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David Pierce

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
2710 total appearances

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The Vergecast
The 'AI is inevitable' trap

Especially because sort of the price performance of Windows is backwards compared to...

The Vergecast
The 'AI is inevitable' trap

A Mac Mini or now a MacBook Neo.

The Vergecast
The 'AI is inevitable' trap

I think they can get that back, right?

The Vergecast
The 'AI is inevitable' trap

They're starting to deeply discount some Windows PCs.

The Vergecast
The 'AI is inevitable' trap

Like, Best Buy is going to sell an IdeaPad Slim 3X for $499.

The Vergecast
The 'AI is inevitable' trap

It's got a Snapdragon in there.

The Vergecast
The 'AI is inevitable' trap

Like, maybe the battery life will be good.

The Vergecast
The 'AI is inevitable' trap

Walmart is going to do a 16-inch HP Omnibook 3.

The Vergecast
The 'AI is inevitable' trap

Why are they all 3s?

The Vergecast
The 'AI is inevitable' trap

For $429.

The Vergecast
The 'AI is inevitable' trap

Like, they're going to discount and they're going to make it

The Vergecast
The 'AI is inevitable' trap

compelling price-wise.

The Vergecast
The 'AI is inevitable' trap

I think price performance ratio is going to draw people to Macs because Macs have a performance advantage.

The Vergecast
The 'AI is inevitable' trap

And then it's also when you boot up a Mac, like all you have to do is tell Apple one time that you don't want Apple intelligence and it's not in your face.

The Vergecast
The 'AI is inevitable' trap

And it's just a blank canvas for you to do stuff on that occasionally reminds you to use Apple Pay.

The Vergecast
The 'AI is inevitable' trap

Because Apple can't help itself.

The Vergecast
The 'AI is inevitable' trap

But Windows is not that experience right now.

The Vergecast
The 'AI is inevitable' trap

And I think, to Microsoft's credit, I think the right thing to do is to holistically take a look at Windows and say, okay, how have we lost the plot on this a little bit?