The Apple PR machine?
Literally what are you on about.
Apple has never said publicly one bad thing about Scott, and they even had him as a witness for them during the epic games trial.
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'After Steve' Examines the Tensions That Led to Jony Ive's Departure From Apple
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Literally what are you on about.
Apple has never said publicly one bad thing about Scott, and they even had him as a witness for them during the epic games trial.
Oh, the good old days. Used that mouse for several years back in the early 2000s and it was great for children's small hands. When the Pro mouse came out though, then it seemed too small and I much preferred the Pro mouse. Still love the Pro Mouse and Pro Keyboard to this day. Have both still but no hockey puck mice in sight.
Tons of Apple products sold and signed by Ive, and a crowd of useless jesters talking badly about it.
Sir Ive is not interested in your nonsense, he earned fame, you will continue to be useless jesters. ?
There wasn't any noise that she was fired or there was a problem. It was reported at the time she wanted to move back to London to be close to her children. I believe they were college age at the time. You can't be an Apple Sr. VP and live in London (especially back then).
Apple didn't try to prevent her from getting other jobs by making her "Special Assistant to the CEO" or some other nonsense, Ahrendts is on the board of Airbnb, but hasn't did anything notable in the private sector since. She still has Apple retail pictures on her social media.
She was super rich before Apple. Maybe she got into the job at Apple and realized she'd rather spend her life working with non-profits (Save The Children, Charity Water, etc.) and being close to her family?
Yet somehow Apple isn’t back ordered except on its MBPs, Mac Studios and Studio displays.
COVID lockdowns are two years old now, and Apple knows very well how to adjust production schedules for them. Apple isn’t launching new product unless they can make them in expected volumes, otherwise they’d wait a month or two to build inventories.
Apple has internalized the Osborne debacle lesson deeply in its DNA. You never announce any product replacement without being ready to ship to fill expected demand. Osborne went bankrupt in a heartbeat when their new computers couldn’t ship while demand flatlined for their existing inventory.
Not being able to sell existing MBPs or high end desktops because customers are waiting for the new MBPs and Mac Studios would lead to a disastrous quarter. Tim’s Cook Apple doesn’t make those kind of mistakes.
Apple may not be able to produce as many Macs as they would like, but they also clearly underestimated demand for their new MBPs and the Mac Studio and Studio Monitor.
And proof is that Mac sales continue to grow while rest of PC makers are seeing sales declines.
If I was super rich I think it would be fun to see what it would take as far as spending on gadgets and trips for me to go from super rich to only very rich.
Tons of headlines suggesting she was fired, oh the old "just want to spend more time with my family" cliche or trope, funny, she tried to turn the Apple stores into hangout cafes: https://www.latimes.com/business/te...le-store-customer-service-20190507-story.html
I never understood why Apple hired her to begin with, she was the type that talked a lot but said nothing.
It’s unintelligent to expect Cook’s Apple to release something the level of success as the iPhone, but this does show how important good teamwork is for successful products. The Mac deeply suffered during that time and we place a lot of blame on Ive but should also take note that Cook’s focus on services has been financially helpful but didn’t improve things in the Mac *or* iPhone software.
Cook has a lot going for him but I’m concerned that his nickel-and-dime focus is going to be a problem even more than it has been
It would take the average worker 640 years to make the same amount of money Intel’s CEO made in 2015. One year.
They were right in the end and they’re still right. Upgradeability and expandability are very important. It’s green because it allows people to use their computers longer and it’s also good for consumers for the same reason.
That was one of Steve’s weak points and it’s too bad it’s been sticking around after his death
Cook has a lot going for him but I’m concerned that his nickel-and-dime focus is going to be a problem even more than it has been
I think you underestimate how much money super-rich people have
It would take the average worker 640 years to make the same amount of money Intel’s CEO made in 2015. One year.
I’m surprised anyone thinks Steve was pro upgradability. The original Mac team tried really hard to get him to allow upgradeable RAM and he fought them.
They were right in the end and they’re still right. Upgradeability and expandability are very important. It’s green because it allows people to use their computers longer and it’s also good for consumers for the same reason.
That was one of Steve’s weak points and it’s too bad it’s been sticking around after his death
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I will never, ever understand how the hockey puck made it into the box.
I never even plugged mine in, I bought a new one just holding the puck on the demo in my hand at…. Wait for it…..
Sears.
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The "Pro" Mouse and Keyboard were great. I actually liked the next models too - the Apple Mouse and Apple Keyboard, both sold for $29 back in the day - I think they shipped with the iMac G4 originally.
I think given the circumstances it wouldn't be too hard for them to have just been too excited about the design as a whole to really think about the mouse in day to day use or how people would react to it. I don't recall mice at the time looking all that exciting so this round mouse must've felt pretty revolutionary when they made it.
I don't have much use experience but I'm sure I have briefly used one at the time but I don't recall being that impressed. I think Apple mice are generally more directed at users who like to push a mouse around rather than rest their hand on one. As a mouse pusher myself I might buy one just to have a more thorough look at it but based on what I remember I might have enjoyed the experience more if it were optical instead of a ball mouse.
Talk about cheap. They were $79 CAN if I remember correctly. Compared to today's, they were very affordable.
It was the iMac G4 in 2003 that changed the keyboard design from the "Pro" design to the plain "Apple Keyboard" which eliminated the frame enclosing the keys. I received that keyboard with my iMac G5 in 2006. But I personally don't like it compared to the Pro keyboard. The Pro M7803 has oval keys while the 2003 A1048 was the opposite with the keys being indented. So putting each finger into a bowl (2003 A1048) instead of onto a shell (Pro M7803).
Strange enough, the 2003 A1048 is the one in use each day for others in the house, since I have a keyboard protector for it. It has had daily use since 2006 and keeps going and going. The Pro keyboard has had on and off usage since 2001 and also keeps going and going. I even purchased a second Pro one in case one broke.
no one actually believes that, people just like to convince themselves that “Tim bad, Steve good” by making The biggest stretches and wildest predictions possible.
“Computers with removable batteries and RAM existed under jobs and didn’t undercook, therefore Jobs was 100% for right to repair and upgrade etc etc…” while conveniently forgetting about everything the man ever said or any of the actions he ever took against upgrade ability and repairability.
It’s a lot easier to look back on things with Rose tinted glasses then it is with actual nuance.