My favourite post today 😄 In all seriousness, Federighi is a great presenter (which should be an inspiration to anyone who thinks they couldn’t do it - his first keynote presence was horrible. Whatever you suck at, do it more, then you’ll stop sucking). However, he’s not CEO material, he’s too deep in one area. CEO’s should be good in all areas, great in some, but not masters in any.
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The 3 trillion "progressive" bill is not solely about climate. I support fighting climate change. I don't support that bill.
That is BAD journalism from The Guardian, which is not surprised really when they're just full of agenda.
The same Tim Cook who is responsible for Apple having 1 billion active users, millions of repeat customers purchasing Apple products year after year after year, and propelling Apple to being one of the most successful companies in the world?
Yeah, such a train wreck.
True but he is not Steve. Apple laptops have gone downhill. They are not upgradable and the products leave lots to be desired. Gone are the days of excitement from new products and computers that can be upgraded with memory or storage. A cheap iPad is a better investment since laptops are throw aways when you max out. My 2015 MacBook Pro has the capability to install a 4 TB drive for $600 or I can pay Apple $5000 for a new one with the same storage. Whatcha gonna do? He is a great CEO but the thrill is gone and so are the days of durable upgradable computer. Apple getting richer on the backs of the consumer. Keep buying and they will keep making computers that are not upgradable once purchased or parts for purchase to repair your broken Apple products. How is this helpful to the economy consumer and our environment and national security when you could not even get your iMac repaired at an Apple store because they were closed. I miss Steve and Apple is not the same company it once was.
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You make the same mistake as many others, believing that if Steve was still there, everything would be exactly like it was the day he left. Steve would have evolved along with the company. I see zero evidence that Steve would have kept upgradability, in fact having the customer open up his computer seems very un-Steve to me. Apple had plenty of proprietary and closed technology developed under Steve Jobs.
And your price comparison is misleading. Upgrading your 2015 Macbook to 4TB still makes it a 2015 Macbook. A new baseline 16” with 4TB will be a much faster computer, at 3600$. Just because you can spec out one at 5000 doesn’t make it a fair comparison to upgrading your old one. That’s still a noticeable difference from 600, but a misrepresentation nonetheless.
I also happen to disagree that the products are less exciting. You’re just being nostalgic, and compressing memory. People still seem to think the Apple Watch for instance is boring. For me, it was life changing.
Odd...my Apple laptops have become better and much faster over the years. For example, my current laptop, an M1 MBA, is a joy to use, fast, outstanding battery life, lightweight, compact, and well-priced.
I still have an old Pismo PowerBook G3 laptop that weighs a ton, with a mediocre screen, short battery life, bulky, and slow. Why would I want to go back to the old days of Steve?
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If I had to guess it will be years before that revenue dissipates. Or do you begrudge the Bluetooth group $50,000 for a dev kit as well? Bluetooth is every bit as proprietary…try implementing your own to find out.
“A jack of all trades is a master of none, but it is still better than a master of one.”
That’s why Timmy gets paid the big bucks. He is able to navigate “the system.” Even though Apple doesn’t win them all, they win quite a few.
I don’t think so. I really enjoy the yearly reveal.
It depends on what the use case is I suppose.
Whatever does this mean? Apple doesn’t force anyone to buy their products,
I understand the missing Steve, but it’s a positive that Apple isn’t the same company.
Steve always wanted computers to be sealed appliances with it no expansion slots and as few ports and necessary. He literally introduced the MacBook Air as the future of notebooks which embraced all of these attributes.
Jobs would have made a terrible CEO of today‘s Apple. I could only imagine the temper tantrums he would have thrown over the various court battles and global regulatory climate. Entrepreneurs rarely make the transition to corporate culture. He had a good run and did better than most. Especially in his second act.
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There is a monopoly on Apple displays and parts. Try buying a new display for your laptop that cracked upon a small impact or because the glass coating is delaminating. Options are only within Apples network to pay labor for a screen that I want to repair on my own. Auto parts industry will become similar with all the electronic components in the electric car
Because it’s no longer soldered to the board. It‘s on the chip with the CPU, GPU and RAM. That’s not a regression. That’s progress.
I would agree that Apple always had proprietary ports cables connectors. Anything to make consumers have to buy another Apple cable dongle or adapter.
There is no argument that a new laptop could be had for cheaper but why would you not upgrade the 16 gig ram or storage when you only have one shot at time of purchase?
Yes the original iPhone did that for me like your Apple Watch did for you but my iPhone 8 still works just fine why do I need a 13 to make a call or send a text?
My 2016 had a failed battery less than 2 years of ownership. The 2017 Touch Bar failed and the 2018 keyboard failed yet my 2015 still is serving me well although Apple did recall the batter on that one. I love the Hdmi port and having standard usb and MagSafe on my 2015 instead of buying extra adapter for the newer models. Buy the way all 2016-2019 laptops are covered under the keyboard recall if you are experiencing sticky or unresponsive keys and it’s not liquid spill related
if your reasoning that you are not in the 0.1% group is an employer that is using imazing with macs, you are right. You are in the 0.001% group.