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Have they? The Apple Watch is selling well now after a few iterations. Have any other products launched that have sold well? M1 looks good, but it's on the bac

by Niksko 6y ago

Have they? The Apple Watch is selling well now after a few iterations. Have any other products launched that have sold well? M1 looks good, but it's on the back of several years of lackluster laptops and things nobody wants like the touchbar. The pro video and audio community is increasingly alienated by $700 wheels and are switching to Windows or Linux. Earpods have been a success but has the Homepod? Iphones have been iterating but not really revolutionizing. I'd say his record is pretty spotty.

_ph_ 6y ago
I was talking from the business side and if you look at Apples ernings, they are excellent. So excellent that Apple has become the most valuable company of the world. It is the sum of all the products launched and marketed. The Macs had a few bad years, mostly because of the keyboards and the lack of a Mac Pro. They fixed the keyboards and the 16" MB Pro is selling like hotcakes, wait times are often long. And so far their switch to Apple Silicon exceends every expectations. I don't think the pro video and audio community is switching because of those wheels, which certainly are overpriced, but because Apple waited too long for a new Mac Pro and the current machine is extremely expensive. This all might change a lot with Apple Silicon though. Edit: after using the touchbar for a while, I love it. For a lot of tasks it is a great addition to their laptops, especially when you don't have a mouse around.
- whywhywhywhy 6y ago
  >if you look at Apples ernings, they are excellent That's a business persons qualifier for success, it's not a product persons qualifier for success. Steve Jobs spent his days thinking about how to make the best computer or phone. Tim Cook spends his days thinking new ways to reduce the BOM of the product by removing things from the box or changing parts, how to carve the features into a product matrix to cause people to spend more.

by Niksko 6y ago

_ph_ 6y ago

I was talking from the business side and if you look at Apples ernings, they are excellent. So excellent that Apple has become the most valuable company of the world. It is the sum of all the products launched and marketed. The Macs had a few bad years, mostly because of the keyboards and the lack of a Mac Pro. They fixed the keyboards and the 16" MB Pro is selling like hotcakes, wait times are often long. And so far their switch to Apple Silicon exceends every expectations. I don't think the pro video and audio community is switching because of those wheels, which certainly are overpriced, but because Apple waited too long for a new Mac Pro and the current machine is extremely expensive. This all might change a lot with Apple Silicon though. Edit: after using the touchbar for a while, I love it. For a lot of tasks it is a great addition to their laptops, especially when you don't have a mouse around.

whywhywhywhy 6y ago
>if you look at Apples ernings, they are excellent That's a business persons qualifier for success, it's not a product persons qualifier for success. Steve Jobs spent his days thinking about how to make the best computer or phone. Tim Cook spends his days thinking new ways to reduce the BOM of the product by removing things from the box or changing parts, how to carve the features into a product matrix to cause people to spend more.