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You cherry-picked a few things in which Windows is slightly better, while ignoring everything where macOS is head and shoulders above Windows 11.
Everyone has their preferences. I wouldn’t want to use macOS even if you’d pay me for it. “Head and shoulders” is very subjective.
 
I am honestly underwhelmed by Apple more and more as time goes on. Tim Cook has no clue how to steer the ship or attract talent but instead focus on profits and just in time delivery.

Someone call John Scully as I think he and Tim could team up and arrive at the same destination easily. That’s really what is happening here slowly but surely.

Android is once again starting to entice me.
 
Everyone has their preferences. I wouldn’t want to use macOS even if you’d pay me for it. “Head and shoulders” is very subjective.

It isn't.
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Apple's flaws are largely those of decline and neglect, or an obsession with being "schoolteacher safe". But they don't do disastrous things like saving screenshots of your passwords to the cloud.
 
Apples iPhone 16 pro max will be a hit with Apple and a flop amongst consumers. With Apple marketing a delayed AI as only iPhone 15 & 16 pro max selling point.

Leaving the rest of the lineup with a mediocre update. Hopefully the 17 pro max or 18 pro max will bring a worthy design update and a much more powerful config.

In comparison to the iPhone slim rumored features which are becoming lacklustre at best.

The iPhone needs a fresh new design and a new direction, no more gimmicks like the Dynamic Island. Otherwise I will hang on to my iPhone 12 Pro Max until it breaks down.
 
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I am not the least bit surprised. Every high profile feature these days gets delayed. Better to get it right.
THIS! I know so much negativity is coming from this but I’m okay with the delay. Get it right and make it stable. I’ll be ready when it drops. Excited for the 16 pro. I need to get use to the size difference moving from a mini anyway.
 
The iPhone 16 might be Apple's most boring release in history.

- Action Button.
- Slightly thinner.
- Newer processor.
- .2 inch bigger screen

And that's it folks, but Apple thinks you're going to love it.
 
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What a joke. Apple seriously falling behind. They’ve been caught out. Microsoft, Google, Nvidia, etc are all way ahead of them.
 
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The iPhone 16 might be Apple's most boring release in history.

- Action Button.
- Slightly thinner.
- Newer processor.
- .2 inch bigger screen

And that's it folks, but Apple thinks you're going to love it.
I will still be getting it since the 16 is next in my upgrade cycle. Actually I'm relieved it will not be screwed up primarily by flaky AI software, at least initially.
 
Why are you wasting your time here? ;)

I don’t think Apple’s software is garbage. As good as it was back when the total number of iPhones was in the millions? No but that’s the price of success. Mom
Why are you wasting your time here? ;)

I use Windows at work 40 - 50 hours a week. If you want to talk about garbage I’d point you in the direction of Microsoft. I’ll take Apple’s software all day everyday over most of what Microsoft produces.

Has the software stability and quality declined some? Yeah, but when you grow like Apple has that is inevitable. Think about how many different hardware manufacturers have components in Apple’s devices that they have to support Today versus back in 2010. That’s the price of success when you want control over all of the hardware and the software in your devices. It gets harder and more complex as the number of products and models and hardware components from different manufacturers that you’ve have to support.
 
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The iPhone 16 might be Apple's most boring release in history.

- Action Button.
- Slightly thinner.
- Newer processor.
- .2 inch bigger screen

And that's it folks, but Apple thinks you're going to love it.

There are some other rumors you missed that will result in a more substantial upgrade:
  • WiFi 7 on all models
  • 2GB more RAM on the base and Plus for Apple Intelligence
  • 48-megapixel Ultra Wide lens on the Pro
  • 5x optical zoom for both Pro models
  • Larger camera sensor on the Pro Max only
  • Samsung's high performance M14 OLED panel on the Pro
  • Battery improvements (more efficient processor/screen, stacked battery)
  • Charging improvements (40W wired, 20W MagSafe)
 
Ok, so what will happen to the current iOS 18.0 betas then, currently in DB4? Will they get scrapped and replaced with 18.1 DB1 next week or what? And what about Public Betas then? Confusing… 🤷🏻‍♂️

They will continue and Apple intelligence will come out later in the winter as Apple said from the start. Anyone who thought it was coming day 1 with iOS 18 somehow failed to comprehend the keynote.
 
Overpromise, underdeliver. That is the entire AI sector at the moment.

Hopefully they are trying to limit the damage from the underdeliver bit.
More specifically it's what happens when as a developer you get up in the morning and read the news to see what the execs and marketing department promised this morning, without bothering to ask you how long it would take to do.
 
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I was really hoping I could upgrade to an AI iPhone this September, my iPhone 11 has been clinging on to dear life but might not make it if I want to wait for the 17.
 
I’m honestly shocked they were trying to target 18.0.

I guess I assumed apple AI was always going to be 18.1 or 18.2. Maybe even as late as 18.5.
 
Apples iPhone 16 pro max will be a hit with Apple and a flop amongst consumers. With Apple marketing a delayed AI as only iPhone 15 & 16 pro max selling point.

Leaving the rest of the lineup with a mediocre update. Hopefully the 17 pro max or 18 pro max will bring a worthy design update and a much more powerful config.

In comparison to the iPhone slim rumored features which are becoming lacklustre at best.

The iPhone needs a fresh new design and a new direction, no more gimmicks like the Dynamic Island. Otherwise I will hang on to my iPhone 12 Pro Max until it breaks down.
I upgrade every year and will be getting thr 176 and then the 17.
 
I work on Windows about 45-55 hours a week, and mostly use Mac for personal stuff, at least for the past couple of year.

I can only suggest that you perhaps should try using more that one OS on a regular basis. This could help with expanding your horizons a bit.

It's great that you find Mac that stable. In my experience, it's been less stable than Windows. I have had to reboot my M2 MBA a whole lot more often than Windows (although to be fair, still not very often) because of some process slowing down the system even after I try to force quit it, or because it just decided to drop an external hard drive in the middle of me doing something. And of course there's a list of things that Mac just does worse (although in the latest beta they finally copied Windows' way of window management). Some of these things can be fixed via 3rd party tools. But not all. For example, I can take a mid range laptop and attach two 32" monitors and get sharp, crisp display of text and icons on both. Yet a $1,500 MBA can only use one monitor and is fuzzy as hell (yes, it's not a high PPI but this doesn't prevent sharp text in Windows).

As far as OS go, I would definitely not place Mac above W11. Both have their pros and cons.

You should do stand up. I worked in IT for 35 years. 99 percent of support was for Windows.
 
They will continue and Apple intelligence will come out later in the winter as Apple said from the start. Anyone who thought it was coming day 1 with iOS 18 somehow failed to comprehend the keynote.
Your statement isn't quite correct. Apple said from the beginning that Apple Intelligence would be available "later this year", meaning before December 2024. This report is consistent with what Apple has been saying since WWDC.

Apple has not said exactly what would be coming in winter 2025, except that "some features, additional languages, and platforms will be coming over the course of the next year." Gurman said that the new Siri might be tabled for early next year, but who knows
 
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