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Tim Cook Has Now Been Apple's CEO for Longer Than Steve Jobs
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Crazy to think the Apple Watch and AirPods weren't even products when Jobs was CEO. Despite the noise and hot takes about Cook's tenure, he's overseen the debut of some transformational products, including Apple Silicon.
I never got iPhone until it hit Verizon so that’s what? February 3rd 2011? I didn’t have it day one, but for ease of math let’s just say I did…and first iPhone was June 2007?
So that means Verizon/I have had iPhone longer than iPhone was only on AT&T…THAT is the more important timeline! Heh…
Go Apple. We love you Steve! Keep it up, Cookie!!!
So that means Verizon/I have had iPhone longer than iPhone was only on AT&T…THAT is the more important timeline! Heh…
Go Apple. We love you Steve! Keep it up, Cookie!!!
We would have had flying cars, brain implants, colonized Mars and developing gateways to other statsystems.
An early death tends to hamper one's longevity. Too bad Steve did not get to become Chairman and still be with us.
We're in an "AI Bubble" right now in terms of valuation and as with the dot-com bubble of the early 2000s, we're going to see a large crash and Apple will be able to pick up a significant amount of assets (physical and human) at significantly lower costs.
Not saying this is/was Cook's and the C-Suite's plan and explains why they are "behind" in AI, but it will allow them to "catch up" at a much lower cost than what Google, Microsoft and Meta spent to get where they are at the moment.
Not saying this is/was Cook's and the C-Suite's plan and explains why they are "behind" in AI, but it will allow them to "catch up" at a much lower cost than what Google, Microsoft and Meta spent to get where they are at the moment.
On average, successful CEOs last a bit over 9 years. Apple may be one of the exceptions with long CEO tenures (Tim and Steve at 14 years and John Sculley at 10 years) but if there's no immediate successor to Tim or some internal grooming, especially after this much time as CEO, then the board isn't fulfilling one of its primary responsibilities.
..., and CRASH THE COMPANY SO IT GOES BANKRUPT ..., LIKE JOBS DID AT NEXT ...
..., AND CRASH THE COMPANY SO MICROSOFT HAS TO BAIL IT OUT, LIKE JOBS DID AT APPLE ...
Let me guess, you also link hardware excellence to the size and aerodynamic efficiency of the iPhone's bezels ...
More than happy to continue to buy the REASONABLE Apple alternatives to Windoze products ..., which includes consumer grade iPads and iPhones and much better overall-value MacBooks, except for my 2-in-1 Dell ..., and my 1/3rd the price entertainment Samsung tablets ..., and then there's also the desktop gaming rig that's Windoze and the reasonably usable Garmin watches with multi-day/night batteries and the compatible bicycle electronics ...
That's because Apple is a Prestige/Personal choice, and the PCs are IT Management choices?
Cuz if you pick AND order the 'most PCs' I don't really call that Management.
I do agree with the VALUE proposition with Apple products, but I also understand the 'Greed is Good' proposition with any big IT department that has a 'Greed is Good' CEO or business owner micro-managing things.
I'll stick with MacBook Pros and refurbished iPads, but I'm not going to put lipstick on a Mac gaming computer just to demonstrate my 'loyalty' to Apple.
'People' STILL want to and DO BUY Apple, regardless of you subjective evaluation.
That's how your 'Keeping the company profitable A+' grade is possible.
Yeah, I'd like to have a MacBook Air 2-in-1, but with Windoze available I'll pick and choose who does best.
My Apple Watches don’t even notice when I jump rope for an hour! Same with tennis.
But the watches will ask if I am exercising when I’m putting around the house doing nothing.
That’s a sad exercise watch.
Who even is John Ternus? Johnny Ives is by far the obvious choice, Apple can purchase his design firm just like they did NeXT
Michael Scott once ran Apple yet we never got the Pyramid tablet!!
(And Office fans don’t @ me I know Michael was gone when Sabre launched the tablet!!)
(And Office fans don’t @ me I know Michael was gone when Sabre launched the tablet!!)
You can't continue to generate record revenues every quarter when nobody buys your products... And D+ is still a passing grade, so guess it's good enough.
I still prefer a current Apple Silicon-based MacBook Pro when compared to any other laptop in the market today.
So, maybe they are not revolutionizing, but they keep making some of the best laptops in the market.
If people don’t want to buy the products, how is the company so profitable?! I don’t think you could’ve had one without the other.
We would have a decent Apple Intelligence, Apple Car, HomePod with adequate microphones and wifi 6 at least and a better UX and developers base for Apple Vision Pro. The iPhone would have also been at a higher level then it is today. Also we would have SPO2 on our Apple Watches.
Back in the old days, Apple used the same machines that are used to build rockets and aeroplanes to built their Macbooks.
Nowadays they use the same tools HP does but show you non existing marketing videos, like they did with Apple Intelligence. Everyone now believes Apple without checking the facts, its the same answer Scott Forstall told Tim Cook for not apologising to customers with the Maps fiasco. "Don't worry about it Tim, people will buy it nonethless, cause it's Apple."
That was back in the day when Tim recently got promoted to CEO. Now he is just using Scott's trick to make it a profitable company, by selling beautiful wrapped degrading products.
There is a reason other companies like Samsung and Huawei are now ahead of the games. Cause they lack the courage to innovate their a**.