Also, they earned the money, its their right to do what they wish with it within reasonable means. You got your end of the bargain from whatever product you bought years ago. If I sold you a glass of lemonade and I used the money from my lemonade stand to build a new home or renovate an existing home, isn't that my right?
"ring-shaped building"??
Excuse you please call it by its official name - the spaceship
Did Apple check Apple Maps to see how close they were to the San Andreas Fault before they decided to design a building with millions of square feet of glass???
Of course they can do whatever they want with their earnings. I just see a very clear correlation between the start of this building project and the start of Apple's "coasting phase" they appear to be in now. (All iPhone 7 news brings despair) I know they are not directly related, but there appears to have been a huge shift in the priorities of Apple. I hope I'm wrong.
That's all I'm going to write about it here, I don't want to bore you all. And good luck to you winning some sort of tour of the building.
I agree with you. They are out of focus; building spaceships, talking politics, instead of bringing outstanding products to the market. iPhone 7 will be dissapointing and sales will drop because of "Osbourne effect". Investors will move away, stock price will go downwards in Q4. They still got huge pile of cash, so they aren't forced to innovate, focus on core business and products. Reminds me of Nokia and Blackberry in their high. When they wake up, we'll see if it's too late.
Note that the design of the new campus was a wholly-owned Steve Jobs design and idea. It was his baby, you really cannot blame that on Cook. And if you think that overseeing the construction of the new campus is really taking so much attention that Apple's leadership doesn't have any time or money anymore to spend on new products and software, I really cannot help you.Of course they can do whatever they want with their earnings. I just see a very clear correlation between the start of this building project and the start of Apple's "coasting phase" they appear to be in now. (All iPhone 7 news brings despair) I know they are not directly related, but there appears to have been a huge shift in the priorities of Apple. I hope I'm wrong.
There was no need for this new complex at all.
They will NOT be done by Dec 31 2016. They may not be done by dec 31 2017. The construction schedule has been unrealistic from the start and then things have gotten complicated by switching contractors mid stream.
It is a complicated building with HUGE amounts of infrastructure.
While this seems great for Apple, I'm a bit hesitant to applaud this whole project. It seems a bit over the top and a waste of a lot of money.
I also can't help to think, "This is where my money is going when I buy Apple stuff?".
As much as I like Apple, watching them build such a monstrosity gives me pause to buy anything else from them.
Also, the biggest building in the world isn't going to change that fact that they still need to innovate. If they don't do that, the entire empire will crash and burn.
There's never been a "privacy fence." Those opaque fences are erected around construction sites everywhere, mainly to control dust. No longer needed now that the grading is complete.
I am impressed people are able to fly drones over a secure air space like Apple HQ.
Did Apple check Apple Maps to see how close they were to the San Andreas Fault before they decided to design a building with millions of square feet of glass???
They said early 2017. It'll actually amount to be the perfect publicity for Apple. "Well here we are announcing the tenth anniversary edition iPhone in our new auditorium for the first time!"I wonder if it will be complete in time for the launch of the 2017 iPhone.
It is not environmentally unfriendly.All the foam seems strange. That is a LOT of environmentally unfriendly garbage that they are directly burying.
And why is that? What should Apple have done instead? I'm sure Apple would like to know how you could have saved them all the money they spent on this building.There was no need for this new complex at all.