Hmm. A bit of a lightweight article, I feel. It is surely unrealistic to expect personal computers, phones and similar consumer technology products, incredibly sophisticated as they have become in a relatively short time period, to endlessly evolve in radical and/or revolutionary ways as though it is entirely natural and in adherence to some sort of technological-industrial 'law'.
How much more do I need from a computer when I simply use it for office work, creativity via text, plus e-mailing, web browsing and streaming? A Mac Studio would be an absurdly over-spec'd tool for my own current needs and, I imagine, for millions of others, too. If, however, I and others have significantly new needs that are not currently addressed by existing technology, then presumably the likes of Apple will eventually offer their solutions to address such needs.
Other tools (what will the next Mac Pro offer, for example?) are designed for more demanding users, but nevertheless overall it is an established environment populated by predictable users and their predictable requirements.
Yes, I miss the thrill of Steve Jobs extolling the virtues of his then-underdog computer company and how it was confounding the status quo with its latest products, and how as an Apple computer user I was in a comparative minority who 'knew better' than the rest, even as we evolved, as users, with the company. But those days are gone. The fact that the iPhone and iPad have turned many, many people who were once only familiar with Windows PCs into Apple computer users, too, is widely evident these days, and a result of Apple doing what it does very well indeed. Apple became so good that it became mainstream. No small achievement.
If you believe Google, then the metaverse is the next significant environment (aka market) to be capitalised upon. Frankly, having had the Facebook world in which we re-learned the conversational currency and values of the playground, though to our disadvantage, I find it difficult to swallow the metaverse concept of 'let's all play pretend' as though we were all three years old (though without requiring the powerful imagination commensurate with that age, due instead to being spoon-fed by our metaverse 'supplier'). No thank you.
Until the next big thing, whatever that might be (and don't hold your breath), we can probably expect more of the same albeit even further refined. And specialist users will be the ones to benefit most from such (sometimes impressive) incremental refinements. For the rest of us, nostalgia and a reliable tool of choice must suffice. Until the next big thing. We're not owed it, though. So be patient.
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