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Apple Park Opens to Employees in April

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Re: Apple Park Opens to Employees in April

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Post by wlesieutre »

trevyn wrote: post #12
PerryCox wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>Imagine a world without Apple computers pushing the envelope. We'd still be using wired mice and ugly black boxes. Wow talk about drinking the kool aid. Apple did not invent the wireless mouse, that honor belongs to Logitech[1]. [1]: http://www.macworld.com/article/1137400/input-devices/mouse4...

Invent != popularize.

I still see far more wireless Logitech mice than Apple mice, so I wouldn't give them credit for popularizing it either.

Once every few months you'll run into someone who uses a Magic Mouse, but it's practically a novelty item.

Re: Apple Park Opens to Employees in April

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Post by jonwachob91 »

sergiotapia wrote: post #2

This is so beautiful and inspiring. A real legacy. Imagine a world without Apple computers pushing the envelope. We'd still be using wired mice and ugly black boxes. If only Steve Jobs had taken the traditional medicine route he would have been with us for another 50 years.

>If only Steve Jobs had taken the traditional medicine route he would have been with us for another 50 years.

That's a mighty fine assumption you are making there. Please share with me how you know this? Are you a future seeing oncologist that can see how his body would have reacted to specific treatments, or maybe you know more details than the rest of us about the exact mutation?

Re: Apple Park Opens to Employees in April

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Post by Someone1234 »

sagatsnee wrote: post #18

Parts of this should be open to the public. The public has had to endure all of the construction and has lost a large amount of land-space that could have been used for the community. Instead, we have a completely private & inaccessible area. Sure, there are cafes, fitness centers, and working areas within the building but none of it is public and all at the expense of the people who live there.

> has lost a large amount of land-space that could have been used for the community

Huh? The site they built on wasn't green field, they purchased previously constructed commercial real estate, knocked it down, and then built up their new campus. Look at this image: http://i.imgur.com/lzAbM0R.jpg

Please explain to us how the old use of the space was used by the community? All I see are commercial buildings and car parks. Because to me it seems like what Apple are doing with it (e.g. planting trees) will be far better for the local area than what was there previously.

The ironic thing is that you likely only posted this because Apple called it a "park" and has planted a ton of greenery. You assumed it was a green field site before without checking, and claimed Apple stole it "from the community." If anything Apple has improved the local area dramatically with this development, they've added a park, not stole one.

Re: Apple Park Opens to Employees in April

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Post by jonwachob91 »

soundlab wrote: post #27

Wait there's 17 megawatts of solar on this thing? Would love to hear more about how this integrated into the facility. That is an immense PV array.

In another comment someone shared a youtube video of a flyover of the facility. It includes a shot of the solar array, it is absolutely amazing

Re: Apple Park Opens to Employees in April

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Post by jdblair »

sergiotapia wrote: post #2

This is so beautiful and inspiring. A real legacy. Imagine a world without Apple computers pushing the envelope. We'd still be using wired mice and ugly black boxes. If only Steve Jobs had taken the traditional medicine route he would have been with us for another 50 years.

I still use a wired trackball!

Re: Apple Park Opens to Employees in April

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Post by james_pm »

chris_7 wrote: post #29
sergiotapia wrote: post #2

This is so beautiful and inspiring. A real legacy. Imagine a world without Apple computers pushing the envelope. We'd still be using wired mice and ugly black boxes. If only Steve Jobs had taken the traditional medicine route he would have been with us for another 50 years.

I'd like nothing more than a wired Magic Trackpad. Batteries suck.

Or maybe one that reports the current battery level correctly. Neither my Apple wireless keyboard or trackpad seem able to properly pass that info along to the OS.

Re: Apple Park Opens to Employees in April

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Post by schoen »

Probably I would inevitably think this about any ring-shaped building, but it looks quite a bit like the GCHQ headquarters in Cheltenham.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_Communications_Head...

I guess the Apple version is somewhat more slender and (unsurprisingly for Apple?) a bit shinier.

Re: Apple Park Opens to Employees in April

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Post by ajmurmann »

chris_7 wrote: post #29
sergiotapia wrote: post #2

This is so beautiful and inspiring. A real legacy. Imagine a world without Apple computers pushing the envelope. We'd still be using wired mice and ugly black boxes. If only Steve Jobs had taken the traditional medicine route he would have been with us for another 50 years.

I'd like nothing more than a wired Magic Trackpad. Batteries suck.

Well, the new one they released almost a year ago is perfect for you then

Re: Apple Park Opens to Employees in April

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Post by jonwachob91 »

schoen wrote: post #38

Probably I would inevitably think this about any ring-shaped building, but it looks quite a bit like the GCHQ headquarters in Cheltenham. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_Communications_Head... I guess the Apple version is somewhat more slender and (unsurprisingly for Apple?) a bit shinier.

Circular buildings have been around for a lot longer then that. The Pentagon is essentially a round building with a grassy area in the middle.
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