Do any of "all those posts" have any concrete facts to back up their suppositions about a "five year pipeline"?
I didn't think so.
The source was Apple. Yet as you've so accurately brought up, it's totally meaningless.
Do any of "all those posts" have any concrete facts to back up their suppositions about a "five year pipeline"?
I didn't think so.
The source was Apple. Yet as you've so accurately brought up, it's totally meaningless.
With all due respect, Steve Jobs was notorious for putting form before function.
A key reason Macbook Pros don't have blueray players is Steve wanted slot-type cd drives instead of a tray coming out, as Steve thought they were far more elegant. When told slot drives would limit the future functionality of the players, Steve went ahead anyways.
Errrr???? that just isn't true! The idea of using optical media is old fashioned - that was the reason. A key reason my foot!
Eh, that old fashion media is still for many people the only practical way to acquire movies, music, and software. Not everyone has access to decent broadband Internet. I know this all to well since up until a couple years ago I was living in rural Nevada, where my only options were dial-up and satellite.
Wouldn't that chip and peel eventually?
yeah okay, perhaps they should keep an analog modem in a MBP too? Its like MS Windows 8 - its also 32bit! Now that's the same mindset you have isn't it.
So you're perfectly okay with with the idea of depriving millions of users just because you think the technology is outdated?
I should also point out that DVD/BR rentals are typically much cheaper[/] than their iTunes equivalent. And DVDs can easily be shared. The same cannot be said for a DRM-infested digital copy.
You can't compare Maps with Siri.HE WOULD HAVE APPROVED IT!
Siri anyone? The man believed in iteration and had become barely rational in his attitude to Google. I think he would have shipped it, probably not written a letter like Tim's, and fired some engineers (or told them to be ashamed of themselves).
I am in shock at the rose tinted memory of this thread.
The app itself is not the problem. The problem is that the map data that Apple Maps use just suck (it apparently sucks less in some countries than others).He most likely did, seeing as that they probably have been thinking about it and working on it for years.
Yup. And thats why Apple used crappy plastic on the iPhone 3G/3GS, poor plastic on non unibody MacBooks, stanless steel (impossible to NOT scratch) among other choices. Apple always has been a form over function company. The looks are more important than the features.
They didn't lie, they simply distorted reality. It's called "business".
You clean your house before people come over and act like that's how you always live, right?
So you mean to tell me that Apple had 8 years to fix scuffgate? Anyways Apple will never have the perfection with out Steve. His micromanaging really made Apple.
I understand the frustration of some users about the Mac not having a built-in Blu-ray drive, but internal optical drives are gradually disappearing from all PCs, not just Apple products.So you're perfectly okay with with the idea of depriving millions of users just because you think the technology is outdated?
It really depends on where you live.I should also point out that DVD/BR rentals are typically much cheaper than their iTunes equivalent.
He was a man not a god... there seems to be a bit of an unhealthy affixation on this one person here.
My what an interesting series of assumptions. Perhaps you missed all the posts that revealed Jobs left behind specific plans for over five years of products. It went on to talk about his hands on involvement with what is now iPhone 5 & others.
That said it's important that you be happy with your beliefs. Especially of that impacts your perception of Apple.
I have remained very loyal to Apple through both good times & bad.
Yet there's no company I know of where every product is a milestone & far better than the last. That's where a great number of Apple buyers differ. Those in the group proudly declare any new Apple product a game changer in the footsteps of their hero.
Thats one thing Jobs did very well.
He understood that things had to perform and appear right in the real world. the Floor tile example just emphasizes that. (as many pointed out and I do agre, he wasn't perfect either, didnt meant o imply I thought he was)
(this is something i would like to emphasize in my post, not glowing love for the corpse of Jobs)
Sometimes what looks the best, isn't always the right choice for the real world for other reasons.
I think this current 'scuffgate' is an example of that. Yes, the black ionodized aluminium looks amazing, But if it's inable to cope with everyday "scuffing and dings" well, it's clearly not the best choice. Choosing something purely for looks over function was something even Jobs didnt do. it was an all together package.
Something that I'm not sure the current top brass seem to understand just yet.
You can't compare Maps with Siri.
Apple Maps replaced a basic functionality that had been there for 5 years on the iPhone (and in all other smartphones) with something that doesn't work for a whole bunch of people. Mapping services are a mature product at this point.
Siri isn't replacing any existing functionality. What's more, Siri isn't notably worse than the competition. Natural LUI is still in its infancy stage; maps are not.
I thought that the point was to show that it's presumptuous to think that SJ would have approved the new Maps app -which replace an existing, reliable functionality with an amateurish app- based on the fact that he had approved Siri - a brand new service which, although still in its infancy, measures up with competing services on other platforms.You missed the point.
Links, please.
Specifically, a link from xxx.apple.com that says that "Steve Jobs left a 5 year pipeline of products before he succombed on 5 October".
Otherwise, it seems to be a fantasy among the Apple fans....
Based on Apple's known level of internal product secrecy, especially that of Steve Jobs, I assume your request is somewhat rhetorical.
I also have doubts about Jobs having created a specific 5 year plan for after his death, however I am also under the impression that this company is (and was) run well enough to plan out their product future.
It is not hard to believe that any good CEO would have a 3 to 4 year plan, regardless of knowledge (or lack) of a pending death. While we all have disagreements regarding the success of the company and their products, it is unlikely that any of them were conceived, designed, tested, and built within 1 let alone 2 years.