I disagree. The MacBook is actually pretty useful and will only get more so as Intel gets its act together with Core M. Given Intel's pricing for Core M the MacBook is fairly priced. iPad Pro seems to be enjoying a burst of popularity and may convince more developers to see the iPad as a "real" platform.Hey, did you know Ballmer's best year was the year before Microsoft sales plummeted? To see if someone is going to "kill it", you need to look at their new products and the direction they are going, not the past.
Never seen hardware so weak from Apple, and Microsoft is finally putting out good hardware.. they just need to get their OS up to par. And Android OS is quite impressive, very innovative and google now kills Siri any day. Tim rode the wind that Steve left him.. that wind is dying now
Tim Cook has done a decent job as CEO. People like Steve Jobs come around once in a lifetime. Following is a difficult act. Cook has done a far better job than Steve Ballmer. Unlike Ballmer, Cook didn't inherit virtual monopoly cash cows in Windows and Office. Arguably Steve Jobs cost Apple by not developing iOS with resolution independence. It cost Apple at least one and probably two years before the iPhone 6 Plus was ready.
Google Now "kills" Siri because Google has no scruples and mines everyone's personal data. I like Apple's stance on privacy.
As for hardware, have you seen the benchmarks for the A9? The best CPU engineers want to work for Apple now.