WWDC 2012 one of the worst?

[lordofthereef]

best? very arguable considering the price point. And let's not forget that nothing will support the retina display for quite some time besides native OSX apps.

They redid the entire line. The macbook pros without the retina display have virtually the same specs but are much cheaper. Very affordable (when you take specs into consideration).

But since we are on the retina display topic, can you give me a laptop with the same or better specs as the retina display macbook (display specs aside) that is cheaper?

 

[Matthew9559]

I felt like this WWDC packed a lot more in it than usual.

 

[mattdo93]

I wouldn't say it's the WORST (2011 was worse than this year IMO) but it definitely wasn't as good and exciting as 2010

On another note, other shows this year weren't as great either (E3 2012?)

 

[nuckinfutz]

Also, Siri is still super useless. Opening apps.....great, I guess? Using it for useless facts that you'd only access when you're bored? It's a gimmick feature. Siri is so incredibly pointless, and I don't know anyone that uses it on a regular basis. Can we all agree that the 4s is the black swan of the iPhone line? Plus, it won't be much better on iPad, cause again it's a gimmick feature.

The Retina macbook is cool and all but that's the only big thing that they had up their sleeves, and the price point is way too high for it.

In summary, yes this was one of the worst WWDC's ever but not simply for the things that were introduced but rather because of the direction in which Apple seems to be headed. And yes, this began while steve jobs was alive.

I cannot agree with anything you've stated here. Your personal anecdotes do not suffice for products that sell in the millions here.


The only reason why this threads exist is because we all hang out and Macrumors and thus have read umpteen rumors about new products. Had you not known what Apple was likely to announce the chances are good that you would be more impressed. It's the cross you must bear as an enthusiast that keeps up with rumors.