He wasn't in charge of Apple's ram, SSD, wheel and stand prices. /s
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Apple CFO Luca Maestri Stepping Down
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He wasn't in charge of Apple's ram, SSD, wheel and stand prices. /s
I can't find any USB-C flash drives. Most flash drives are still USB-A. If you find any that are USB-C, that would be great.
Greed falls under the CEO. A CFO handles the cash flow generated by the greedy management decisions of the CEO.
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USB-A is an ugly reminder of a not-so-pleasant past. It becomes less relevant with each passing year as the hardware world moves on.
C'mon! These are external SSDs, not flash drives...
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They are drives. They use solid state flash memory. Not sure why you’re quibbling. Sandisk make some very nice compact ones you can hang on a key ring.
I like the swiveling A/C Sandisk "Dual Drive" in citysnaps' list. I have several; one of them is important enough to have an AirTag keychain on it and has lasted for years.
Note that the ones with the metal case are much better than the plastic ones; the swivel and detent will loosen up eventually, but with the metal one you can clamp it with pliers and make it tight and secure again.
He’s not retiring, or even leaving the company at all.
Then again, he’s 60, and he earned $25m+ per year for the last decade. It’s likely that he will want to retire in a couple of years anyway and this ensures a stable transition to the next generation, which is a healthy way for this kind of thing to proceed.
Apparently the average age of a Fortune 500 CFO is 53. Kevan Parekh is 52, and a veteran of the company. Seems like a good time to make the change.
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When Jony left, we got an HDMI port and a SD card slot. I can go without USB-A but I must admit, I would like having one. You can certainly buy USB-C flash drives, but it doesn't mean everyone you interact with will do the same. Those haven't caught on at all. Ive was terrible for Apple design. I still hate having to reach around the back of my Mini to use a USB port. Why they can't do a SD card and USB-C on the front like the studio is beyond me. It's not like it's a $2000 premium to get ports on the front. The oldest computers in the world had everything in the front.
TLDR; Please do not bring back Jony Ive and his wind tunnel Macs.
Apple is calling it "planned succession". This guy is younger than Cook, a key player on why Apple is the richest company in the world, & has been grooming his successor for only months. Does not pass the smell test.
Why not - be specific? There could be a dozen or two reasons why he wants to leave.
“I mean has Luca denied he was committing fraud? Until he denies he committed fraud, we just don’t know so therefore we must assume he committed fraud because he hasn’t denied it.”
If the EU falls apart or breaks apart will any EU laws still apply??
Large corporations have early discussions with law makers it’s not something that these corporations get caught out of the blue.
I suspect he might be moving to a different role due to boredom, other growth opportunities, recessions, passion and interests have changed. It’s not all doom and gloom.
Agreed. Nice having a keyboard that isn’t crippled by a spec of dust as well. Ives can stay gone. Without Jobs there to reign in his ego, I couldn’t stand the direction the products were taking and his meddling with software design as well. Clearly out of his league on that, and the remnants remain.
I'm not sure it's exactly Jony Ive's fault. He's just an industrial designer, not an engineer. It's highly unlikely Ive wasn't involved in the way the switch itself works - he just wanted the device to be thin. And the butterfly vs. non-butterfly MacBook Pros for example don't have a difference in thickness. To me the new MBP design lacks the sexy the previous one had. I'm still keeping my work 2020 MacBook Pro even though I'm due for an upgrade from my job because I find the new ones super ugly and clunky and keep cutting my fingers on the sharp vents at the bottom when picking them up.
