I see your point and agree to some extent but I don't think the mentioned products are some gimmicks made out of sense just because we can. It seems to be well thought out. In this case it's not about cores or megapixels it's about ideas. I believe in these ideas. A unified OS so you can turn your notebook into a tablet and turn your phone into a mini desktop? Yes, that's the future in my opinion. Phones will replace desktops (and Apple TV) for most of the users one day. You'll come home, connect it to a display or a TV and enjoy your Facebook, spreadsheets, TV show, a game or whatever you want to spend your time with. That just looks like the natural evolution of these devices.
On the other hand I do not believe in some other things like Oculus Rift or curved TVs (hello Samsung). This is something that I'd call a "future technology" being pushed onto people.
You are correct. I was impressed with the Hololens. Anything else from MS, not really. As for unified OS, it's been tried and nothing has come from it. Like I said, if you rush and don't provide a GOOD product, it simply won't work. What's different with Apple (at least when Steve was around) was that the products were made for PEOPLE to use them; they were not slapped together in hopes that enough people like something about it to justify keeping it around (think of Motorola Atrix or
The difference is that Apple is not saying "iPad Pro is better than Microsoft Surface", or rather, if we take the same logic, "iPad Pro is better than {insert your favorite laptop here} because you can write on the screen, use apps, carry it in your hand" etc etc.
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If you're honest with yourselves, had Apple created the Surface - would you or would you not now be claiming it the greatest single invention since god knitted cheese?
If I believed that after using it, yes, I would. However, I don't see the benefit or using a Surface tablet. Right now I have an iMac, a MBP, and got an iPad Pro (w/Apple keyboard and Pencil) to replace the MBP, but after using it for a few months I'm ready to switch it for a new MacBook (not sure yet if Air or Pro). I would definitely not consider getting a Wintel machine, much less a Surface. I will wait for the tablet from Apple to be more right for me, but definitely no Windows.
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I'm always seeing history repeat itself on this forum, and it's like no one learns. Posters here say, "Why hasn't Apple come out with X like other companies?" or "Why haven't they updated Y like other companies?" But they also say "I've got X from this company and it's unreliable..." And then Apple finally comes out with X or Y which often has all you wanted and does it right (at which point everyone will complain about the cost or the look or the fact that this or that company did it first and what took Apple so long...without seeing that Apple has done it without the crashes or loss of battery or whatever).
My point is, post after post here says things like the Surface crashes, or doesn't have the battery power, etc, etc. Yet you're complaining that Apple hasn't updated its laptops. Well...see above. MOST of the time, Apple takes its time and tries to get it right. People complained about the phone not coming out back when there were rumors of it but it hadn't yet come out. When it did they complained that there were already touch-screen phones, this was nothing new, what took Apple and it wouldn't fly. But it did fly because it was the best touch phone on the market, the one that really made use of that technology.
In a nutshell: Apple doesn't usually rush things out, even an update which has to be a little more than an update if it's going to stand out as worth buying in a changing market. You can always switch to companies that put out new products faster. But if you want Apple, you need to be patient. It's up to you to decide if, given their track record, it will be worth the wait.
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Really? REALLY?
Consumerism at it's finest here folks.
Isn't consumerism what we all practice when we choose a product? We're being consumers, aren't we?

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I'm not a big fan of the Surface Pro - the screen's too small for my taste. But I love the Surface Book - fantastic screen, fantastic keyboard, excellent trackpad (at least as good as my former Macbook's).
Those who are poking fun at the Note7: Lithium Ion batteries are known to explode / burn once in a while. The iPhone is no exception there. Sure, Samsung was hit hard, but this can happen to all manufacturers. Apple doesn't make its own batteries, it buys it from other manufacturers, just like Samsung, btw.
Except that the Note 7 batteries were made by Samsung's own division...and I can only remember hearing of at most 10 cases where iPhones have exploded in its entire 9-year history (one of my co-workers was one of them), and all of them, as far as I can remember, and please correct me if I'm wrong, were because they used cheap charger replacements (the ones you can get 20 cables and/or wall charger for $5). That's why Apple charges more for their products, because they're higher quality.
The Note 7, however, was exploding on its own, with no reason to. I read there were 35 cases since it launched, one was in a kid's hands while he was watching a video. I don't recall that happening with the iPhone.