Look at the size of that thing. Walking across campus looks like an hour long excercise. I doubt a terrorist attack could take out more than one or two departments.
Of course the Mac department is safe from attack since it's in the basement.
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Look at the size of that thing. Walking across campus looks like an hour long excercise. I doubt a terrorist attack could take out more than one or two departments.
Of course the Mac department is safe from attack since it's in the basement.
Apple never stated they can't afford to update a product, the interest on the money they have alone would make them one of the most profitable companies in the world. Instead their corporate ethos is to issue a new product or update when they feel it is ready according to their strategic plans. Doesn't mean they don't make mistakes, but going back to the early days of Steve Jobs, they have never been interested in playing "the spec game."
By consolidating a LOT of office space spread out in the area and leased at presumably very high rates, this development will most likely represent a significant long-term cost savings.
With a building this size, U'd think their would be those those transport tubes employees can travel on to get from one side to the other without walking...
Sit back and enjoy. the ride.
(Oh,, right they haven't been invented just yet... well.. never mind)
I can just imagine Tim groaning : "You mean i have to walk that far" ? It's almost like the kind of thing, all the offices and all the stuff they "must have" is right there... You can not borrow anything from anyone else if it's more than 10 meters away... You'll never make it
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It would be nice if a new movie called "Office Space 2" could come up with a fictional Tech company that has that building and all the silly stuff that happens in that work environment. In the last movie, the main character decided to get into construction so they can start the movie with him being one of the people finishing the building.
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Looks like a giant, 3.5km headphone jack to me. Perhaps homage to the "antiquated"?
And perhaps God overruled the decision to embrace dongles for His own use case?
Wonder if this means the Earth still can't be waterproofed?
And protruding too. Guess Ive made the Earth just too "thinner" for this campus to be flush.
Too bad building technology can't keep up with planet "thinner" objectives.
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And perhaps God overruled the decision to embrace dongles for His own use case?
Wonder if this means the Earth still can't be waterproofed?
And protruding too. Guess Ive made the Earth just too "thinner" for this campus to be flush.
Too bad building technology can't keep up with planet "thinner" objectives.
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Progress is coming along nicely. I hadn't previously realized that they were putting solar on the roof like that - very nice indeed.
OfMost every company has their key corporate employees grouped together in a headquarters campus, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, etc. You can't efficiently run a company without grouping together key groups. That said, Apple wouldn't be down in one single attack, as there are no likely terrorist scenarios that would destroy the entire campus and its multiple buildings, and Apple has tens of thousands of employees in other campuses throughout the world.
I had a "touch disease" 6Plus replaced in 5 minutes no questions asked.
It's funny you bring up Jobs, because during the Jobs era it was unheard of for Macs to go so long without an update after Motorola, IBM, or Intel released new silicon.
The dearth of Mac hardware updates has something to do with bean counters. Count on it.
This probably the last thing something that Apple involved with that is beautiful....
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Milton could work in the Mac department, once again in a dark basement with a can of bug spray.
So Apple spending billions on the construction in the US (ie. money put into the pockets of workers) is a poor use of money? What would you advise Apple to do with its money instead?
I'm not a pro so I'm not sitting waiting for a new machine, but it strikes me that Apple have unfortunately found themselves in that proverbial location between two solid and immovable objects. The chip/interface technology that would allow the quad 8K displays everyone wants just aren't available yet so what do they do? For the iMac they were able to get around it because they could create a custom interface within the device that allows them to drive a 5K screen. If they rolled out Macs and displays with custom interfaces people would moan and whinge that they were locking them in etc... They've waited fro the other technologies to be ready and people are moaning about the lack of updates...
As for the building, it's amazing and enormous. Imagine you're based in the north quadrant and you've just walked the 20 minutes to the south quadrant for a meeting, only to discover that the meeting's been cancelled at the last minute!!!
It does not work like this. I am sure all the facilities and supplies will be spread out throw out the building. Efficiency is key.
Let's say, the whole area is decimated. Will Apple suddenly fall off the map? No.
There's data backed up elsewhere along with redundancies. There will be other people/shareholders who will decide who will replace the high ranked execs.
Sincerely. F. Society
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You think a politician would use that money in a better way?