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Apple Hits New Highs as Tim Cook Celebrates One Year as CEO
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Really? I sue my iPad at work and am not missing Office. When I need to use it I do so on my company laptop. Companies that work with OEM's like HP and Dell most likely get fat discounts on their laptops/desktops/servers, etc. and probably have long term purchase agreements in place. Seems to me it's just wishful thinking on the part of MS fanboys that the enterprise will start laping up the Surface and all these execs thanhave ipads will dump them because Surface has Office on it. Also let's not forget that most large companies are just upgrading to Windows 7 now (where I work we're still using XP). By the time they upgrade again Windows will probably be on version 9 or 10.
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yeah because the cube didn't happen on Jobs watch. Or the iPhone 4 antenna issue and white iPhone delays. Or Mobile Me or the fat Nano or buttonless Shuffle. Only good things happened while Steve was running the show.
Too soon to say
"When Jobs walked out the door last year, a lot of people figured much of Apple's magic would disappear. It hasn't."
- Jeffrey Sonnenfeld
It's called latency. Try running as fast as you can and then stopping on a dime. One cannot. Momentum is involved. The products unveiled in the last year were all in the pipeline, and thus rightly the legacy of Steve Jobs.
This doesn't mean Tim Cook may not prove a capable manager, only his legacy and vision insofar as Apple's products is yet to be seen.
What can be apprised to some extent is his management ability and certain directions charted. He seems to be doing a solid job. Although some decisions, such as the critical hire of Mr. Browett, raise some concern. If the benefit of the doubt, then because he was directly tasked with Apple's future direction by Mr. Jobs himself. Surely that decision was not made lightly.
"When Jobs walked out the door last year, a lot of people figured much of Apple's magic would disappear. It hasn't."
- Jeffrey Sonnenfeld
It's called latency. Try running as fast as you can and then stopping on a dime. One cannot. Momentum is involved. The products unveiled in the last year were all in the pipeline, and thus rightly the legacy of Steve Jobs.This doesn't mean Tim Cook may not prove a capable manager, only his legacy and vision insofar as Apple's products is yet to be seen.
What can be apprised to some extent is his management ability and certain directions charted. He seems to be doing a solid job. Although some decisions, such as the critical hire of Mr. Browett, raise some concern. If the benefit of the doubt, then because he was directly tasked with Apple's future direction by Mr. Jobs himself. Surely that decision was not made lightly.
Ya, so you just argued against BYOD and made my argument in one sentence.
Thanks for the win.
I have no clue why he hasn't done stuff with his money - I'm not his Financial Advisor, just his friend.
Good job Apple and Tim! Keep the amazing products coming!
The iPhone 5 isn't really amazing. It is just the next step after 4S. While it is the best smart phone our there it isn't perfect (Well, what is?) and the maps issue is a huge red mark on this release.
Hopefully Tim can do something amazing and make his mark on the company, keep it from becoming the 1986-1996 Apple Computer.
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Is it really BYOD if the company still provides a computer? It sounds like you play with your iPad at work and they are cool with it. sweet deal!
I love the iPad but I still do not understand how people think it has replaced a real computer. It can for some, but a lot of people need more to work with.
I've been an apple user since 1993, when I payed a (then) small fortune for a Powerbook 180c. I've had many Apple devices through the years, and would love to remain loyal. But I need a computer for work, and Apple is concentrating too much on the portable market (the 'post PC era' as Tim reiterates time after time after time after time - yes Tim, we got the hint).
The pro users kept Apple afloat during their difficult times, but as we now represent such a small part of Apple's profits, we cease to be much of a focal point. That's just the way business works, and I take that on the chin.
What I don't accept though, is that Apple really respect their customers.
iOS devices don't have physical keyboards and as such cannot effectively use keyboard shortcuts. This is no reason to strip keyboard shortcuts from OSX.
They strip 'Save as' out of OSX in Lion, replacing it with the ambiguous choice of 'Save a version, Duplicate, Export..., Revert Document...', then sell 'Save as' back to us in Mountain Lion, but with an EXTRA key to press! Is this progress?
Maps is a shambles in iOS6 - yet the Apple faithful respond with 'well it's almost there and not bad for a first effort'. Not good enough - the iPhone is a premium product. The customers should not be used as unpaid system testers.
And when it comes to the next iPhone? If we all made a top 10 list of what we'd love to see in the next iPhone, how many people would have 'thinner' and 'lighter' above 'I can have all the new features Apple boast about turned on and the battery will actually get me through one whole day', or 'a charging lead that will actually reach from a power outlet to a desktop'? And yet 'thinner' and 'lighter' are the first 2 features Tim mentions in his launch speech.
Apple will continue their run of success as long as their customers make excuses for Apple's shortcomings. It's not a sustainable business model though, and they really need to be a bit less heavy-handed when it comes to suing one of their major component suppliers - no-one likes a bully
The pro users kept Apple afloat during their difficult times, but as we now represent such a small part of Apple's profits, we cease to be much of a focal point. That's just the way business works, and I take that on the chin.
What I don't accept though, is that Apple really respect their customers.
iOS devices don't have physical keyboards and as such cannot effectively use keyboard shortcuts. This is no reason to strip keyboard shortcuts from OSX.
They strip 'Save as' out of OSX in Lion, replacing it with the ambiguous choice of 'Save a version, Duplicate, Export..., Revert Document...', then sell 'Save as' back to us in Mountain Lion, but with an EXTRA key to press! Is this progress?
Maps is a shambles in iOS6 - yet the Apple faithful respond with 'well it's almost there and not bad for a first effort'. Not good enough - the iPhone is a premium product. The customers should not be used as unpaid system testers.
And when it comes to the next iPhone? If we all made a top 10 list of what we'd love to see in the next iPhone, how many people would have 'thinner' and 'lighter' above 'I can have all the new features Apple boast about turned on and the battery will actually get me through one whole day', or 'a charging lead that will actually reach from a power outlet to a desktop'? And yet 'thinner' and 'lighter' are the first 2 features Tim mentions in his launch speech.
Apple will continue their run of success as long as their customers make excuses for Apple's shortcomings. It's not a sustainable business model though, and they really need to be a bit less heavy-handed when it comes to suing one of their major component suppliers - no-one likes a bully