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May seems pretty optimistic for the country hardest hit by the virus. It's appropriate perhaps for Europe, but the U.S. should be looking to July at the earliest.
country had strong effective leadership like South Korea. Just dreaming
 
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I found a job posting on their site the other day that seems like a perfect fit for me, unfortunately, the job is located in Austin, TX and I'm in San Diego, CA (unable to relocate). I would love a job where I could work remote/from home supporting Apple. Hope that happens in the future.

It might change in the future, but traditionally, Apple is quite reserved about remote work. It doesn't fit their engineering (I assume that's where you were looking) culture well.
 
I do love his belief in the company and optimism about the company's future, but, it still feels empty. Its like, his confidence comes from the company's balance sheet. Rehashing the same products over and over again, to sell them as something new to customers (iPad Pro with A12Z - just one more graphics core, iPhone SE, MacBook Air with a better keyboard ). That doesn't feel like ground breaking to me. The product categories are also messy. Too many iPads to choose from, iPhone is all over the place, you are paying for features, which frankly should not be premium. But, what I ultimately feel is, this virus is going to change our buying habits when it comes to buying new technology.

Apple products are in part status symbols; they turn heads, draw interest, conversation starters. But, I'm afraid, if we continue into this crisis, there is little need for any of us to really be upgrading. I know, my upgrade plans have pretty much been pushed out to 2023 or whenever Apple stops providing OS updates for the devices I already own.
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The balance sheet that Tim created, because he is producing people want to buy. While I got there are varied and wide views on everything Apple, the proof is in the pudding. Apple products are NOT status symbols, imo, people who believe that are from another era. They are premium though, at least in my opinion.
Apple calls so many of their devices 'pro'(fessional)... during Covid stay-at-home measures one finally sees that there is nothing pro about a lot of it. Talking primarily about software. FaceTime for instace... is a consumer toy.
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You bring up a good point with smartphones as a whole. Phones from other manufacturers are just as useless in the "pro" space. I wonder how Dex is fairing being a replacement for a fully loaded windows corporate desktop?

Its true about facetime, it's a ubiquitous consumer toy that is wildly successful within the ecosystem. As far as their corporate tools, probably zoom, webex etc. In the same way, apple uses AWS.
 
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Apple calls so many of their devices 'pro'(fessional)... during Covid stay-at-home measures one finally sees that there is nothing pro about a lot of it. Talking primarily about software. FaceTime for instace... is a consumer toy.

I wonder what Apple uses for all their employees to work and meet remotely....I'm confident it isn't made by Apple.

You are correct lmao.
 
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I do love his belief in the company and optimism about the company's future, but, it still feels empty. Its like, his confidence comes from the company's balance sheet. Rehashing the same products over and over again, to sell them as something new to customers (iPad Pro with A12Z - just one more graphics core, iPhone SE, MacBook Air with a better keyboard ). That doesn't feel like ground breaking to me. The product categories are also messy. Too many iPads to choose from, iPhone is all over the place, you are paying for features, which frankly should not be premium. But, what I ultimately feel is, this virus is going to change our buying habits when it comes to buying new technology.

I don't see this as a failure. I long contended that Apple needed to expand their lineups; it's not 1998 anymore. Apple is BIG.

So using existing infrastructure and R&D resources to provide older-but-updated tech is a good thing. The base iPads are VERY capable. The iPhone SE is a great device. Yes, it's shrewd profit-gathering, but so what? I bet people will buy it in droves. And going forward, as they release newer and newer devices, the quality of the "old" devices down the line could be on an upward trend.

I wish they'd done this on the Mac side too! Imagine Apple selling an updated 2010 Mac Pro ALONGSIDE the "bleeding edge" Tube in 2013. Or selling updated versions of the 2011 cMBPs or original Retina MBPs alongside the TouchBar ones.

Call them "classic" or whatever, but I'd be first in line.

Alas...
 
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I do love his belief in the company and optimism about the company's future, but, it still feels empty. Its like, his confidence comes from the company's balance sheet. Rehashing the same products over and over again, to sell them as something new to customers (iPad Pro with A12Z - just one more graphics core, iPhone SE, MacBook Air with a better keyboard ). That doesn't feel like ground breaking to me. The product categories are also messy. Too many iPads to choose from, iPhone is all over the place, you are paying for features, which frankly should not be premium. But, what I ultimately feel is, this virus is going to change our buying habits when it comes to buying new technology.

Apple products are in part status symbols; they turn heads, draw interest, conversation starters. But, I'm afraid, if we continue into this crisis, there is little need for any of us to really be upgrading. I know, my upgrade plans have pretty much been pushed out to 2023 or whenever Apple stops providing OS updates for the devices I already own.
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Seriously, I died!


You do know that a weak balance sheet limits paying people, R&D, and pretty much anything a company does right?
 
Gee whiz, what did Tim have for lunch? :oops:

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You do know that a weak balance sheet limits paying people, R&D, and pretty much anything a company does right?
And hence, his entire contention is wrong? Please, cut it with the straw-man baloney.
 
I do love his belief in the company and optimism about the company's future, but, it still feels empty. Its like, his confidence comes from the company's balance sheet. Rehashing the same products over and over again, to sell them as something new to customers (iPad Pro with A12Z - just one more graphics core, iPhone SE, MacBook Air with a better keyboard ). That doesn't feel like ground breaking to me. The product categories are also messy. Too many iPads to choose from, iPhone is all over the place, you are paying for features, which frankly should not be premium. But, what I ultimately feel is, this virus is going to change our buying habits when it comes to buying new technology.

Apple products are in part status symbols; they turn heads, draw interest, conversation starters. But, I'm afraid, if we continue into this crisis, there is little need for any of us to really be upgrading. I know, my upgrade plans have pretty much been pushed out to 2023 or whenever Apple stops providing OS updates for the devices I already own.
Human nature will not change. We seek status, because higher status people: win the best quality breeding partners; and gain more resources easier, thus increasing survival chances. Both of these increase the chances of our genes being passed on, improving, and surviving. Our evolved emotional behaviours are extremely simple and primitive, regardless of how fast our technology advances and leaves us behind.
 
I do love his belief in the company and optimism about the company's future, but, it still feels empty. Its like, his confidence comes from the company's balance sheet. Rehashing the same products over and over again, to sell them as something new to customers (iPad Pro with A12Z - just one more graphics core, iPhone SE, MacBook Air with a better keyboard ). That doesn't feel like ground breaking to me. The product categories are also messy. Too many iPads to choose from, iPhone is all over the place, you are paying for features, which frankly should not be premium. But, what I ultimately feel is, this virus is going to change our buying habits when it comes to buying new technology.

Apple products are in part status symbols; they turn heads, draw interest, conversation starters. But, I'm afraid, if we continue into this crisis, there is little need for any of us to really be upgrading. I know, my upgrade plans have pretty much been pushed out to 2023 or whenever Apple stops providing OS updates for the devices I already own.
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Yeah, it's where you confidence should come from as a leader of a company. Apple has a fortress balance sheet, built by a fantastic leader in Tim Cook.

This virus isn't going to change a damn thing in the long run. It's already losing its grip after 2 months.

Your problem is you're projecting your opinion on others. You're not upgrading until 2023...good for you. I am upgrading in fall 2020. Point is, many people are going to upgrade. Apple doesn't need or expect "everyone" to upgrade. Plenty of people still earn their paycheck and work from home and can do so indefinitely. For the people who can't, the economy will slowly re-open and people will spend money on their favorite devices.
 
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If any of the Apple watches in the field are capable of accurately measuring o2 saturation, Apple Should enable it. This is a key parameter for folks suffering respiratory distress Apple could play a big role.

maybe FDA could give a special approval.
 
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Apple hasn't made their own VPN protocol, if that's what you mean.
I mentioned facetime - why do you deviate to network protocols ;) No, I don't mean that. I mean UI, high level tools (!), not protocols.
I just find it funny how 'professional' they call everything when what they offer is mostly (!) for non business hipster-style consumer usage! Don't get me wrong, I still like a lot of their stuff, my iPhone, my MBP .... AT HOME. At work... useless. I'm a physicist, try and hook their machines up to measure something... laughable and I'm not just talking 3rd party software support then anymore. They have no connectivity ...... they are what they are, a lifestyle company!

back on target....take their mail app, take iMessage, take FaceTime. The Covid pandemic harshly pushes the need for digitalization of workflows, having to replace a lot of human interaction. Many people having to work remotely for the first time..... That simply doesn't work very well in most cases with the childish Apple Software.
Others are trying, take the Ms Teams together with Outlook, Project Sharepoint e.g. (huge potential for improvements, it's nowhere near 'good' but at least it is something)... then there is Slack and other 'productivity' tools that are ACTUALLY being used by smaller companies and larger corporations meaning they could actually both collaborate. And you can actually get on premise solutions when data security will not be compromised by using a cloud server in a country which is known to have conducted federally driven hacks to help their economy (the US of A).
... But the ONE company who praises the terms 'eco-system' and 'pro' like they're the gods of the universe has almost NOTHING, that helps the professional world in this situation the world is in. ... but some of their hardware

that was my point


You bring up a good point with smartphones as a whole. Phones from other manufacturers are just as useless in the "pro" space. I wonder how Dex is fairing being a replacement for a fully loaded windows corporate desktop?
Hm... I don't think the phones (hardware) is useless ... just most of the software including their super-praised 'eco-system'... well... great for families and friends, I agree... but 'pro' as in for professional use as in work with it? LMAO
If it weren't for the 3rd party apps, then yes, useless. Thankfully, there are a few apps that do what the manufacturer only offers consumer tools for ... sadly too few and many of which are not very far along stability, usability etc.

Its true about facetime, it's a ubiquitous consumer toy that is wildly successful within the ecosystem. As far as their corporate tools, probably zoom, webex etc. In the same way, apple uses AWS.
FaceTime is **** BECAUSE everybody has to have an Apple device.... again, works in families and rarely maybe in strangely homogeneous circles of friends. Why on earth is this **** not open.... oh yeah, that's right, because they want to lock people in... just like other companies, at least those others do it cross platform. Remember, Apple is a hardware company. Their services are just addons for the looks.


This Covid19 crisis really reveals who is 'system critical' and relevant, also in the Tech world. And guess what? Apple isn't amongst them!
It surely isn't FaceTime, iMessage or iCloud servers that are being hammered during the day because demand sky rocketed during the past weeks when half the backbone of the G20's workforce started to work from home.... nope.
Basically now one sees how 'pro' Apple is..... it is not.
What they can do is help with implementing the contact tracing technology... but they were even slower on that joint-venture with google than the Trump administration was with masks. I'm basically convinced that they will copy the european PEPP-PT (privacy protecting proximity tracing) which we (yes, I'm one of them) came up with. Not saying they shouldn't, but for combined >3 trillion in net worth (laughable), Apple and Google, (Microsoft ... ) all the self proclaimed 'pro' and worthy companies so far have done... ehh... little to nothing to showcast their superiority when it comes to ideas and money spend on finding solutions out of this. I would have expected them to start in February and be done by now with a 100% secure and very effective software framework to trace and alert Covid-Contact routes...... but no... nothing.

I'm not a general Apple hater, got several Apple i-devices at home and continue to recommend them to many people... mostly for PRIVATE use only. Shame, Apple with their huge cash pile and their claim to offer 'pro' stuff should do more.
The few professions that one still can kind of recommend the equipment for are photo/videographers (the so called 'creatives') and journalist kinda stuff... and yes the phones since people need phones. But most of the jobs... NO far too little software freedom, pathetic IO and oh yeah... can't even add RAM yourself or so.

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sincerely yours .... physicist, programmer, engineer... I'd call myself a creative ... you know, for instance developing stuff that builds other stuff that builds the 'pro' toys :p
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If any of the Apple watches in the field are capable of accurately measuring o2 saturation, Apple Should enable it. This is a key parameter for folks suffering respiratory distress Apple could play a big role.

maybe FDA could give a special approval.

nice idea but how is that gonna help 8 billion people within the next 12+ months? Do you think it's realistic to even manufacture enough ... and then you want people to pay for it?
Seriously, if you're having issues with o2 saturation due to Covid19, you WILL HAVE FELT that breathing is harder way earlier.... and your body doesn't charge 400$ to volunteer that information to you.
 
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