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Apparently, even the Chinese supply chain thought this product was going to go into production, according to Ming-Chi Kuo, whose sources inside Apple's supply c
by GeekyBear 8y ago
Apparently, even the Chinese supply chain thought this product was going to go into production, according to Ming-Chi Kuo, whose sources inside Apple's supply chain are impeccable.
However, good for Apple.
They need to be more willing to say this product isn't good enough, and stop listening to those who say they are too secretive.
They had a good thing going when they didn't comment on products under development (or even acknowledge that they were under development) until they were ready to ship them.
- urda 8y agoAgreed. I much rather have a company like Apple just flat out say "we can't make this work to our standards, to our customer standards, and we're not comfortable with releasing this product this way." Versus say Google who'll just never mention it again or launch a broken version only to kill it off within two years.
- dustindiamond 8y agobut it has a hidden microphone, so it is upgradeable.
- ianai 8y agoI hope it’s a sign of change to come. Their hardware has been actively moving from what users want to what their designers want (thinner is always better, ne legacy ports, no finger I’d, etc).
- umanwizard 8y agoWhat makes you think you know better than Apple what most of their users want? I suspect you just know what you want, and why you want it, and are extrapolating from that to everyone else.
- ianai 8y agoWell there’s a healthy demand for the SE. It’s needed a serious update for quite a while and substantially from their current offerings. There’s similar preferences with the older MBPs as well. All widely commented on user forums.
- jplayer01 8y agoI'd assume that users want a keyboard that doesn't break with alarming frequency and isn't nearly impossible to replace. That may just be me though.
- whatever_dude 8y agoIt has always been like that. Remember then the Macintosh didn't have arrow keys? When they dropped disk drives? They try being ahead of the curve and are know to ignore market interest. Sometimes they get a hit, sometimes they fail.
- ianai 8y agoUsb/video ports are definitely in the same hardware realm as media drives. I don’t think people buy a laptop and never need those things. It’s like they’re tying to make their laptops into iPads.
- 1023bytes 8y agoIf only they made the same decision abouut buutterfly keyboards.
- robertAngst 8y ago> this product isn't good enough, And Mexico will pay for it Don't trust a companies words at face value. This sounds like PR. Wasnt profitable enough?
- seunosewa 8y agoWhen are they going to cancel the touchbar?