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„Following the resignation of Apple founder Steve Jobs, incoming CEO Tim Cook called a meeting of shareholders and members of the press Thursday morning to anno

„Following the resignation of Apple founder Steve Jobs, incoming CEO Tim Cook called a meeting of shareholders and members of the press Thursday morning to announce that he envisioned printers as the company’s future. “Laser, ink-jet, double-sided, color, black-and-white—the future of technology is in printers. I am absolutely convinced of that,”” - https://www.theonion.com/new-apple-ceo-tim-cook-im-thinking-printers-1819572893 https://www.theonion.com/new-apple-ceo-tim-cook-im-thinking-...

swagasaurus-rex 5y ago
How I would love a printer that just works
- DaiPlusPlus 5y ago
  What do you actually print, though? I don't own a printer nor scanner - and I haven't done-so for almost 10 years now. If I need to print or scan something I'd use my (pre-WFH) workplace's copier room or (as now) use my town's library's facilities. ...fortunately I haven't needed to print or scan anything at short-notice, though most "scanning" I do thesedays is through some document-scanning app on my phone which gives good-enough results. I know plenty of people want to be able to print their own photos at home, but I'm utterly unconvinced that any home inkjet or even color-laser printer is going to give results anywhere near as good as a commercial print place. And of course, there's the unavoidable HP printer-ink-costs-more-than-human-blood problem - I find it marvelous that HP has been the number 1 factor in driving people away from buying home printers.
- tomcam 5y ago
  Stop it right now. This is not a site where you indulge your nuttiest, most insane fantasies. Seriously, though, I got one of those reservoir printers and it has finally solved all my printer issues. It cost about $380 a year ago but the great thing is I can ignore it for months at a time, then just turn it on and use it when I need to. Unlike the cheaper printers, it doesn’t dry out and start functioning.
gherkinnn 5y ago
I don’t get your point. You’re quoting The Onion.
- hulitu 5y ago
  I don’t get your point. This is America's finest news source.
- scyzoryk_xyz 5y ago
  Yes. This was funny at the time so it shows what everyone was thinking when this guy was named as a replacement for Jobs. Quoting satire is useful - I don’t think anyone today would find that piece funny today because Cook has really worked out his own brand and image, on par with Jobs himself some could argue.
btgeekboy 5y ago
The Onion is satire; that's not a real quote.
- scyzoryk_xyz 5y ago
  It’s a real quote of satire from a particular point in time.
hulitu 5y ago
The new Apple slogan: "Print (money) different". The new Apple printer will have only one button, one paper size and one colour.

swagasaurus-rex 5y ago

How I would love a printer that just works

DaiPlusPlus 5y ago
What do you actually print, though? I don't own a printer nor scanner - and I haven't done-so for almost 10 years now. If I need to print or scan something I'd use my (pre-WFH) workplace's copier room or (as now) use my town's library's facilities. ...fortunately I haven't needed to print or scan anything at short-notice, though most "scanning" I do thesedays is through some document-scanning app on my phone which gives good-enough results. I know plenty of people want to be able to print their own photos at home, but I'm utterly unconvinced that any home inkjet or even color-laser printer is going to give results anywhere near as good as a commercial print place. And of course, there's the unavoidable HP printer-ink-costs-more-than-human-blood problem - I find it marvelous that HP has been the number 1 factor in driving people away from buying home printers.
tomcam 5y ago
Stop it right now. This is not a site where you indulge your nuttiest, most insane fantasies. Seriously, though, I got one of those reservoir printers and it has finally solved all my printer issues. It cost about $380 a year ago but the great thing is I can ignore it for months at a time, then just turn it on and use it when I need to. Unlike the cheaper printers, it doesn’t dry out and start functioning.

gherkinnn 5y ago

I don’t get your point. You’re quoting The Onion.

hulitu 5y ago
I don’t get your point. This is America's finest news source.
scyzoryk_xyz 5y ago
Yes. This was funny at the time so it shows what everyone was thinking when this guy was named as a replacement for Jobs. Quoting satire is useful - I don’t think anyone today would find that piece funny today because Cook has really worked out his own brand and image, on par with Jobs himself some could argue.

btgeekboy 5y ago

The Onion is satire; that's not a real quote.

scyzoryk_xyz 5y ago
It’s a real quote of satire from a particular point in time.

hulitu 5y ago

The new Apple slogan: "Print (money) different". The new Apple printer will have only one button, one paper size and one colour.