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Are you insinuating that they can't do both? They're certainly working on the things that you're asking for. Maybe not at the pace and direction that you person

by vlozko 9y ago

Are you insinuating that they can't do both? They're certainly working on the things that you're asking for. Maybe not at the pace and direction that you personally want but they're not stagnating, either. They've already said they'll have a new Mac Pro out next year. They've introduced a new iMac Pro. They're investing heavily into AR/VR. They're big enough to do a lot of different things. It's like asking Microsoft to focus on Windows and Surface instead of putting in effort into their Hololens. Again, why can't they do both?

jobu 9y ago
> Are you insinuating that they can't do both? Well they certainly aren't doing both at the moment. All of the Mac hardware updates have been so heavily "form over function" that they aren't very appealing to people that just need to get shit done. My 3 year old Macbook Pro is still very fast, and since I use most of the ports on a regular basis it's arguably more useful than the new Macbook Pro.
newscracker 9y ago
Apple's company and team structure is very different from the more common organization model adopted by Microsoft, Google and others. It's a "functional organization", where teams and people are organized by expertise and not products as such. [1] That's why Apple, at least to the rest of us outside, seems to be struggling to make new Macs and not paying adequate attention to certain things even though it has so much cash (in other words, not being able to work on multiple things in parallel when things get tougher). It's not an easy problem to solve without making sweeping changes in how the company is organized and works. Is it frustrating for some classes of users? Of course, yes! But it cannot be wished away just by external pressure and commentary. [1]: https://stratechery.com/2016/apples-organizational-crossroads/ https://stratechery.com/2016/apples-organizational-crossroad...
- johnsmith21006 9y ago
  I agree and will also say the structure made more sense with Jobs versus without. Not changing the structure after Jobs did not make sense, imo.

by vlozko 9y ago

jobu 9y ago

> Are you insinuating that they can't do both? Well they certainly aren't doing both at the moment. All of the Mac hardware updates have been so heavily "form over function" that they aren't very appealing to people that just need to get shit done. My 3 year old Macbook Pro is still very fast, and since I use most of the ports on a regular basis it's arguably more useful than the new Macbook Pro.

newscracker 9y ago

Apple's company and team structure is very different from the more common organization model adopted by Microsoft, Google and others. It's a "functional organization", where teams and people are organized by expertise and not products as such. [1] That's why Apple, at least to the rest of us outside, seems to be struggling to make new Macs and not paying adequate attention to certain things even though it has so much cash (in other words, not being able to work on multiple things in parallel when things get tougher). It's not an easy problem to solve without making sweeping changes in how the company is organized and works. Is it frustrating for some classes of users? Of course, yes! But it cannot be wished away just by external pressure and commentary. [1]: https://stratechery.com/2016/apples-organizational-crossroads/ https://stratechery.com/2016/apples-organizational-crossroad...

johnsmith21006 9y ago
I agree and will also say the structure made more sense with Jobs versus without. Not changing the structure after Jobs did not make sense, imo.