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> Still basically everyone!

I will hasard that the amount of people who would like a desktop computer with no customisability whatsoever and wouldn't be better served by actually pluging a laptop to a monitor is basically zero.

And well, that's what the article is pointing. That and the uter irrelevance of the base model and how extremely marked up the actually useful model is, all par for the course with Apple.

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LittleTimothy 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I think you're massively over-estimating what the average consumer wants from their computer. I need a computer but you're saying I shouldn't buy a computer I should buy a laptop and then a separate monitor? Why!? What a weird thing to do. Call me crazy, but people will just buy a computer when they need a computer.

I know, I know, we could get them a laptop and a fancy display and a mechanical keyboard and we could load Ubuntu onto it for them too while we're at it so that they aren't locked in to Apple's walled garden.

That's just not what an average consumer is going to do, they're going to need a computer and buy one.

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RandomThoughts3 an hour ago | parent | next [-]

> Why?

Because you then also have a laptop for the same price and as a bonus you can upgrade the monitore and computer separately.

It's so obvious I don't understand what you are missing there. Why do you think the market for desktop literaly cratered outside of the gaming segment?

I don't understand your rambling about mechanical keyboards and Ubuntu. You can simply buy a Macbook Pro (or god forbid a Mac mini) and an Apple screen for a cost which is roughly equivalent to this iMac and a net gain of functionality.

Average consumers stopped buying desktop two decades ago by the way.

	▲	dagmx an hour ago \| parent [-]
		I think you’re the one missing the “obvious” part as you call it. The other person even spelled it out. The market for these doesn’t care about any of the stuff you mentioned. It’s really that simple. They don’t care about the portability because they have their phone or tablet. They don’t care about upgrading because they’ll keep their device for a decade+, or they don’t own it themselves. They don’t want to buy a separate computer and display because they don’t want that hassle. The desktop market has cratered, sure, but that’s largely because the less complex devices have won out. This is one such device. Try stepping outside of your own shoes before you start telling other people they’re missing obvious things.

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EricE an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

No kidding. I got my mom to buy a laptop and external display since it wasn't much more than a mini/monitor but for some reason she hates the laptop. It's not rational, she just wants the "simplicity" of a desktop.

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JumpCrisscross 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> the amount of people who would like a desktop computer with no customisability whatsoever

You’re massively overestimating both general computer literacy and shits given. Not having to customise anything is a sales pitch for many consumers.

> pluging a laptop to a monitor

You’re selling me on this iMac. “My computer is broken.” No, the monitor cable popped out when you moved the screen.

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RandomThoughts3 an hour ago | parent [-]

The most important part of my comment is "and wouldn't be better served by actually pluging a laptop to a monitor" and your reply about cable unplugging (really?) lets me think you know it is.

I am not even commenting about the ecological disaster than gluing all this together is because, well, it's Apple and Apple never cared anyway. Still disappointing.

	▲	JumpCrisscross an hour ago \| parent [-]
		> wouldn't be better served by actually pluging a laptop to a monitor Yes. Lots of people don’t need nor want this. Getting two things to work together is more complicated than one.