expensive MacBook Pro. Unfortunately this will annoy people rather than encouraging them.
And that’s really what this is about. People buy things they don’t understand because they like what the technology does for them. But as they understand it more and can compare with other products, if their product is missing something it’s frustrating because it’s limiting them. From my perspective, limiting people is wrong when you can do more to enable them. Free people to do more with what they have. You can be simple and standardized and connectable.
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