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It means you provide the minimum hardware necessary to provide a quality experience now, without regard to (and in anticipation of) near-future developments tha

It means you provide the minimum hardware necessary to provide a quality experience now, without regard to (and in anticipation of) near-future developments that render that hardware under-powered.

mrtksn 9y ago
I didn't knew that Apple is doing it. iPhones are used for very long time, holding 2nd hand value the most of any other smartphone. The same goes for Macs, people tend to use these things for many years. In fact, Apple is still selling Macbook Airs like hot cakes despite the device not being significantly updated for almost a half decade now and people are happy with that product. The claim sounds like induced anxiety of a user who just couldn't swallow the premium paid over the same Ghz laptop or same Megapixel smartphone :)
- hesarenu 9y ago
  Maybe they are happy with Air because its the cheapest Apple. I know since i got one recently for development purpose. I would have liked a better spec'd once, but others were costly.
  - mrtksn 9y ago
    I also have an 2015 Air, it performs as advertised. I can't say that the performance degraded over time, contrary to the claim.
    - crankylinuxuser 9y ago
      I'm also going as far back as their first 20 MB SCSI drive that they charged $550 for when IBM compats were charging $400. They did something goofy, unsurprisingly to the hardware to prevent users from using the cheaper SCSI drives. And this was back in the '80 s. Its not surprising they still play their stupid games. People in tech have such short term memories - much here is on a day by day basis, or weekly. Yet, its the same actors in the Apple administration (well, minus Jobs).
- fpig 9y ago
  I used my iPhone 4 for 6 years. I was very happy with it and it was virtually indestructible. The battery was also pretty decent even after 6 years. The iPhone 4 felt like a device that "lasts forever", like some pre-smartphone devices used to be. However, it did get slower over time more so than I would expect from a phone and became almost unusable near the end. Not sure whether it was OS updates, application updates, or what, but it was very noticeable. So I would agree with the grandparent comment in that respect. If I used my phone a lot, I would have probably bought a new phone MUCH earlier due to how slow the 4 became.

It means you provide the minimum hardware necessary to provide a quality experience now, without regard to (and in anticipation of) near-future developments that render that hardware under-powered.

mrtksn 9y ago

I didn't knew that Apple is doing it. iPhones are used for very long time, holding 2nd hand value the most of any other smartphone. The same goes for Macs, people tend to use these things for many years. In fact, Apple is still selling Macbook Airs like hot cakes despite the device not being significantly updated for almost a half decade now and people are happy with that product. The claim sounds like induced anxiety of a user who just couldn't swallow the premium paid over the same Ghz laptop or same Megapixel smartphone :)

hesarenu 9y ago
Maybe they are happy with Air because its the cheapest Apple. I know since i got one recently for development purpose. I would have liked a better spec'd once, but others were costly.
- mrtksn 9y ago
  I also have an 2015 Air, it performs as advertised. I can't say that the performance degraded over time, contrary to the claim.
  - crankylinuxuser 9y ago
    I'm also going as far back as their first 20 MB SCSI drive that they charged $550 for when IBM compats were charging $400. They did something goofy, unsurprisingly to the hardware to prevent users from using the cheaper SCSI drives. And this was back in the '80 s. Its not surprising they still play their stupid games. People in tech have such short term memories - much here is on a day by day basis, or weekly. Yet, its the same actors in the Apple administration (well, minus Jobs).
fpig 9y ago
I used my iPhone 4 for 6 years. I was very happy with it and it was virtually indestructible. The battery was also pretty decent even after 6 years. The iPhone 4 felt like a device that "lasts forever", like some pre-smartphone devices used to be. However, it did get slower over time more so than I would expect from a phone and became almost unusable near the end. Not sure whether it was OS updates, application updates, or what, but it was very noticeable. So I would agree with the grandparent comment in that respect. If I used my phone a lot, I would have probably bought a new phone MUCH earlier due to how slow the 4 became.