4 ms·
Apple events used to be something I really looked forward too but they are kind of boring now. The hype they give in their events is starting to feel almost a
by diddid 5y ago
Apple events used to be something I really looked forward too but they are kind of boring now. The hype they give in their events is starting to feel almost a parody of itself. I don't know, I can't put my finger on it, but for me the magic is gone and they should just announce at CES along with everyone else.
- tillinghast 5y agoFor me it's mostly that they no longer announce anything that I _want_. I guess I'm not a pro-sumer looking to spend $3k+ on a workstation.
- samatman 5y agoThe Mac Studio is a very attractive offer for people doing audiovisual work on Macs. The price of 6K and even 8K video cameras is dropping through the floor, and working on that much raw data is demanding. The Ultra with all those 'neural engines' is a steal at four grand, if you need it.
- lostmsu 5y agoIt looks like an incredible machine for development too. And I would steal it, if it would run Windows.
- deleted 5y ago[deleted]
- markdown 5y agoYou grew up is all.
- gowld 5y agoComputers are boring now: Everything is thin and flat or in the cloud. Thermals are solved (if you pay enough). Speed and storage growth is nice, but not fun. Also, with Coronavirus, there's no live crowd energy or guest artists/creators. And with Steve Jobs gone, there's no personality on top and no underling willing to show personality.
- jrnichols 5y agoI still look forward to them but these more recent ones are just way too formulaic and polished. I do miss the old Steve Jobs keynotes.
- ksec 5y agoTaste. That is what is fading away with Apple. And what used to set Apple apart from other Silicon Valley companies. Steve cares about their product. So how much time each product gets to on staged. To the point sometimes he is willing to launch it without mentioning it in keynote and just drop something on a press release, just to give more spotlight for other products. Now every Apple keynotes are no longer a showcase of excellence and craftsmanship, where a company used to care about making insanely great product for our customers. Instead it is lots of virtue signalling and sales pitch.
- danielscrubs 5y agoI feel it too. Going on and on about TV-shows that got awards and a new green color is called "amazing" a hundred times? It's like they gave each department a certain percentage of allocated time in the event, and those that didn't have much to show just used the same hype speech as the ones that did. It's what happens when company heads care more about a good working environment than about wasting customers time. Not bad per se, but it does show.