Ya. I don't think I ever threw away any type of electronic equipment. Always sold it to someone else. I mean hell, even old wires I didn't need had a box of them and sold them at a garage sale.
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Tim Cook Named 'CEO of the Year' by CNN
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Ya. I don't think I ever threw away any type of electronic equipment. Always sold it to someone else. I mean hell, even old wires I didn't need had a box of them and sold them at a garage sale.
The Apple Watch was predictable. In fact, it was predicted. A line of Apple-inspired fragrances and skin care products would have been unpredictable. How about Apple Cruises? Apple tires? Apple apples?
I agree somewhat in spirit. Apple has largely become what Microsoft used to be...the final arbiter of how individuals interact with its systems from hardware choices to software choices. Where I disagree with you is that this has anything to do with age. I am a self-professed old fart. I've owned Apple gear since I bought an Apple ][+ in February of 1980. Since I was once a UNIX kernel programmer, I very much enjoyed having total control of my systems and that was much more possible both in hardware and software in earlier decades with Mac systems. The trend, largely set by Apple, is to move everything into the "cloud". For me that presents a lot of security and privacy issues. For the record, I don't trust today's Apple any more than I trusted Microsoft in the 80s/90s/00s.
Linux and FreeBSD may become more attractive.
What I want, is what many want, and what Apple won't make, and may well never ever make as it goes 100% against their "Apple knows best" policy, and that's a "Proper" desktop Mac computer, that I can fit my own memory, SSD's, and most importantly graphics cards into.
Millions of real loyal loving Apple users would jump on such a machine, but Apple probably will never make it, as Apple has realised the big money is in the mass market of customers who don't really know much about computers and just wants a very nice looking box that just works.
Of course, there is a BIG market for that.
I just find it such a great shame Apple now sticks 2 fingers up at any real computer users, and all those people that Actually made Apple a company in the 1st place.
Apple has left those loyal fans with nothing
And that's a great and sad shame
This is true and putting a slick but less flexible HI on UNIX has served Apple well up to a point. There are many people who are younger for whom these issues do not present a problem. Apple's bread and butter now is mobile and consumer devices. To me iOS is a horrible operating environment, but that's because I'm used to having a real workstation for a computer system. Now, Apple is merging MacOS with iOS, to the definite detriment of MacOS in my opinion. The default is that apps have to come from Apple's app store. It's actually somewhat a pain to install 'non-approved" software. All of those are technical reasons that I don't much like Apple's current direction. I also find Tim Cook's use of Apple as a bully pulpit for political issues important to him to be somewhat unethical. Bottom line, I'd prefer for Apple to produce "insanely great" products and leave the political posturings for individuals.
Who cares? Thousands of Mac users who love the Mini and was expecting an actual UPGRADE not a downgrade.
Yosemite has many issues, all noted on this website. Ignoring them doesn't make them go away
CEO of the year because his corporation has made the most profit? I guess that's what it means because I personally would never vote anyone in that position of a corporation that big as CEO of the year!
And CNN????? That's a news channel right? So why would anyone actually care less what they think anyway?
And CNN????? That's a news channel right? So why would anyone actually care less what they think anyway?
This comment is so problematic.
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Ya, they just closed down their factories and offices in Los Angeles, moved to a smaller institution in Texas. No problems though.
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No. Lookup what a CEO does, has nothing to do with their sexual orientation. Next question.
Wah.. Wah.. Wah..
Pathetic crowd
I guess it's better to be a cheerleader and praise everything Apple does.
I guess it's better to be a cheerleader and praise everything Apple does.
Ya because that's what that user was saying.
Was always going to be tough gig after jobs. Enjoy the award....shame it's CNN.
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I'd argue that Tim delivered Jobs roadmap during and after Steve passing. I'm just worried that roadmap is coming to an end, hence everyone is asking what happened to the innovation .
Tim would be smart to bail out when on top, question is, has Apple reached the top yet?
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I'd argue that Tim delivered Jobs roadmap during and after Steve passing. I'm just worried that roadmap is coming to an end, hence everyone is asking what happened to the innovation .
Tim would be smart to bail out when on top, question is, has Apple reached the top yet?
Would you believe some of these posters reside on planet earth, facing the reality that Yoshimite launched with some serious issues, what planet are you on where Yoshimite is the most stable OS ....LOL!!!
Had you been a Mac user for a long time you would realised why upgrade ability was a selling point with macs. You solution of buying the max spec.... LOL, you completely missed the point . How about the fact the previous generation mini was faster? You often buy an upgrade that is worse??? Yeah, got my feet up, tell me more of this awesome planet you live on.....
and not at all because his company is the biggest, most valuable US company? yeah thats your paranoia.
but doing the above AND being the first Fortune CEO to come out is a big deal. in my state you can be fired for being gay.
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of course its an achievement for the first fortune-100 CEO to come out as gay. in the old-boys club this would never be tolerated. it's changing. yet here in Louisiana you can still be fired -- FIRED! -- for being gay.
Well deserved. The iPhone 6 is amazing and was the most exciting upgrade since the iPhone 4. Loving the integration across my iPhone/iPad/Macbook that Yosemite and iOS 8 have brought as well (though iOS 8 had some initial issues). Good job Mr. Cook.
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For imposing an aesthetic? The decisions were probably justified. The aesthetic sells. Attitude to software testing? Perplexing (speaking as someone who's main, but not only, role is testing systems of software, people and hardware). I remain unhappy with iOS8.
Well deserved. It's not easy following a legend. Hopefully he can continue to be a positive role model for young gay men who want to pursue a career in business. For that matter, based on his career so far, he'd make a good role model for all young men.
I think everyone on this planet would call iPad mini 3 a fail. Worse tablet update in history. Why defend Apple for sleeping at the wheel?
Only to those who feel it deserves comment.
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Yes, if he moves to one of those countries.
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Where is the big AppleTV update? It doesn't matter if it's ready or tested, and Cook is supposedly being aggressive.
We want transit directions in maps, whether they work or not. Someone said you were pushing. What gives? Are you aggressive or not?
I don't think the iPad mini 3 was considered important this year. People would buy an iPhone 6+ than an iPad mini.