Registered on the forum just so I could vote-up this post, and share my two-cents.Funny how so many have opinions about how this is a good thing or a bad thing, debating back and forth about why or why not... while very few actually points out the obvious... MacRumors..... Macs... where are they? [...]
I've been using Macs since System 7, started on a MacIIci. Over the years I've managed hundreds of Macs in corporate/education scenarios and bought dozens of Macs for my own business (desktop publishing). My current main workstation is a 2009 27" iMac, running OSX 10.6, the last solid OSX release. I know this machine is on borrowed time (I've already had to replace the GPU once, HD twice), and the long-term future of the Mac line is starting to look so bleak that I'm actively considering jumping ship to Windows. Too many non-replaceable components (soldered-on RAM and SSD? That's just greedy), a desktop OS trying to copy a phone interface, ridiculous price increases for crippled hardware (eg. MacMini 2014), software that seems like it barely goes through functionality testing (eg. Yosemite's discoveryd problem).
What happened to "It just works"? What happened to elegant user interface that makes sense and gets out of the way so you can get your work done, while at the same time not being a guessing-game as to where it went to (hide scroll-bars by default? Are you kidding me?)? What happened to products that made you go "Yeah that will help me get my work done"?
Self-driving car? Radio station? TV programs? AR glasses (a product that already flopped at another major company, mind you)?
Meanwhile, the Mac line rots away with two, three, even 4-year old hardware. But hey, we get new iPhones every six months.
It seems that Apple doesn't believe in the Mac anymore, so why should I?