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Apple Registers Several New Mac and iPad Models in Eurasia

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Post by some_account »

IdontRememberIt wrote: post #6

I feel back in time. I remember Apple before Steve Jobs came back. Same as today: dongles everywhere, massive product line nobody understood, pro segment frustrated, no more innovation, etc. As the messiah is dead, I did not wait for a miracle, I went to Windows (impressive) with a lenovo x1 carbon (hardware updated every years). Still using an iphone because overall better, but the software is a terrible closed mess…

It's because it's incredibly hard to reach the best result by group think and consensus.

You need benevolent dictators, basically, to have the trust and authority to innovate. Even Microsoft is catching up now with surface book 2 which has a lot of invocation in its hardware (but Windows still suck). Apple will not be number one innovator for long if they keep messing up.

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Post by sahin-boydas »

digitalsushi wrote: post #9

My relationship with Apple at this point is like a homeless kid who got adopted by a nerdy eccentric parent in 2002, who taught me UNIX and gave me a little place to code; but lately that parent has been off listening to music with people who don't care about any of this, and when I ask this metaphorical parent for something I need, they wave their hands at me without looking and say "yeah, yeah, there's some new lap…

same here..

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Post by some_account »

digitalsushi wrote: post #9

My relationship with Apple at this point is like a homeless kid who got adopted by a nerdy eccentric parent in 2002, who taught me UNIX and gave me a little place to code; but lately that parent has been off listening to music with people who don't care about any of this, and when I ask this metaphorical parent for something I need, they wave their hands at me without looking and say "yeah, yeah, there's some new lap…

Somehow I don't think corporate Apple has quite the same romantic view of users :)

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Post by rch »

digitalsushi wrote: post #9

My relationship with Apple at this point is like a homeless kid who got adopted by a nerdy eccentric parent in 2002, who taught me UNIX and gave me a little place to code; but lately that parent has been off listening to music with people who don't care about any of this, and when I ask this metaphorical parent for something I need, they wave their hands at me without looking and say "yeah, yeah, there's some new lap…

Mention something about CUDA being important for your job and they'll completely lose it... perhaps by throwing away all the furniture and replacing the couch with a soft blue orb that starts pulsing if you play the Black Eyed Peas.

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Post by kevin_b_er »

thestepafter wrote: post #8

Here is hoping they fix the keyboard, add more ports, get rid of the touchbar, and add magsafe back for the Macbook Pro. I've been holding on as long as I can with my mid-2012 model and if it dies before the above is done I'll be switching. Apple needs to get back to being a hardware company because being locked to mediocre hardware because of an OS isn't going to cut it. Apple needs a consumer model and a developer…

Apple has fully adopted the philosophy of form over function. It looks pretty and thus gets people to buy it. The "Pro" line is now more MacBook Plus than Pro(fessional), where the screen is bigger and its got a few more toys, but the same reduced reliability and usability in favor of looks. You are no longer their target market. They are targeting people who still want a laptop but want an Apple Fashion Statement.

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Post by holtalanm »

mrkstu wrote: post #7
jhack wrote: post #2

About time. Laptops with 8th-gen Intel processors have been out for over eight months already.

Intel and Apple have gotten out of sync lately. I think this time is worse than usual due to the butterfly keyboard issue. Apple's size and the fact they are using the butterfly type keyboard throughout their laptop lines, means that inertia in deciding to make a change and then implementing it throughout their manufacturing chain is a fraught and time consuming process.

will i get burned at the stake if i say i actually like the butterfly keyboard?

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Post by newscracker »

Wouldn't be a bad idea to release a few Mac minis soon with user upgradeable RAM, drive, etc. We know the Mac Pro is anyway not coming this year. It looks like the new Macs will just be updates to the MacBook Pro and MacBook lines. Hopefully some without the Touch Bar and with a newer and better (or older and better?) keyboard.

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Post by mr_custard »

I'm using the first Retina Macbook Pro from 2012. I'm ready to drop thousands of dollars for you Apple, if you would just make a couple of sensible design choices.

Please Apple, bring out another model like the Macbook Pro I already have:

* No Touch-bar. It's pointless & irritating & I'd prefer my money to be spent elsewhere, where it matters.

* A decent keyboard that will last 6 years like this one

* Magsafe

I use this machine to make my living as a software engineer. These things matter a great deal to me.

And Apple, please please please don't make it thinner - I really don't care about thinness like you think I do!

Is that so much to ask for?

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Post by LyndsySimon »

holtalanm wrote: post #17
mrkstu wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Intel and Apple have gotten out of sync lately. I think this time is worse than usual due to the butterfly keyboard issue. Apple's size and the fact they are using the butterfly type keyboard throughout their laptop lines, means that inertia in deciding to make a change and then implementing it throughout their manufacturing chain is a fraught and time consuming process.

will i get burned at the stake if i say i actually like the butterfly keyboard?

I like it too - at least as well as the previous keyboard, and assuming it continues to function.

I also spend a lot of time working on my laptop outdoors though, and every time I get something under a key I hold my breath a little as I shake my laptop upside down, hoping that this isn't the time that it finally fails permanently and I have to send the whole machine back to Apple to replace a single key.

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