Apple not only exaggerates the simplification of their products, but also of their product lines.
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Tim Cook: Apple 'Spending an Enormous Amount' on 'Macs of the Future'
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Apple not only exaggerates the simplification of their products, but also of their product lines.
Apple needs to recreate legacy support back to MacOS Classic. We need access to our old data to move into the future. To do that we need to be able to run older software that never got upgraded and never will get upgraded. Apple should provide legacy support for software.
I like that he says they are spending money on macs future. For me my heart will always lie in the Mac,.iPhone and iPads etc are just nice additions even if that's were apple make most money.
That the pc market is falling is just because windows and pcs stays crap. Win8 is rebranded 7 with a stupid startup app/skin. And win7 is vista. It's still vista today and the horrible ground layer of horrible ui with a mess of admin tools and system tools, drivers, install clogging, conflicts and virus killers. I just hate everything about windows. It has the same underlying mess as it always had - since the first windows. It's funny how almost every single software on the Mac is better executed. People don't want a pc, they buy if they can't afford a Mac.
That the pc market is falling is just because windows and pcs stays crap. Win8 is rebranded 7 with a stupid startup app/skin. And win7 is vista. It's still vista today and the horrible ground layer of horrible ui with a mess of admin tools and system tools, drivers, install clogging, conflicts and virus killers. I just hate everything about windows. It has the same underlying mess as it always had - since the first windows. It's funny how almost every single software on the Mac is better executed. People don't want a pc, they buy if they can't afford a Mac.
But we want a decent proper graphics card not one out of a laptop
And we can't have that whilst Apple still think a desktop computer should be a big laptop on a stand.
sigh
Keep building quality Macs, including desktop and laptop. I will keep buying them until the end of days.
FU, Carl
Hey, Carl, get a clue. Investors aren't taking huge positions in Apple as long as you're involved because they know damn well that you're going to dump your entire position at a moment's notice thus screwing them out of any legitimate gains.
Hey, Carl, get a clue. Investors aren't taking huge positions in Apple as long as you're involved because they know damn well that you're going to dump your entire position at a moment's notice thus screwing them out of any legitimate gains.
A 17" rMBP sounds like something worth spending part of that enormous amount of money on
pretty pretty please?
pretty pretty please?
Updating the ageing (2011) Thunderbolt Display?
How about we focus on things that are starting to look embarrassingly old, like the ageing Thunderbolt Display!
How long do we have to wait for an update, it's getting absolutely ridiculous.
Come on Apple, get your act together...
How about we focus on things that are starting to look embarrassingly old, like the ageing Thunderbolt Display!
How long do we have to wait for an update, it's getting absolutely ridiculous.
Come on Apple, get your act together...
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A 17" rMBP sounds like something worth spending part of that enormous amount of money on
pretty pretty please?
Yes, or at least give us a slightly smaller Thunderbolt display for those of us who don't have an aircraft carrier for a desk. 19-21 inches would be fine.
But we want a decent proper graphics card not one out of a laptop
And we can't have that whilst Apple still think a desktop computer should be a big laptop on a stand.
sigh
I'm not sure what your definition of "decent" is but I'd imagine the GTX 780m is more than just "decent" for almost everyone even with games except the hardcore gamers who demand the highest tier of performance, a market Apple clearly has decided not to support. For most buyers even the lower end 755m is probably more than "decent" enough.
What you're looking for is an xMac basically a smaller cheaper version of the old Mac Pro. Apple has been pretty stubborn and stood by its decision by not making one for the past 15 years. Given the desktop market is losing its relevance, I doubt they'll start making one anytime soon, if ever.
On a related note my biggest disappointment with Apple's desktop line up is their refusal to make the SSD the baseline standard. I believe they are doing the buyers a great disservice by not including at least a fusion drive with every desktop Mac.
I don't think many realize how well pixel downsampling works on Retina Macs. Even the non-native resolutions look great but until you live with it, it's hard to imagine it. I personally was skeptical before using one every day. Even now I sometimes change the resolutions around and just marvel that the display is capable of showing good images other than just the native resolution and its integer multiples.
A retina MBA wouldn't be a new product category, but if they created a new desktop lineup instead of focusing so much on their laptops and mobile devices, I would be happy. The nMP is just too much of a niche product.
Wall Street doesn't care about new products as much as they care about beating estimates.
A 17" rMBP sounds like something worth spending part of that enormous amount of money on
pretty pretty please?
I think Apple's more interested in products they can make a profit on.
That is the first thing I thought about. I doubt it will be the Mini we all love but rather something rather new. It would be nice if it hit the streets before mid summer.
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I voted you up but I must say Mr Icahn has a point, Wall Street isn't listen to what Tim says.
Macs may be a small percentage of profits for Apple, but they still represent an important cornerstone to Apple's business. Having the Mac and tablet business will ultimately allow them to converge the two somehow, and not in a compromised way like Microsoft did. If any company can pull it off, Apple can.
The number of products wasn't the problem, it was the expensive products and no defined path to a real operating system. Several different operating system initiatives that failed did Apple no favors at all.
By the time Steve came back he had no choice but to cut products drastically to get past the impending bankruptcy. By the time Steve left us Apple had far more viable products than anytime in the past. In business it is products that sell that count.
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I doubt it will have Radions, integrated GPUs are improving to fast to bring out a low cost hardware design that will be around for a decade or more. However I do expect the machine to take design cues from a Mac Pro.
Actually it is not at all like asking for a cheap iPhone. It rather refactoring the line up when most of the Mini sales have evaporated due to tablets. For the Mini to remain relevant it needs to have better performance to suck up those users that can't justify the IMac.
Nay be Quantum Dot tech isn't that far off.
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They just delivered the Mac Pro as their workstation solution. Now I'm first to believe the Mini is getting a make over, ideally into an XMac but there is no reason for a chassis that size.
You must be a self important corporate IT guy if you are asking for a roadmap. Apple has clearly demonstrated that those road maps are useless be demolishing much of the PC manufacturing world. Dell or HP may have a roadmap but it won't be much good if they aren't around in two years.
Have you any doubt?
The direction is right but note the word direction implying travel. Operating systems are works in progress and literally are never finished. Think about how old UNIX is. In any event I'm confident that Apple will continue to refine OS/X.
By the way I like Mavericks very much also. There are some issues but overall it performs well on my old machine. In a nut shell it does the things I want it to do
The direction is right but note the word direction implying travel. Operating systems are works in progress and literally are never finished. Think about how old UNIX is. In any event I'm confident that Apple will continue to refine OS/X.
By the way I like Mavericks very much also. There are some issues but overall it performs well on my old machine. In a nut shell it does the things I want it to do
Radion
Radion
Radion
Radeon
Sorry, had too lol. Only poking fun
But yes, having an alternative GPU would be nice other than the NVIDIA GPUs, considering that the new mac pros do have AMD cards in them.
The Mac Pro got replaced with a better machine!
Strange because I really like Mavericks it is a big step forward.
I have to give you this one, that have taken their time with bugs and regressions. However a solid point release is far better than a bunch of patches every Tuesday.
What of significance was removed?
As for Sandboxing, if they get it right it should provide much needed additional security. You may call it unneeded but I don't think that is the opinion of those that understand it. Of course Apple has rough edges to iron out, but in a year or two most people will expect that Apps be compatible with the new security technologies.
Mavericks is pretty impressive for those that understand it.
Apple is doing fine. With Mavericks they are telling me that they have the same interest at heart that I do. I fully expect Mac OS to just get better with each new revision.