OK, if they are so committed, where is OpenGL 4.5 and Vulkan support? Why is Safari so behind that it's now called "the new IE"? Talk is cheap, let them actually do something.
Tim Cook assures employees that Apple is committed to the Mac
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Re: Tim Cook assures employees that Apple is committed to the Mac
#52This comes at no surprise. I predicted that at some point desktop computers used by designers and software engineers would start approaching workstation class pricing (around 4K USD or more) as laptops took over. This will reflect the depressed demand as more people are able to get what they need done via a laptop. Apple might be one of the few manufacturers able to sell desktops at a loss, and justify it since the M…
Re: Tim Cook assures employees that Apple is committed to the Mac
#53OK, if they are so committed, where is OpenGL 4.5 and Vulkan support? Why is Safari so behind that it's now called "the new IE"? Talk is cheap, let them actually do something.
Even if Safari catches up, everyone is still forced to use it on their iPads and iPhones as their mobile browser rendering engine and no competition is allowed in that space. So, it will still be "the new IE" but worse than the old IE since competition is locked out at the OS level.
Re: Tim Cook assures employees that Apple is committed to the Mac
#54What I really want is for my state (SSD, RAM, maybe the CPU, but probably not the GPU) to be easily detachable from my human interface devices (keyboard, mouse, display). I want to be able to use a desktop in one place, then unplug a small unit which contains the aforementioned state (i.e. the equivalent of a sleeping laptop but with no keyboard or display), carry that someplace else, plug it in to a different set of…
You stick 1TB of your files in your Documents directory (or app-specific data folders..), and you can access them in any device that supports iCloud, including iPhones & iPads.
Try it, you'll like it, and you don't have to deal with physical storage devices.
I mean, have people never even tried iCloud sync?
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#56I wish Apple never had their success with iTunes and iPhone. It was like winning lottery for them. And you know what happens when someone wins lottery. They forget about their roots and in the end, only ruin remains.
Re: Tim Cook assures employees that Apple is committed to the Mac
#57OK, if they are so committed, where is OpenGL 4.5 and Vulkan support? Why is Safari so behind that it's now called "the new IE"? Talk is cheap, let them actually do something.
The team simply has different priorities in particular security and battery life which means some eg service workers take longer to implement (if at all).
That's why on my Mac unlike Chrome and Firefox, Safari isn't a memory hog that chews through battery life like it's nobody's business.
Re: Tim Cook assures employees that Apple is committed to the Mac
#58What I really want is for my state (SSD, RAM, maybe the CPU, but probably not the GPU) to be easily detachable from my human interface devices (keyboard, mouse, display). I want to be able to use a desktop in one place, then unplug a small unit which contains the aforementioned state (i.e. the equivalent of a sleeping laptop but with no keyboard or display), carry that someplace else, plug it in to a different set of…
Apple currently already does this very well via their iCloud sync. You stick 1TB of your files in your Documents directory (or app-specific data folders..), and you can access them in any device that supports iCloud, including iPhones & iPads. Try it, you'll like it, and you don't have to deal with physical storage devices. I mean, have people never even tried iCloud sync?
Re: Tim Cook assures employees that Apple is committed to the Mac
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#60Earlier quoted context omitted.
Off the top of my head I can think of a couple: 1) OSX was a viable operating system that was first class in the Apple ecosystem. 2) Laptops and desktops that were actually better than the competition including models geared toward power users.
Thanks! I've not much personal experience of pre-iPhone Apple. I'm curious about why OSX is no longer viable.
Apple really needs a Snow Sierra release to just concentrate on squashing bugs.