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> Apple has pretty phones and tablets and that’s really it. interesting conclusion. i must be hallucinating my macbook air, mac pro, os x + apps, and airport

> Apple has pretty phones and tablets and that’s really it. interesting conclusion. i must be hallucinating my macbook air, mac pro, os x + apps, and airport network then.

dlitwak 13y ago
Ok they have a computer and an operating system as well as a nice way to transfer files . . . big whoop. I think we can all agree that this isn't groundbreaking.
- shurcooL 13y ago
  I think we can all agree that it's very important for some people/companies to focus on the short term, and for other people/companies on the long term. Both are important and needed.
- doe88 13y ago
  I think your premise is kind of flawed. That's not because you don't see what Apple is working on right now that there's nothing, that may just be their usual policy not to communicate about future products. Moreover I think a lot of people forget to credit Apple of their on-going effort on semi-conductors I think it's forward thinking, but hey that's less shiny than robots.
SwellJoe 13y ago
"macbook air, mac pro, os x + apps, and airport network" So: 1. A smaller, lighter, computer in an industry where every generation of devices is smaller and lighter. A trend that existed before Apple even made laptops. 2. Mac Pro. A faster, more powerful, computer in an industry where every generation of devices is faster and more powerful. A trend that existed before the Macintosh existed. 3. OS X + Apps. I consider the app store a step backward for humanity, as it centralizes something that had been decentralizing and democratizing over decades of hard fought battles between open and closed. The best things about OS X are the best things about UNIX. And, I consider Linux a better UNIX (but, I'm willing to admit that the Macintosh experience for most users is superior, due to it being a unified hardware+software product, wherein Apple can make it all work together flawlessly). I don't consider it revolutionary, however. 4. Airport? WTF? Expensive WiFi is revolutionary? I'm not really an Apple hater (aside from my strong preference for Open Source over proprietary, especially in important platform choices), but it's absurd to compare Apple's innovation to self-driving cars (or the kinds of innovation Bell Labs used to lead the way on).

> Apple has pretty phones and tablets and that’s really it. interesting conclusion. i must be hallucinating my macbook air, mac pro, os x + apps, and airport network then.

dlitwak 13y ago

Ok they have a computer and an operating system as well as a nice way to transfer files . . . big whoop. I think we can all agree that this isn't groundbreaking.

shurcooL 13y ago
I think we can all agree that it's very important for some people/companies to focus on the short term, and for other people/companies on the long term. Both are important and needed.
doe88 13y ago
I think your premise is kind of flawed. That's not because you don't see what Apple is working on right now that there's nothing, that may just be their usual policy not to communicate about future products. Moreover I think a lot of people forget to credit Apple of their on-going effort on semi-conductors I think it's forward thinking, but hey that's less shiny than robots.

SwellJoe 13y ago

"macbook air, mac pro, os x + apps, and airport network" So: 1. A smaller, lighter, computer in an industry where every generation of devices is smaller and lighter. A trend that existed before Apple even made laptops. 2. Mac Pro. A faster, more powerful, computer in an industry where every generation of devices is faster and more powerful. A trend that existed before the Macintosh existed. 3. OS X + Apps. I consider the app store a step backward for humanity, as it centralizes something that had been decentralizing and democratizing over decades of hard fought battles between open and closed. The best things about OS X are the best things about UNIX. And, I consider Linux a better UNIX (but, I'm willing to admit that the Macintosh experience for most users is superior, due to it being a unified hardware+software product, wherein Apple can make it all work together flawlessly). I don't consider it revolutionary, however. 4. Airport? WTF? Expensive WiFi is revolutionary? I'm not really an Apple hater (aside from my strong preference for Open Source over proprietary, especially in important platform choices), but it's absurd to compare Apple's innovation to self-driving cars (or the kinds of innovation Bell Labs used to lead the way on).