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> But they won't succeed forever. Just now they had to maintain their lead by vertically integrating processors. They had been one of the richest companies yea

> But they won't succeed forever. Just now they had to maintain their lead by vertically integrating processors. They had been one of the richest companies years before vertically integrating processors. > How many more buffers does Apple have to stay in front? Because they seem to be the only ones who know what to TAKE OUT and when, and yes, as per the meme, the courage to go ahead and fucking do it. Disc drives, legacy ports, headphone jacks, blinking lights, chargers... Every other hurr-durr company seems to think that the only way forward is to keep piling crap on top of crap. Apple shows everyone when it's time to take something out and leave it in the past. And people fucking love it. That's their biggest "buffer". Microsoft & Samsung et al. are the kings of "Me Too", whereas Apple (like Nintendo) is "Not me". There are people that don't give a fuck about specs and numbers, but what something can do and how pleasant it is to use. Until other companies can figure that shit out, Apple is always going to have a lead.

axiolite 6y ago
> And people fucking love it. That's their biggest "buffer". Yes, Apple has a strange cult appeal. Their customers are happy even when they are being exploited. > Disc drives, legacy ports, headphone jacks, blinking lights, chargers... Apple shows everyone when it's time to take something out and leave it in the past. There are plenty of manufacturers refusing to throw away headphone jacks, and customers are making buying decisions based on it. It may yet turn out to be a poor decision for Apple. It certainly hasn't resulted in them clawing back any market share from Android. I believe Asus' EeePC was the first massively popular computer to omit a disc drive, not anything from Apple. Ultrabooks were similarly an upmarket response to the popularity of netbooks. Most of the legacy ports Apple has discarded were their own unpopular proprietary ones, adopting USB dug them out of their own hole and put them on an equal footing with PCs. For years Apple was trying to push firewire and avoid USB2, to their customers' detriment, which was an obvious mistake to everyone at the time and proved to be a failure. Apple's record is mixed at best.
- Razengan 6y ago
  > Most of the legacy ports Apple has discarded were their own unpopular proprietary ones, adopting USB dug them out of their own hole and put them on an equal footing with PCs. Uhh the first iMac was the first computer to ditch all legacy ports and go USB-only, and Apple got flak for that too. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legacy-free_PC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legacy-free_PC

axiolite 6y ago

> And people fucking love it. That's their biggest "buffer". Yes, Apple has a strange cult appeal. Their customers are happy even when they are being exploited. > Disc drives, legacy ports, headphone jacks, blinking lights, chargers... Apple shows everyone when it's time to take something out and leave it in the past. There are plenty of manufacturers refusing to throw away headphone jacks, and customers are making buying decisions based on it. It may yet turn out to be a poor decision for Apple. It certainly hasn't resulted in them clawing back any market share from Android. I believe Asus' EeePC was the first massively popular computer to omit a disc drive, not anything from Apple. Ultrabooks were similarly an upmarket response to the popularity of netbooks. Most of the legacy ports Apple has discarded were their own unpopular proprietary ones, adopting USB dug them out of their own hole and put them on an equal footing with PCs. For years Apple was trying to push firewire and avoid USB2, to their customers' detriment, which was an obvious mistake to everyone at the time and proved to be a failure. Apple's record is mixed at best.

Razengan 6y ago
> Most of the legacy ports Apple has discarded were their own unpopular proprietary ones, adopting USB dug them out of their own hole and put them on an equal footing with PCs. Uhh the first iMac was the first computer to ditch all legacy ports and go USB-only, and Apple got flak for that too. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legacy-free_PC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legacy-free_PC