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Has it really? The transition to Apple Silicon was pretty impressive, and something that Apple could have simply decided not to do at all while still remaining
by foldr 3y ago
Has it really? The transition to Apple Silicon was pretty impressive, and something that Apple could have simply decided not to do at all while still remaining hugely profitable. I don't know anything about the company's internal culture, but it's not exactly resting on its laurels just yet.
- biztos 3y agoThe hardware people certainly aren't: I think they're reveling in their newfound freedom to make the best, not just the thinnest, computers. But the software side? There seems to be a massive variance in both ability, and giving-a-shit across the software orgs, and no leadership filter on the output of these disparate groups. Perhaps they have the opposite of the resting-on-laurels problem: a smattering of very senior people who are talented and care about the product/users, and a wide base of careerists who aren't very good and just want the money and the CV, users be damned.
- foldr 3y agoThe Apple Silicon transition also involves software (Rosetta), which works absurdly well given the complexity of what it's doing.
- biztos 3y agoExactly my point: the same company wrote Rosetta and the new Settings. Clearly not the same level of talent and commitment in those two teams.
- foldr 3y agoI think it would be difficult to imagine a company the size of Apple not having variance in talent and commitment between different teams.