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Apple's Online Store Down Ahead of Today's 'Hello Again' Mac Event
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Apple is firing on all cylinders when it comes to bringing chip design in-house, and that must be a massive undertaking. That's delivering some serious results. And I think there are signs that relying on Intel is becoming a point of frustration for them so we will [eventually] see a change there. At the end of the day, they need to deliver more updates more frequently to compete in this marketplace effectively. They are being outdone.
Out of interest, why is the online store down so early, and for so long, when it's a launch day? Is it merely to stop people ordering items that will be officially discontinued in 6 hours? Because the actual store update itself can't take long, all the content will have been prepared a week ago.
Did Apple just update their keynote?
http://crazydiamondstar.blogspot.com/2016/10/microsoft-new-surface-family-wowow.html
They will probably spend 30 minutes going over how you can customize the "magic" toolbar to do things in Messages...
I'm guessing they'll be removing the word 'innovate' from all the autocues and replacing it with either 'magical' or 'exciting'.
At least Johnny I've won't look embarrassed In the prerecorded 'Johnny Ive talks earnestly whilst sitting in a white room' video segment. Though maybe they'll recut it to Eye of the tiger in desperation.
Morning Tim. Have a great day.
I think most apple employees did not know what's gonna happen till this morning. It's classic Apple. No one knows what will happen, and not to mention Microsoft just announced a new family that will seriously downplay Apple's new machines.
Perhaps the product team hand over the new product pages to the web team a couple hours ago. The web and store teams need to upload and QA the new pages. takes time
We have some great product in our pipelines.....(someone talks to Tim on stage in his hear) Sorry guys i ment Microsoft has some great stuff in the pipelines, we just got some oled bar and some watchbands....
Mac Book with a gimmick..Emojis & Bubble Messages then, it seems.
If there is no mention of Mac Pro or iMac then at least we can all start looking for alternatives.
If there is no mention of Mac Pro or iMac then at least we can all start looking for alternatives.
MS used Skylake, which according to MacRumors automatically means they're abandoning their pro customers and losing their ability to innovate.
My nike+ watch just shipped and I can't check status of the shipping or pre-sign for it since it's all tied to the Apple Store website. Sigh. Such a needless shutdown system.
Looking forward to what they announce about the MacBook Air... Do they update it beyond the MacBook 12" and still have that entry level price point... Or do they re-brand it as a larger MacBook thereby the MacBook 12" then becomes the entry level Mac... Inquiring minds want to know.
Well, a spec bump with a magic toolbar and some minor design tweaks. We've yet to see just how 'magical' it really can be though. What I've seen isn't terribly interesting. But I realize that is my own perspective.
Give them a break. It takes a long time to remove the word 'innovative' from all the marketing copy.
Looks like MS just recycled the same old design for Surface and Surface Book with some spec bumps. I guess if you're not in the market for a $4,000 digital drafting table, then MS has abandoned you as a customer. The lack of innovation is a shame. I, mean, SKYLAKE? In 2016? MS has lost it.
Tell that to Apple....who is still selling to date 3 years old CPU on their top of the line computer (you can pick anyone in the line...they are all 2 / 3 years old)!
People getting mad because Microsoft did better than (aka mopped the floor with) Apple for once, who would have tought!!
I am an apple lover and fan as you can see in my sig, but i can also give credit where it is due...you can't always win.
It's a hype technique Apple uses.. even when there's nothing new to buy on the day they announce they take the store down. It use to work well because you would watch the keynote and then buy the product right after. Now they have this preorder nonsense after they announce the products. So basically there's zero reason to take the website down other then to help hype the announcements.
Microsofts line up is fantastic. the surface is a great device and surface book is quite beautiful. I don't love the little space in their hinge though. I prefer the macbook design. Either way, Microsoft has come a long way. I'm still buying a mac book pro though. I will not be leaving this ecosystem anytime soon.
Totally agree. But it will be very challenge for Apple to get rid of Intel on the Mac design, it will probably never happen as Intel is still holding may IPs and technologies, such as Thunderbolt. Apple did a great job on Phone where they started working on their own chips, for the desktops and laptops, it's too late and it's probably not worthy.
I had thought that MS would at least be able to keep up with the watch bands, but no…they had to cancel their watch. How pathetic is that? Now the Skylake debacle with their "new" Surface products plus those same old industrial designs for the Surface/Surface Book. Probably need a change at CEO.