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Apple Continues to Be the World's Most Admired Company
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Spot-on! It's interesting how so many people here reflexively ignore the above without even doing a wee bit of research.
It was under Jobs' leadership that Apple started making devices less upgradable, gluing things down, and using non-standard (Pentalobe) screws to make it harder for users to open up and work on (upgrade, repair) them, forcing many to go to an Apple store... at least until we were able to get our hands on Pentalobe screwdrivers and other specialty tools.
Yet all machines I've had from his era, was able to upgrade RAM & HD/SSDs. Also battery replacements & even extra storage in the super drive slot space.
This tells me which criteria carries the most weight.
Greedy CEO admires the Benjamins.🤑🤑🤑
They don't poll the small people. I admire the businesses that treat their employees right: Costco, Air Japan, Gravity Payments (Dan Prices' company).
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I admire siri and apple intelligence! And Tims “good morning “
This sounds very weird. We don’t have to hold Apple accountable — we just buy products from them, it’s a very simple relationship. We have fun here talking about what we like or we don’t like about them, but they’re not our children or the government.
I admire Apple because they create great products that I like, and regardless of the root reason, they have to care about users, because otherwise they would sink.
And I don’t care if it’s a billionaire company or a start-up — I just admire good work, I don’t judge people/orgs/companies based on their wealth.
Apple’s first soldered RAM laptop came out under Jobs (2008 MacBook Air), and development of the 2012 Retina MacBook Pro had likely started already back in 2010. The 2009 MacBook Pro lost the easy-to-swap battery (although you still could replace it by opening the laptop). Things were moving in the direction of less upgradability/serviceability even back then, but it was a slow process and not immediate.
And, while I know this is going to be a terribly unpopular opinion on MacRumors, I firmly believe the products are better for it. That's not to say you shouldn't have right to repair, to be clear, but soldering the SDDs, RAM, making the batteries not easily swappable etc lead to thinner and more compact devices, improved power efficiency, better battery life, better thermal management, and increased reliability.
Of course, there are downsides too, obviously cost to consumers and eWaste jump out, but the market has clearly shown consumers prefer Apple's current approach.
I admire the gall of the pricing, for sure
Takes serious huevos to have gouge levels where they do
Beyond making this post I literally could not care any less about this. This list is absolutely and utterly meaningless. A complete waste of some journalists time IMO.
A company is judged by its products and service, not how ‘admired’ it is by anyone.
A company is judged by its products and service, not how ‘admired’ it is by anyone.
There are so many better, sexier, more admirable fetishes than money... 👿
I have no idea why you included this last part
The "market" is not a way to determine whether locking down components is preferred or not, as that's not really a testable hypothesis without offering both options side by side and seeing which is more purchased
I assume this comment was specifically aimed at the laptops -- fair game on some of those aspects
With the Mac Mini, though, where Apple themselves is using a socketed SSD (now replaceable by users thanks to 3rd party offerings that have recently released) -- there's really no good justification for not making this easier and more user friendly.
Apple sold user-repairable laptops and non-repairable laptops at the same time - from 2010-2012 the MacBook Air was not repairable and the MacBook Pro was, and the air massively outsold the pro. Then, when Apple introduced the Retina MacBook Pros, they were sold outsold the older MacBook Pros (which remained available until 2016) and also outsold them significantly. Customers clearly significantly preferred the thinness, lightness, etc. that the non-repairable models offered.
I agree it would be nice if they did so on their desktop models, but given how the M series chips are designed, I think you'd be limited to swapping SSDs. And I don't know much of anything about the new Mac mini, given I'm a laptop guy, but if I'm reading your comment, it sounds like maybe they did so? Or at least didn't go out of their way to solder them on? (I'm sure opening the case is still a PITA).
I will be giving you a full report on this tomorrow when my replacement SSD arrives for my Mini 😀
I know a local family owned business that installs both residential and commercial solar systems. Small business, but they do millions in revenue per year. They are not the cheapest nor the most expensive installer but they are universally "admired" in the local community for their quality of work and are extremely accurate on what their systems can generate in terms of energy output. This business has also been very active with giving back to the local community and we often see the owner and family out and about the neighborhood and it's easy to strike up a conversation. I'm sure there are thousands of businesses like this, yet because they remain local they will never show up on a Fortune list.
Congrats 
I still admire R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company more! Bring back Camel Joe and get that camel an iPhone!
I still admire R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company more! Bring back Camel Joe and get that camel an iPhone!
