Why Apple Should Kill Off the Mac

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Post by jack_axel » Mon, Jun 15, 2015, 11:45 AM UTC

Why Apple Should Kill Off the Mac
on.wsj.com

Re: Why Apple Should Kill Off the Mac

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Post by 37prime » Mon, Jun 15, 2015, 12:18 PM UTC

It seems the author of the article couldn’t elaborate any further. Apple wouldn’t want their developers to write apps for iOS platform on anything but the Mac; not in the forseeable future.

Re: Why Apple Should Kill Off the Mac

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Post by buserror » Mon, Jun 15, 2015, 12:27 PM UTC

clickbait

Re: Why Apple Should Kill Off the Mac

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Post by sam____ » Mon, Jun 15, 2015, 12:35 PM UTC

I don't know... Watching the array of Apple OS'es (OSX , iOS, WatchOS) during the WWDC keynote, I got the sense that this has got to be a maintenance nightmare. Microsoft seems to be aiming another direction with the one Windows theme--although the thought of making that work also makes me cringe. I'm out of touch with modern development, but simple seems to me to be the best policy.

Is anybody out there more in touch with the details--Is there enough significant overlap that keeping the ecosystem in sync with itself seems to be a reasonable task?

Re: Why Apple Should Kill Off the Mac

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Post by akhilcacharya » Mon, Jun 15, 2015, 12:39 PM UTC

>what on Earth is Apple doing running victory laps around a dying PC industry? Personally, I’d rather see Apple push the envelope on what’s next.

I think it is clear that the author is not a developer.

Re: Why Apple Should Kill Off the Mac

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Post by hellbanner » Mon, Jun 15, 2015, 12:41 PM UTC

buserror wrote: post #3

clickbait

Seriously, how does this shit make it to the top of HN?

Re: Why Apple Should Kill Off the Mac

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Post by nvk » Mon, Jun 15, 2015, 12:42 PM UTC

akhilcacharya wrote: post #5

>what on Earth is Apple doing running victory laps around a dying PC industry? Personally, I’d rather see Apple push the envelope on what’s next. I think it is clear that the author is not a developer.

Or a maker in general, I wonder if he touched typed his article on an iPad.

Re: Why Apple Should Kill Off the Mac

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Post by kerrsclyde » Mon, Jun 15, 2015, 12:45 PM UTC

Can’t argue with the sales figures but I really hope not. As a IT professional I am happy to pay more for a significantly better product - with Windows based machines it seems to be an ongoing race to the bottom.

Re: Why Apple Should Kill Off the Mac

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Post by oddevan » Mon, Jun 15, 2015, 12:52 PM UTC

sam____ wrote: post #4

I don't know... Watching the array of Apple OS'es (OSX , iOS, WatchOS) during the WWDC keynote, I got the sense that this has got to be a maintenance nightmare. Microsoft seems to be aiming another direction with the one Windows theme--although the thought of making that work also makes me cringe. I'm out of touch with modern development, but simple seems to me to be the best policy. Is anybody out there more in touc…

I don't know the details, but I know they emphasized that the three(!) platforms share a lot of common frameworks/foundation. Basically, when the iPhone was introduced, Jobs said "iPhone runs OS X." That hasn't changed, and I believe the watch does to a certain extent.

So from a programmatic standpoint, they are three platforms with one foundation. And Apple isn't going to proclaim "one OS X" any time soon since they want to emphasize (and make sure developers are aware of) each platforms' differences: iOS for touch interactions and limited multitasking, watchOS for limited interactions (glances), OS X for power users and doing things not possible/practical on iOS. But all three are programmed with Objective-C/Swift and use some Cocoa-like framework.

Re: Why Apple Should Kill Off the Mac

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Post by hellbanner » Mon, Jun 15, 2015, 12:55 PM UTC

oddevan wrote: post #9

sam____ wrote: post #4

I don't know... Watching the array of Apple OS'es (OSX , iOS, WatchOS) during the WWDC keynote, I got the sense that this has got to be a maintenance nightmare. Microsoft seems to be aiming another direction with the one Windows theme--although the thought of making that work also makes me cringe. I'm out of touch with modern development, but simple seems to me to be the best policy. Is anybody out there more in touc…

I don't know the details, but I know they emphasized that the three(!) platforms share a lot of common frameworks/foundation. Basically, when the iPhone was introduced, Jobs said "iPhone runs OS X." That hasn't changed, and I believe the watch does to a certain extent. So from a programmatic standpoint, they are three platforms with one foundation. And Apple isn't going to proclaim "one OS X" any time soon since they…

They've been making OSX look more like iOS (Notification Center, App Store for example). There are many similarities between the frameworks. It might make programming sense to use a common framework.