I agree. We only need the one we have to function properly. And that’s the problem. Apple is constantly adding new half-backed features that might be entertaining during a presentation without fixing old issues or improving functional programs. The hardware is leaps ahead of the software.
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Apple Might Be Having Its Windows Vista Moment, Says Analyst
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I started to “think” when they ripped the headphone jack from phones for the reason of “courage” after recently purchasing Beats. Look at their profits on headphones after yanking the port and come up with some other conclusion and we will know who is in the reality distortion field.
On this completely laughable claim of Cook building Apple: Excuse me but Cook is laser focused on increasing profits on a company ***built by Jobs***. Cook is a very successful money collecting bean counter not an innovator. Folks miss jobs. Nothing wrong with that.
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I literally use an AVP 5-6 hours a day, love it. It’s no different to any other 1st gen product
Apple hasn't recovered from Scooter leaving the organization. It's often said that those who leave deflate the org due to their underappreciated drive. That is taken as a given. All Apple have left are a bunch of yes men who answer to the worst CEO since Spindler.
The only thing is windows vista was central to Microsoft. It was their core product. Apple intelligence is just a feature. Vision Pro is nowhere near a core apple product.
So the narrative is completely false (how unusual for Benedict Evans!).
The issue Cook has been grappling with is that Apple is the biggest company in the world and is the largest held stock of most investment funds and therefore most retirement pensions. And they need forecasts to feel safe.
Without the forecasts you get what happened about 10yrs ago when an activist investor nearly halved the stock price because he claimed that Apple had no new products and was dead.
So now they’ve committed to this yearly cycle around the iPhone and product launches and it’s getting out of hand. Because product development is always a bit of a mystery and you get last minute issues all the time. Hence why Jobs didn’t talk about anything till it was ready and also gives a very good marketing angle if you can buy it instantly.
I think there needs to be a pivot to not committing to a yearly anything anymore or at least making it clear that there is an innovative part of the company that isn’t part of the main line. And that runs at its own pace and that’s where the product announcements get done etc almost two apples.
But it’s just too big to have it both ways.
Even the beta stuff kind of destroys the excitement and marketing opportunities they used to get.
This is a hard horse to ride. No one else has done execution at this level and got it right.
So the narrative is completely false (how unusual for Benedict Evans!).
The issue Cook has been grappling with is that Apple is the biggest company in the world and is the largest held stock of most investment funds and therefore most retirement pensions. And they need forecasts to feel safe.
Without the forecasts you get what happened about 10yrs ago when an activist investor nearly halved the stock price because he claimed that Apple had no new products and was dead.
So now they’ve committed to this yearly cycle around the iPhone and product launches and it’s getting out of hand. Because product development is always a bit of a mystery and you get last minute issues all the time. Hence why Jobs didn’t talk about anything till it was ready and also gives a very good marketing angle if you can buy it instantly.
I think there needs to be a pivot to not committing to a yearly anything anymore or at least making it clear that there is an innovative part of the company that isn’t part of the main line. And that runs at its own pace and that’s where the product announcements get done etc almost two apples.
But it’s just too big to have it both ways.
Even the beta stuff kind of destroys the excitement and marketing opportunities they used to get.
This is a hard horse to ride. No one else has done execution at this level and got it right.
Apple Software is kind of stuck in place. I use macOS along with Windows 11, both systems for past 15 years, and Windows matured very well unlike macOS which is stuck on the concept from 2000. Let have a look at Finder, it is very ineffective compare to File Explorer in Windows or even Gnome shell. Finder itself is a mystery for me in the way it works with files. What amazed me the most is that you can't create a blank text file right in the Finder at all. Control Center can't be edited from the desktop but only via settings, the windows behavior is abnormal, each can behave differently and you cannot arrange the apps on the screen properly, lots of pop ups to grant access to folders etc. I mean it is horrible experience. I feel like you can be more efficient on Windows than macOS
Doom and gloom.
Vista at first release was unusable (it got fixed). Analysts are paid to wax poetic, but there’s nothing comparable to Vista. Call me when a printer causes BSOD’s or ****.
We can all live without a glorified “AI”.
Vista at first release was unusable (it got fixed). Analysts are paid to wax poetic, but there’s nothing comparable to Vista. Call me when a printer causes BSOD’s or ****.
We can all live without a glorified “AI”.
you are right, but they way Microsoft develop Windows today is completely different than 20 years ago. The users can provide feedback all the time unlike in macOS where such option doesn't exist
Well, you can’t have a glorious comeback if you don’t falter first. In my fantasy, one of Steve’s children who inherited enough of Steve’s unique ingenuity comes to save the day, but that’s probably too much of a fantasy to ever come true.
I wouldn't say they're as bad as Vista but by Apple standards, iOS 18 and Mac OS Sequoia were two of the buggiest releases they've had in recent memory. You can tell that they're too focused on rushing "new" features and lacking a bit in the stability/reliability that got them where they are as a company.
On the hardware front they're as good as ever. Older iPhones/Macs are so good that people can hold onto them for years without needing an upgrade.
On the hardware front they're as good as ever. Older iPhones/Macs are so good that people can hold onto them for years without needing an upgrade.
That’s great, where can I tell them to cut it with the Copilot **** and stop releasing bugs in their cumulative updates? Asking for a SysAdmin…
Windows development has been more of building unwanted services into the os, for decades.
I think Siri and Apple Intelligence are the only major embarrassments now, especially Siri. iOS as a whole is still good, just needs a bit of cleaning up and the Photos app stinks, but other than that can't complain too much.
Apple Vision Pro is sort of an experimental product and I'm sure something will come of it in the long run.
Macs are better than ever at this point. The company is doing fine.
Apple Vision Pro is sort of an experimental product and I'm sure something will come of it in the long run.
Macs are better than ever at this point. The company is doing fine.
Reading the original piece is one thing. I had read the original piece. I'm subscribed to Evans' newsletter and to his podcast ("Another Podcast", I find it relaxing somehow).
MacRumors reporting on someone writing a blog post like it's an actual thing is another matter. That's what my comment was about.
It's funny seeing all these tech pundits jumping on Apple for having a faulty AI. I mean, it's not like EVERY OTHER tech Company has had their own incidents of completely screwing up their own handling of AI. The key is to NOT shove AI down everyone's throats. Then again, I have no love for this generative AI.
I think the software refresh on an annual basis is reasonable. I hardly deserve to comment, because my MacBook Pro with Touchbar is well beyond software updates, but I like what this can do for the computer in my pocket (iPhone 15 Pro Max) and on my wrist (Series X Black Titanium).
The hardware is a little … “harder”.
Yep. Finally even diehard fans are starting to see the Tim Cook effect on Apple. Supply Chain guy, not a leader of creatives.
Honestly I think it comes down to loss of talent. I know I’m experiencing this in my industry and I know others are as well. There’s a lot more people that don’t know what they’re doing anymore. It’s wild.
Well yea, Windows 11 and M365 is basically one big data collection service that happens to be the platform most businesses run on 🤷♂️
Extreme bit of a subjective take, there; I use two of those on-the-daily, and my recent experience with win64 FE is excruciating. Frustrating, even.
I don't know what your interpretation of "Gnome shell" actually means; but it's probably more-aligned with what AAPL has envisioned.
FE isn't even in the same room.
Really? So the M-series of chips/Apple Silicon are what? Also-ran products?