I'm very sorry that your old stuff doesn't work anymore. Eventually legacy products cease getting support. I don't see this as a flaw. Do you expect TVs to carry an S-video port forever?When I think of an update, I think of added features. With that being said, what happened to Rosetta? Was an alternative added??? Oh no, it was simply deleted for no reason... I would now have to pay several hundred dollars for new Intel software to replace my perfectly functioning PPC only stuff, and, another several hundred for a new flatbed scanner, as my current machine has PPC only scanning software. When I have to pay over $400 for just for an OS (Lion), that simply removes features from SL, I am mad. Then on top of that, ML also drops support for my ancient C2D mac Mini from 2008, so I would need to purchase a whole new computer, in addition to the new software, and computer accessories. If I need to replace my whole setup every four years, that is a major problem, and thus why Lion and ML are simply awful... Apple screwed me once, but never ever again...
I'm very sorry that your old stuff doesn't work anymore. Eventually legacy products cease getting support. I don't see this as a flaw. Do you expect TVs to carry an S-video port forever?
There are releases that provide a basis for future application development and I think a lot of this happened in IOS 6.
There are a ton of improvements and updates in IOS 6 and I think, like Passbook we are only seeing a bare beginning of apps that take advantage.
You may not care (like I don't) but for many Facebook integration was a huge effort and very important.
IOS 6 supports more bluetooth protocols and already I can now get and read text messages via bluetooth on my car's screen.
Agreed. Heck, some of the people complaining here even want themes. Apple has NEVER gone that route and I doubt they'll start now. Android is the mobile OS you guys want.I think iOS6 is the best version of an excellent smartphone OS. I think the problem is that it's been around for so long now that we're a bit bored of it. I'd put myself into this class but I still think its a great OS and if I'm objective it really doesn't need an overhaul. It's so good, it's boring. Funny.
If apple took the best jailbreak apps ie lockinfo, sbsettings and implemented them into ios it would make it heaps better.
So on one hand you want a plethora of new features and enhancements, yet you want all the older hardware that wasn't designed with these features in mind to work as well? I understand that you don't want to have to buy a new computer often, but you have to consider the reality that it may not always be possible to achieve both. That's not screwing customers, that's just life.I realize old tech gets replaced, but in this case, my stuff simply didn't last long enough. Rosetta was an optional download in SL, so it could have continued to be in 10.7. On the computer side, today's Apple is not the company I previously knew. I also have a Power Mac G4, which was loaded with 8.6 initially. It was then updated from 8.6 > 9.0 > 10.0 > 10.1 > 10.2 > 10.3 > 10.4. I was current for many many years. In 2008, I paid over $600 for my Mini, which went from 10.5 > 10.6 > 10.7 > EOL. Really!?! WTF??? I cant even go to 10.7, so I really got a single OS update from it... Apple is screwing their customers right and left lately, and when people start realizing it, the company is going to have a major problem...
I realize old tech gets replaced, but in this case, my stuff simply didn't last long enough. Rosetta was an optional download in SL, so it could have continued to be in 10.7. On the computer side, today's Apple is not the company I previously knew. I also have a Power Mac G4, which was loaded with 8.6 initially. It was then updated from 8.6 > 9.0 > 10.0 > 10.1 > 10.2 > 10.3 > 10.4. I was current for many many years. In 2008, I paid over $600 for my Mini, which went from 10.5 > 10.6 > 10.7 > EOL. Really!?! WTF??? I cant even go to 10.7, so I really got a single OS update from it... Apple is screwing their customers right and left lately, and when people start realizing it, the company is going to have a major problem...
1&2, You are failing to understand we the consumers want our products NOW, not later. I don't care what Apple is planning down the road... I want my product to work now, today! I don't want to hear Apple stating how they plan to fix maps soon. I need to navigate today. I don't care about what passbook will do later, I want to get on my airline flights today! Laying the groundwork is for beta releases, not final builds. All Apple has manged to do is make themselves look stupid. They tout all these new features, but have nothing to back it up..
3, Would you purchase a new copy of a desktop OS if its main features included Facebook integration and Bluetooth updates? No... At best, iOS 6 should have been 5.2... Apple should not have built all this hype for nothing. All it lead too was disappointment, when people really saw for themselves that the whole new OS with 200 updates amounted to 195 tech updates, and 5 relatively useless new Apps.
As much as I want to believe, I can't. Here's why:
Leopard: A great OS.
Snow Leopard: A greater OS.
Lion: A bomb.
Mountain Lion: A terrible OS that's arguably worse than Leopard.
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I'd actually pay for a IOS that didn't have facebook or twitter integration or game center. There are probably a huge number of people that wouldn't buy a device that didn't have those three.
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iOS7, to the naked eye, will look exactly the same as every iOS before it.
I love my iPhone 5, and I love how everything is synced between it and the iPad. However a year from now I'm not so sure my next phone will be an iPhone. Things have started to move a little too slowly, and while I LOVE iOS, it may be time for something new. I'm Thinking a WP8 or maybe the SGS4 (the SGS3 nearly got me were it not for te fact that I can't get over the fact that android is a bit w@nk).
As an example, for the first time ever, I'm looking forward to an untethered jailbreak. There are so many GREAT tweaks out there that I'd like to use.
Maybe Apple will once again shake things up. I hope so because I'd rather stay with Apple, unfortunately I get the feeling that very little will change until the profits take a hit. Something that shows no sign of happening any time soon.
As much as I want to believe, I can't. Here's why:
Leopard: A great OS.
Snow Leopard: A greater OS.
Lion: A bomb.
Mountain Lion: A terrible OS that's arguably worse than Leopard.
iOS 4: A great OS.
iOS 5: A greater OS.
iOS 6: A bomb.
iOS 7: .............?
I don't know how this happens because seriously Apple is hardly releasing anything anymore (compared to years ago, when they updated almost everything yearly with major updates), but it happened.
I'd love it if Apple moved away from the icons, but I don't have hope that iOS 7 will be any better than iOS 6.
In terminal, I can no longer keep a ssh connection open and let a script run b/c wifi shuts down every time the screen goes to sleep.
Apple used to have the best OS and hardware, but not anymore. Apple had better come up with something quick, or their reign of the mobile market will come crashing down faster than you can read this sentence. I have talked to a lot of Apple users, and few have been even slightly impressed where Apple is headed. In the last week, I had a chat with around 10 pretty die hard iPhone users, and five already decided to jump ship at the end of their contracts. That's pretty bad.... If iOS7 is a bomb, people will start leaving Apple in droves, as consumers are finally realizing there are better alternatives available.
If apple took the best jailbreak apps ie lockinfo, sbsettings and implemented them into ios it would make it heaps better.
Siri integration with wiki would be brilliantMy iOS 7 Wishlist:
1. File directory system. As the iPad becomes more and more into a content creation device, as opposed to a content consumption, there should be a common storage system which can be accessed across all apps! This seems like a no brainer to me, why limit it to photos and videos, why not every iOS supported file type?? If I wanted to take my iPad away for work, I couldnt, cause I cant upload my files to my company portal
2. Even better Siri: make it have access to Wikipedia, use its natural language capabilities to pull info from articles. If not, just make it faster and have access to more information
3. Group Facetime Chat
4. Improved notifications bar. Settings shortcut?