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Apple cuts Tim Cook's pay 15% for missing sales goals

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Re: Apple cuts Tim Cook's pay 15% for missing sales goals

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Post by mcpherrinm »

heroprotagonist wrote: post #320
mtw wrote: post #119

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Unified vision was nice. What interested me first in the Apple ecosystem was its use by high-end pros. Photographers, creatives, filmmakers. Then they announced MacOS X, built upon NeXT/BSD, and the mac pro products. Now Microsoft has dedicated products for high-end creatives (Surface studio won't sell but still shows interest in pros), Linux Bash shell in windows 10. Meanwhile Apple wants pros to use a 9" tablet ins…

> Linux Bash shell in windows 10 Despite their "this is all about the developer" statements, making Windows Subsystem for Linux unable to co-exist with VMware and other virtualization tools was a deal-breaker for me.

Can you expand on this? Are you saying I can't run VMware while Windows Subsystem for Linux is running? I wasn't aware of such a limitation (because I don't use vmware etc.), but would like to know more.

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Post by orbitur »

stinky613 wrote: post #281
orbitur wrote: post #250

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But most people aren't buying an iPhone 7 and a MacBook at the same time, and Apple only had one laptop with USB-C ports until a month after the iPhone's release. An iPhone 7 buyer is far more likely to find a USB-A port to plug into. Your idea would be to make the masses buy a dongle, instead of the minority who own brand new laptops.

I think you're missing the point that it's fundamentally un-Apple-like to have two new products that out-of-the-box can't connect with each other.

That might be OP's point, but that ignores the fact that Apple would likely dealing with a much worse PR disaster when millions of users can't plug their phone into literally anything they own without first buying a USB-A cable.

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Post by wingworks »

lukifer wrote: post #183
badlucklottery wrote: post #134

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I think the new design/specs were polarizing enough to dissuade many devs (at least in my circle) from even bothering to upgrade. But those who were polarized in the positive direction probably got it and do love it.

I use a 5yo MBP with 16G RAM; the idea of dropping 4 grand on a laptop that will still be capped at 16G 5 years from now is laughable.

It is, but most people who'd buy the laptop will be just fine with 16GB for the next 1-2ish years.

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Post by banach2 »

shadowfiend wrote: post #310
banach2 wrote: post #298

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I know this isn't what you meant by car, but I want to take this opportunity to mention that my least favourite thing about my car is the Apple software which runs on it; Apple CarPlay. I live in London. Apple maps is a disaster. Businesses which have moved shop years ago are in the wrong place. Traffic routes which are congested every day are recommended. It's literally a waste of my life to use this software. Despi…

CarPlay has supported wireless functionality for some time, but car manufacturers and 3rd party addons are only starting to support it now. No defense for the maps restriction, however.

You're right, however, CarPlay is already a very recent development. Bluetooth seems like quite a major omission, especially when you consider that it has been an established technology in cars since at least the turn of the millennium.

Thankfully that doesn't bug me so much, because I tend to want to charge my phone when I drive anyway.

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Post by r00fus »

dageshi wrote: post #103
liveify wrote: post #53

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I completely agree. Very few people outside of HN and r/apple that I have talked to have negative opinions of what Apple is doing. I see no evidence that Apple's products are becoming less popular. The iPhone is still the go to smartphone that I would recommend to anyone. I have switched back and forth between iPhone and Android since they came out, but I would never recommend an Android phone to a casual user. If th…

Up until recently Apple was sort of in a league all of its own, it had an aura about it of what I would perhaps describe as "justified hubris", before Apple perhaps only Microsoft has had that same kind of aura when it was firing on all cylinders. I think people are sensing that Apple has passed the top of its curve and is now losing momentum, the hubris isn't really justified anymore. Apple will still be a hugely pr…

Agreed.

Though for security of personal information it's still leagues above Android and Windows.

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Post by zeroer »

qyv wrote: post #221
ryanSrich wrote: post #206

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VR has a massive hurdle to get over. You can't expect people to drop $600 on a headset _and_ (at least) $1k on a machine that can run it. Costs will come down, but 2017 won't be the year. I expect VR to grow, but only in the gaming market.

Not according to Microsoft, VR is going to be a big push for them this year. Granted a lot can go wrong, but they are addressing all the points you just listed: * Headset Pricing: Major OEMs will be releasing headsets starting at $300 [0] * Lowering system specs for VR [1] * Not just a gaming focus: Windows 10 creators update puts an emphasis on 3D and Mixed-Reality, including a 'holographic' interface [2] [0] http:/…

I think Microsoft is 2-3 years too early (or maybe that's the plan?). The technology just isn't there yet. Headesets need to double the resolutions on the displays and increase the frame rate by 50%.

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Post by zeroer »

tekromancr wrote: post #285
seanp2k2 wrote: post #239

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The problem I see is that VR would be great with dual 2K screens and 120+hz , but we don't have the GPUS to push that many pixels today (in any remotely affordable way...maybe quad TitanX would work). Cheaper, lower-quality VR headsets will leave a bad impression on consumers. I don't think that's the direction we should be going. I'd rather see HTC and Oculus release higher-res, faster refresh rate HMDs, but I doubt…

When you get to scale, you can start doing things like manufacturing displays with higher PPI near where the lenses are centered. That way you have the same number of total physical pixels but a higher resolution contributing to the image. You can further reduce the computational costs by using foveated rendering( http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/johnsny/papers... ). You can use low-latency eye-tracking…

That's going to be difficult given how often and how fast eyes move and how sensitive they are.

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Post by dingdongding »

noddingham wrote: post #305

The fact that Tim's compensation is tied to sales goals says all you need to know about Apple as a company. The idea presented here by Steve about what happens when sales people run the company is becoming more and more true: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBma82g3Uag

That's how most CEOs are paid. Their compensation is tied to goals. Those goals can be sales figure like Apple or Car deliveries like Tesla. For Steve Jobs it was revenues.

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Post by blitzd »

mcpherrinm wrote: post #321
heroprotagonist wrote: post #320

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> Linux Bash shell in windows 10 Despite their "this is all about the developer" statements, making Windows Subsystem for Linux unable to co-exist with VMware and other virtualization tools was a deal-breaker for me.

Can you expand on this? Are you saying I can't run VMware while Windows Subsystem for Linux is running? I wasn't aware of such a limitation (because I don't use vmware etc.), but would like to know more.

I believe it's based upon hyper-v, which typically precludes using other VM software on the same machine. Docker toolbox for Windows 10 has the same issues.

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Post by r00fus »

legohead wrote: post #39
rackforms wrote: post #11

How is Tim Cook still CEO of Apple? Forget sales for a moment and just consider the damage Apple's brand is suffering. $300 books, headphone jacks, unreliable cloud services, missed product launches. In may ways Apples becoming the butt of jokes, a symbol of ignorance. Apple's in total disarray right now and the most loyal followers, myself included, are either jumping ship or seriously considering. The mistakes bein…

Next upgrade I'm moving to MS Surface or something similar. The dongle thing did it for me, which is pretty sad. I was also a bit surprised to find out that 95% of the gaming market is still on PC [1]. Guess I was a disillusioned Mac user, but I thought Mac was bigger in games. [1] http://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/

You're not disilliusioned, the Mac always was a niche player for games.

Everyone for the past 2 decades knows you don't buy a Mac for games.

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