This wasn't a keynote speech so I am not sure what that has to do with anything... Cook wasn't all that different then Jobs in the same type of interview situation.
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Tim Cook at D10: Loves That Customers, Rumor and News Sites Care About Apple
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I actually thought the question was interesting and creative. I feel like that's always been an underlying question reading these rumor sites, wondering what Apple thinks of them. Additionally, as others have mentioned, asking a serious question, such as the future of Mac Pros, most likely would have received an unsatisfying response anyways.
Definitely a departure from Steve in regards to opinion on Apple fan/rumour sites. If Tim Cook was CEO 5 years ago I doubt ThinkSecret would have been shut down!
Tim Cook's a great business leader. Steve Jobs was a great visionary and inventor but he wasn't really a business leader. Apple is in good hands for the future.
Tim Cook's a great business leader. Steve Jobs was a great visionary and inventor but he wasn't really a business leader. Apple is in good hands for the future.
I disagree. He asked a good question that got answered and is related to what MR does. Do you really think he would have received an answer if he asked if Apple is gong to kill the Mac Pro or something similar? More than likely, you'd be calling him out for asking it.
I'm sure we provide the executives at Apple with great entertainment the way we have been waiting for the MBP refresh and sharing crappy iPhone mockups.
and don't forget the Apple Television set mockups
She's this super annoying woman at All Things D. If Walt Mossberg is Barbara Walters (The View) or Joe Scarborough (MSNBC), Kara is like Elisabeth Hasselbeck or Mika Brzezinski.
She tries to be witty but 90% of her jokes fall flat. She interjects with awkwardly timed questions and insists on not allowing a conversation to flow properly. She's one of those types, where you just try to ignore her after awhile. Steve Jobs looked at her like she was an idiot, but Tim Cook laughs politely at her jokes...
Very cool that you [Jordan] got to speak with him. That was a very well put and thought out question for Mr. Cook.
From everything I've seen and read about Mr. Cook, I like him a lot and find that he is a class act who truly does care about the company, it's products and customers. I don't think one could ask much more from a CEO.
From everything I've seen and read about Mr. Cook, I like him a lot and find that he is a class act who truly does care about the company, it's products and customers. I don't think one could ask much more from a CEO.
I'd be extremely surprised if they didn't employ someone specifically to do so. Sites like MR are such a rich source of customer opinion that they would be hard to ignore.
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Couldn't have put it better. I don't understand how she got her gig.
He seems like a real cool guy. I'd love to be able to just sit and chat Apple and other stuff with him. I'm glad he's the CEO and think he can do a lot of good for Apple.
There are people all around the world who wish that was the worst thing they had to deal with on a daily basis. I'd say get over it quick.
Apple is gaining lots of steam. I remember when people ignored them. Just got some more AAPL.
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First world problems
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Yes please. I'm waiting for those 2008 Mac Pros to lose some value.
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First world problems
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Yes please. I'm waiting for those 2008 Mac Pros to lose some value.
They have seemed to manage just fine for years
They manage fine, because they've been reading MR for years.
MR knows just how many hits come from apple.com systems, and there have been a few stories about visitors with unreleased browser/OS useragent strings. (It's usually pretty easy, since corporate gateways are hefty NAT servers - every user inside the corporate net appears as coming from the same IP address.) It's not in MR's interest to trumpet this (and it may run afoul of privacy guarantees).
The more interesting question is "how many Apple employees are posting on the forums using obfuscated addresses/IDs?". Is there an active dis-information campaign?
Lol, good one from Kara.
I think mr, and correct me if I am wrong can only ask about certain things and not others? I don't know why one should ask such a generic question and not a ballsy one like the mac pros.
And I am not buying it that he wouldn't get an answer. What could Cook do, stay silent? Say we don't talk about products? He would have at least hinted that the pro line up is here to stay or not.
Except if like I said all product questions are out, well,
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While it would have been nice to put him on the spot and ask about somethiung we really care about, it would make the conversation akward. And lead tono where. I like how Jordan asked a question that we still care about. Cook could have easily said no comment, or some quick answer. But he embraced it and I'm glad to see he is on our side.
Well why wouldn't he be a fan of MR? Afterall, we are all freaking out about purposly leaked fakes
While it would have been nice to put him on the spot and ask about somethiung we really care about, it would make the conversation akward. And lead tono where. I like how Jordan asked a question that we still care about. Cook could have easily said no comment, or some quick answer. But he embraced it and I'm glad to see he is on our side.
Well why wouldn't he be a fan of MR? Afterall, we are all freaking out about purposly leaked fakes