Highly agree with this. The so-called Apple Magic is gone for me. I still prefer iOS to Android, and I am still a macOS user, but I am not an Apple fanboy. I used to be so excited to buy a new iMac or iPod, but now buying new Apple hardware is something I do while carrying a bit of regret.
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Jony Ive Removed From Apple's Leadership Page
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Well he announced his departure last year? And you don't know how long they've been developing this design. So far from "almost certainly."
Apple need to make sure they replace him properly. If they start making ugly products then nobody is going to buy them. I got into Apple for its product designs. A lot of Apples appeal is the design of the products rather than the software they run.
When I got into Mac they were major underdogs just coming back from near bankruptcy. A lot of mainstream software wasn't compatible with it but it looked nice so I persevered.
I may be in the minority but I would usually go for form over function, thats just me lol. I have to love the look and feel of a product. If it looks ugly, even if its the best performing device in the world I still wouldn't buy it. I went through many phones in the pre smartphone era that I bought purely for looks but were terrible to use or had batteries that didn't last 6hrs. I just used them less to balance out the poor battery lol.
All in all how Apple products are designed and look are still very crucial for the future health of the company.
Please leave my headphone jack and home button at the security desk
A new company will be silently born in Bay Area, Jony, Tony and Scott will walk onto the stage...... and the other Apple veterans.....
One must respect Ive for turning the beige boxes and tech devices into fashionable beautiful designs, his design turned into industry standards that other multi-billion corporations copy. Sure, maybe Jobs gave him the direction and the vision... but he made it a reality.
Ive created the modern Apple just as much as Jobs did.
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And Wozniak will be the iCEO
Ive created the modern Apple just as much as Jobs did.
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And Wozniak will be the iCEO
And six months later you can but their office furniture at a Silicon Valley salvage sale.
They need to kick SJW out the door and bring back Forstal. Ever since Cook threw him under the bus iOS has gone downhill
Irrelevant. (Scott Forstall, Apple’s highly toxic SVP who headed up iOS software engineering, was the head to roll after Apple Maps flopped initially in 2012 and he refused to sign an apology letter, and has since only managed to find work producing a Broadway show and as an “advisor” to Snap, which says a lot about how badly other companies want him.)
Good riddance Johnny, thank you for making everything lighter and removing ports from our Macs.
Any reporting (or better yet, evidence) to the contrary of any of what I said? Since I see a lot of tech companies freaking rolling in cash, enough to pay Forstall whatever he wants to poach him from Apple, doing whatever he wants, and yet no one’s managed to do it.
Probably because no one wants him working there day to day.
I have never heard this before. But honestly I don't care who designed it, its better than the phone designs we have today.
An ironic condemnation. While Apple may have screwed the pooch on the Mac, it is but a tiny fraction of Apple’s profits. Meanwhile, the Apple Watch and AirPods have been so well received and clearly represent the future of Apple, yet no recognition of Jony Ive’s contributions here have been forthcoming.
I think time will tell that thinner and lighter is indeed the way to go with wearables.
Ever consider the possibility of doing what Scott did at his level to be a high-pressure, high-stress job and that he wants to take some time off or do something different?
Great relief to see Ive go.
For a few decades I used to be a Mac evangelist years ago, persuading my family and so my friends to switch to Apple. but I’ve soured against Apple in the recent years.
The exalting of thinness over important features that many users need have had me teetering on the verge of moving to Windows at my next purchase.
Under Ive’s supervision, I resent the following:
iMac loses user-upgradeable Hard Drives and SSD
MBP and MBAir loses user-upgradeable Hard Drives and SSD
MBP and MBAir loses user-upgradeable memory
MBP, iMac loses anti-glare screen
MBP loses ports, all in the aim of thinness, lumbering us with dongles.
MBP and MBA given awful butterfly keyboard, all in the aim of thinness.
MBP, MBA lose magsafe, all in the aim of thinness.
I feel the new MacBook Pro 16 is a step in the right direction, except for the soldered RAM and SSD. It’s the first Apple MacBook Pro I’ll aim to buy since 2012.
I also hope Apple can ditch the 1 year macOS cycle.
p/s I imagine the re-sale value of 2nd hand MacBook Pro's with the butterfly keyboard won't be as good as usual Apple re-sale prices. I personally made notes of which years of MBP's had the awful butterfly keyboard, so avoid buying any of those on eBay.
For a few decades I used to be a Mac evangelist years ago, persuading my family and so my friends to switch to Apple. but I’ve soured against Apple in the recent years.
The exalting of thinness over important features that many users need have had me teetering on the verge of moving to Windows at my next purchase.
Under Ive’s supervision, I resent the following:
iMac loses user-upgradeable Hard Drives and SSD
MBP and MBAir loses user-upgradeable Hard Drives and SSD
MBP and MBAir loses user-upgradeable memory
MBP, iMac loses anti-glare screen
MBP loses ports, all in the aim of thinness, lumbering us with dongles.
MBP and MBA given awful butterfly keyboard, all in the aim of thinness.
MBP, MBA lose magsafe, all in the aim of thinness.
I feel the new MacBook Pro 16 is a step in the right direction, except for the soldered RAM and SSD. It’s the first Apple MacBook Pro I’ll aim to buy since 2012.
I also hope Apple can ditch the 1 year macOS cycle.
p/s I imagine the re-sale value of 2nd hand MacBook Pro's with the butterfly keyboard won't be as good as usual Apple re-sale prices. I personally made notes of which years of MBP's had the awful butterfly keyboard, so avoid buying any of those on eBay.
Sure, they’re so visionary that we got crap Apple Maps and Butterfly keyboards.
So much for visionaries.
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Thicker iPhones with best battery life ever, and 16” MacBook Pro with better thermal and working keyboard.
Seems like it’s a bright future for Apple post Ive
Doesn’t sound like a very visionary one though.
And maybe Apple is fine with that too if it means people continue to buy their products.
