Ask HN: Is there evidence that Apple management even grasps what is wrong?

There is so much wrong with Apple's desktop computing division these days, but I wonder is there any evidence, any communication from Apple management that it truly understands what is wrong?

Often when there is a problem it is human nature to find someone or something else to blame, to avoid being wrong. This happens to companies too, so no matter how much the indstry signals that a company is off track, it cannot be fixed because management cannot, or will not understand, take on board and own the real problems.

So I'm trying to work out if Apple is one of these companies that is bewildered and stumbling around trying to make something else responsible for its failings, or does Apple really understand what is wrong and is actually working to fix it?

My perspective on what is wrong is:

  ** buggy software
  ** slow, old, out of date computers
  ** unbelievably slow hardware release cycle, well behind the state of the art
  ** obsession with removing things is taking away needed functionality