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New Apple Park Drone Video Shows Off Last Minute Construction as Opening Draws Near

So Apple has finished their golden pharaoh's tomb. Nice, but what are they doing about Intel's trudging improvements in processor performance? Long past are the days when each release of OS X ran faster than the previous on the same hardware and Intel's performance improvements in their processors has dropped from 30%/year to 15%/year. This means that users have gone from a 6 fold performance improvement when replacing EOL hardware after 6 years to a meager 2.3 fold performance increase.
 
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djcerla said:
In a couple of years, when everything will be settled and the orchard ready, I will do a pilgrimage, err, an holiday in Cupertino.
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How close do you think you'll get before security steps in? :)
I wonder if they'll have tours or some access to the public beyond a retail store.
 
Progress doesn't look much different from post-rain January but the next company that moves in will be thankful for the construction.
 
jhowarth said:
So Apple has finished their golden pharaoh's tomb. Nice, but what are they doing about Intel's trudging improvements in processor performance? Long past are the days when each release of OS X ran faster than the previous on the same hardware and Intel's performance improvements in their processors has dropped from 30%/year to 15%/year. This means that users have gone from a 6 fold performance improvement when replacing EOL hardware after 6 years to a meager 2.3 fold performance increase.
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All this means really is that pcs got to a point where it's hard to make them better. Means we replace them less as they keep doing the job longer. That's what I noticed anyway. And I don't see how this is a bad thing.

What really needs to improve is software, better optimisations which will result in better performance. You don't need a new computer every year. You need one that does the job. Unless I'm missing something...
 
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will be nice to see the productivity boost this provides after they are finished. no doubt this project has taken a ton of internal development and design time away from their product lines since it is clear much of the design and development of it was done internally.
 
I assume eventually were going to see grass and not just piles of dirt everywhere?
 
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Drone videographer Matthew Roberts has posted a new video on his YouTube channel this morning, covering the ongoing progress of construction at Apple's soon-to-open campus, Apple Park. A few weeks ago, Roberts posted what was expected to be the final update before Apple Park's grand opening, but the campus still hasn't opened its doors to employees with just a few days left in April.

Ever since Apple officially announced the name for Apple Park back in February, construction on the site has ramped up rapidly over the ensuing weeks. Today, solar panel installation on the roof of the central "Spaceship" building appears nearly complete, while the courtyard of the building is still seeing major construction related to the large pond and surrounding greenery.


Landscaping everywhere on the campus has been expanding over the past few weeks, so much so that Apple has caused tree shortages for other companies in the area. In Roberts' newest video, it's evident that there is still much time left for Apple's landscaping to be finished, which will eventually end with 9,000 native and drought-resistant trees spread across the site.

The continuation of landscaping, as well as construction on some of Apple Park's auxiliary buildings, will continue into the summer, well after Apple moves the first employees into the main building. While some of the side buildings are complete -- like the parking garage -- a few still have a ways to go, including the new campus auditorium, which has been named the "Steve Jobs Theater" in honor of the late CEO.

Once employees begin moving in, it's estimated to take Apple around six months to move in all the workers coming to Apple Park, which will number about 13,000. Earlier in April, another well-known drone videographer, Duncan Sinfield, shared off a video of what Apple Park looks like when it's lit up at night.

Article Link: New Apple Park Drone Video Shows Off Last Minute Construction as Opening Draws Near
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Apple hq is exactly where I'm headed when the zombie apocalypse arrives. Pretty sure they'll have built in the proper defences there
 
It would be freaky to be the first team assigned to the new digs. That's a huge space, it must be really strange when its empty.
 
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sMiK said:
All this means really is that pcs got to a point where it's hard to make them better. Means we replace them less as they keep doing the job longer. That's what I noticed anyway. And I don't see how this is a bad thing.

What really needs to improve is software, better optimisations which will result in better performance. You don't need a new computer every year. You need one that does the job. Unless I'm missing something...
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The problem is that Apple seems to be narrowing the window on how long they continue to support existing hardware in their current OS releases. So we are approaching a situation of diminishing improvements in the hardware which will only further encourage Apple to EOL support for existing hardware in order to attempt to drive sales.
 
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