> When was the last time people were surprised by what they saw?
The performance per watt and rollout schedule of Apple Silicon?
The performance per watt and rollout schedule of Apple Silicon?
ipod was innovative for the common man.
iphone was innovative for the common man.
ipad was innovative for the common man.
The rest? Meh.
Nowadays it's just an upgrade treadmill, consisting of "To re-pair my old watch I first need to update to the latest watch software (even though it worked fine before I unpaired it). But to update the watch software I need to update my phone software to a higher version than it supports, so now I need a new phone, which now won't work with my computer unless I update that, but it doesn't support the latest OS so now I need to buy a new computer..." For want of a nail.
And then say “meh”
I just don’t understand some people.
Apple’s contributions to modern computing, from GUI work, to WebKit, to AirPods is game changing.
Webkit is nice but not groundbreaking. Their GUI work isn't much better than the competition, although I do hope SwiftUI goes somewhere...
So I listed 3 products (should have been 4 products) that changed the world, but the meh is not for those (they were quite good!). The meh is for a return to 1990s Apple. Most of the existing technologies have largely plateaued and are being pushed ever higher in diminishing return increments (battery life being the final frontier). Without a product visionary, this is where we'll be for awhile.
As for the “apple can’t innovate”, I don’t buy it. Apple of the 90s was full of poorly conceived ideas. I see little difference in the “world changing product development velocity” of Apple then and now.
I do miss the flavor of old apple though, grey has somehow replaced beige as the “boring color every computer uses”
I love Apple, been a user since we had a MacPlus at home (then a Mac 2Vi, then a LC3, then PPC7600, then...) but let's not be overzealous.
Huh. And I guess stalkers quickly embraced the AirTag.