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After Jony Ive left it's mostly operations people in Tim Cook's inner circle, and no one outside of operations with equivalent credibility to push back.
by MichaelZuo 4y ago
After Jony Ive left it's mostly operations people in Tim Cook's inner circle, and no one outside of operations with equivalent credibility to push back.
- innagadadavida 4y agoMBP is usable after Ive’s exit. He’s surely Is talented but his success rate is not 100%. Apples main problem right now is software quality - this has become difficult as there is integration between every device with every other apple device and the combinatorial complexity is difficult to maintain and test.
- MichaelZuo 4y agoSecond gen Apple silicon MacBook Pro sales (M2 models) are only moderately higher then second gen Touch Bar MacBook Pro (2017) sales. And 2017 macbok pros only got a small spec bump. So the vast majority of customers were satisfied enough with usability even with the more sensitive keyboards, Touch Bar, etc.
- Tiktaalik 4y agoIf Apple was still making the terrible 2017 macs with their lousy broken keyboards I think the users would be headed elsewhere with their next computer purchase. The M1s saved their marketshare. That a bunch of long time Apple buyers, used to a quality product from Apple, got suckered into buying the 2017 computer that was lousy says little.
- pedalpete 4y agoAnother way to look at the data is that Mac users are buying Macs and Mac is not growing market share. This isn't surprising as the notebook/desktop market is mature and people are unlikely to switch platforms. So as long as Apple doesn't completely botch an update/upgrade, they will likely continue to sell about the same number each year.
- MichaelZuo 4y agoSo then the usability concerns were not that big of a concern among most of the customer base.
- dr_kiszonka 4y agoCan you explain a bit more about software quality? (I am not a Mac user.)
- MichaelZuo 4y agoIf you buy the latest macbook pro and download vmware and run Mavericks (the OS from 2013) it will feel faster and snappier in several areas compared to the native OS that actually came preinstalled, even though it's running via an emulation layer.
- smoldesu 4y agoYep. On top of that: - Mavericks will look nicer and fit more content in the same screen space - You'll have less advertisements for Safari and Apple Music - 32-bit applications will Just Work I left my Mac behind for good after Mojave. It's too much work when Linux is what I deploy to anyways.
- etempleton 4y agoSteve talked about the most important thing he could do is say no to really great ideas. To focus the company on the area of highest potential impact. He gave the example of the iPad. They could have developed that earlier, but the same tech could make a phone and that was higher impact. I think if the rumors about the status of a headset are true and they release it they will be making the mistake of releasing something that is just not underbaked, but without a real purpose. The iPhone despite early limitations was still a phone and an iPod all rolled into one and it had a better mobile web browser than the world had seen. The watch still told time and had other basic functionality that made it a functional gimmick for the first couple years until the hardware caught up. What would I want a headset for? The two primary use cases I have seen are games and various types of 3d modeling. The first is something Apple is not in much of a position to excel in unless they change how they think about games and the second is such a small market for Apple it isn’t worth the R&D cost. EDIT: The form factor makes me think what if the idea is the main use case is air travel. You put them on, block out sound with AirPods and then watch a movie, play a game or look at some virtual beach or something. A rich persons escape.
- ozten 4y agoOculus Quest proved out the exercise use case. A solid niche of people pay a monthly subscription for the at-home motivation and gamified workout.