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> Of course Apple wouldn't be nearly as relevant overall in a world where they never produced the iPhone. I don't care about that. I see no reason why the Mac w

by DerekL 9y ago

> Of course Apple wouldn't be nearly as relevant overall in a world where they never produced the iPhone. I don't care about that. I see no reason why the Mac wouldn't be about as relevant in the personal computing space, which is what I care about. Most of Apple's APIs and tools run on and build for both Mac and iPhone. Without the iPhone, Apple would have to pay for that from just what they made from the Mac, so improvements to macOS would come slower than they do now.

mikeash 9y ago
The pace of Apple's API improvements don't seem to be particularly related to their cash flow, and the pace of improvement on the Mac has not noticeably increased since 2007 (I'd argue it has actually decreased) so I don't buy this.
charlesism 9y ago
> improvements to macOS would come slower than they do now. I'm starting to wonder how many people here even remember what Apple was like 10 years ago. The way macOS has "improved" under Tim I think "the slower, the better". One of the best WWDC moments this year was when Tim announced a maintenance release.