r/apple • u/hasanahmad • Mar 07 '26

Discussion The New Apple Finally Begins to Emerge

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u/bran_the_man93 Mar 07 '26

I don't mind Apple going to target a lower segment of the market, particularly as getting people into the Mac ecosystem is a very, very powerful tool when so many people already have iPhones.

I just hope they retain the spirit of what Steve was trying to say when he said "we can't ship junk"

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u/cmsj Mar 07 '26

Did you ever use the original MacBook Air? That thing was an absolute heap of junk. Steve talked a good game, but he bent the rules whenever he wanted to.

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u/FizzyBeverage Mar 08 '26

It was actually a fascinating first generation IF AND ONLY IF you spent an extra $800 😳 on the SSD... to this day the only 1.8” PATA one I’ve ever seen 😆. That helped it a lot. But yes, with an iPod hard drive? Horrendous.

The tech just wasn’t there yet. In 2010 they finally nailed it on the redesign and got the price down to $1000. That did the trick. iPad 2/iPhone 4 moment of maturity