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Putting the PC in your pocket was a huge leap, what is left?

by mentos 10y ago

coldtea 10y ago
Healthcare, cars, NLP, AI and eventually space exploration and tons of other things besides...
- TheOtherHobbes 10y ago
  And IoT - good, secure IoT. There's no lack of opportunities. But I'm seeing Apple struggling with keeping its current technology working as well as it has in the past - never mind building incredible cool new stuff.
  - coldtea 10y ago
    >But I'm seeing Apple struggling with keeping its current technology working as well as it has in the past I find that mostly a myth. The original OS X (10.0.1 or something) was a terrible release. It took until 10.2 to be usable. The G3 iBooks had thousands upon thousands of broken logic boards. The G5 leaked green cooling goo. The Cube was overheating. Don't get me started on the quality of their mice until the Magic Mouse. And most OS X releases, with 1-2 exceptions (Snow Leopard for one) were met with complaints and tales of horror (In fact El Capitan has been a big success in this regard -- hardly many complaints as with previous versions). XCode has been especially crappy before 6 (and doubly so before 4). There will always be problems when you make tens of millions of devices and 100+ software titles, including 2 full OSes, a programming language, browser, down to NLEs and DAWs... There might be more complaints today, but there are also 20x more Apple users than in 2005, and 10x more advanced ecosystem. Back then we discussed rumors for months and we cheered if the newly released iPod had cutting-edge features like a "color screen" (awe) or "video playback" (gasp). Now we expect a fully working phone, a top notch compact camera, 4k video, retina display, 1.000.000+ apps in the app store, 4-5 different sensors, quick 3D graphics, fingerprint sensors, wi-fi, light on battery bluetooth 4, and tons more besides, which we take for granted, merely 9 years after then.
- kbenson 10y ago
  And on the more mundane, iterative side of things, the PC on your face.

Putting the PC in your pocket was a huge leap, what is left?

by mentos 10y ago

Putting the PC in your pocket was a huge leap, what is left?

coldtea 10y ago

Healthcare, cars, NLP, AI and eventually space exploration and tons of other things besides...

TheOtherHobbes 10y ago
And IoT - good, secure IoT. There's no lack of opportunities. But I'm seeing Apple struggling with keeping its current technology working as well as it has in the past - never mind building incredible cool new stuff.
- coldtea 10y ago
  >But I'm seeing Apple struggling with keeping its current technology working as well as it has in the past I find that mostly a myth. The original OS X (10.0.1 or something) was a terrible release. It took until 10.2 to be usable. The G3 iBooks had thousands upon thousands of broken logic boards. The G5 leaked green cooling goo. The Cube was overheating. Don't get me started on the quality of their mice until the Magic Mouse. And most OS X releases, with 1-2 exceptions (Snow Leopard for one) were met with complaints and tales of horror (In fact El Capitan has been a big success in this regard -- hardly many complaints as with previous versions). XCode has been especially crappy before 6 (and doubly so before 4). There will always be problems when you make tens of millions of devices and 100+ software titles, including 2 full OSes, a programming language, browser, down to NLEs and DAWs... There might be more complaints today, but there are also 20x more Apple users than in 2005, and 10x more advanced ecosystem. Back then we discussed rumors for months and we cheered if the newly released iPod had cutting-edge features like a "color screen" (awe) or "video playback" (gasp). Now we expect a fully working phone, a top notch compact camera, 4k video, retina display, 1.000.000+ apps in the app store, 4-5 different sensors, quick 3D graphics, fingerprint sensors, wi-fi, light on battery bluetooth 4, and tons more besides, which we take for granted, merely 9 years after then.
kbenson 10y ago
And on the more mundane, iterative side of things, the PC on your face.