ApplePoor

Truly  a man of his convictions........

Back in the day of the IIfx in the early 90s which was a two core CPU, Photoshop was about the only game in town claiming to use multi processors.  I did not see much difference when running the same job on my Iici. Adobe admitted they had not mastered muti-core when I called.

So, I wonder in a M3 Ultra Mac Studio if there is a way to verify all 80 GPU cores are actually doing something let alone all 32 of the CPU cores?

The power supply is rated 480 watts so if that load is in process, could a sandwich be warmed on top of the case? 

Any one of us would be thrilled at that poorly perfuming chap' Golden Parachute.

One can not ignore the announcement video for iPhones 16 series with the reality that much of the new features were actually vaporware and almost a year later are still not operational. We (my wife and I) could have waited another iPhone model year rather than getting two iPhone 16 Pro Max 2TB  models at close to $2,000 each with sales tax and Apple care.

The 17 series are rumored to have 50% more memory to 12GB but all the Macs have to have 16GB to run Apple AI so will this too will be a scam (?) because we will find that the 18 series with 16GB will actually run AI properly???

At Apple's purchase volumes, the memory could have been 16GB for the 16 series iPhones but corporate greed influenced (?) the decision to string along two more years of iPhones with inadequate memory for their big deal AI plans.  

Apple revealed by their moving all Macs to 16GB of memory that is the minimum necessary (at this time) for Apple AI. We always have installed maximum memory now that it is soldered in place....

Just continue writing influence checks if you will, but after they are cashed, there always be the request for more checks. 

Seems like a shakedown like in the Mafia movies where one paid for "protection" from the folks getting the check.

Crazy world we live in now. Getting extremely close to George Orwells "1984" story. As the facts have played out, the book is almost a crystal ball of our reality.....

That is why there are "unlimited,ited" data plans. 

Simple idea, don't buy any new Apple gear in 2025 or 2026 and Apple might have to reconsider their pricing structure when sales tank.

The issue is veracity or truthfulness which was sadly lacking. Apple employees knew the "AI & Siri" .software was non-operational and should have b been scrubbed from the presentation the day before the dog and pony show. Many folks believed Apple saying the AI was working and thus bought some model of iPhone 16.

One normally does not take risks that jeopardize a companies reputation.

As we now know a full year later there was NO releasable AI or Siri software then or now. There was no magic hat that could have produced a rabbit during the last twelve months and they have admitted it will now be "perhaps" in 2026.

The iPhones we had (iPhone 13 Pro Max and iPhone 14 Pro Max) were working just fine and we would NOT have acquired two iPhone 16 Pro Max units if the feature set diid not have improved Siri and AI per the presentation.

I was working with the source code of a full Manufacturing and Accounting software package back in the 70s and 80s that ran on DEC PDP-11 and Vax and know quite a bit about software development. I started in the computer world in the early 70s and still like to do custom work all these years later. I have used Apple products since 1990 and this false announcement was one of their more memorable screw ups.

We are probably about a month away from the next dog and pony show. During this last year, Apple seems to have moved all other product lines to 16GB of memory for AI they said. The iPhone 17 is rumored to have 12GB while the iPhone 16 was  raised to 8GB. The iPhone 18 most likely will have 16GB of memory and that will be probably announced as the minimum necessary for AI. So the two prior year models will be obsolete and under powered memory wise.

Neat way to really shaft the customer base. But some prior customers may leave and never come back as their trust of Apple's word is gone. Deceptions have a way of coming around and biting a vendor in the back side at the most inconvenient or embarrassing time.

And that is the issue.

Is Apple  too big to be held accountable by even DOJ?  

Seems like their customer base is being played for fools and there is no redress for possible wrongs committed. With perhaps a dozen or so exceptions (including the billionaires), no private individual has the resources to use our court system to seek redress.

And that is before mentioning that many folks in power are bought and paid for by special interests.

As a long time customer of Apple and having spent more than many others, I feel powerless and realize the John Wayne comment applies 

"Suck it Up Buttercup" cause an individual like me can do nothing to get Apple's attention.

Not going to be lots of "Thanks" coming from the hundreds of millions who purchased the iPhone 16 models that were falsely advertised last year they would have a working "Siri assistant" in 2024/2025.

Folks should just pass on the iPhone 17 series that is rumored to get 12GB of ram when next year we will see 16GB of ram on every Apple product as the minimum for Apple AI (what ever that means) and all prior generations will have crippled performance due to insufficient memory.

The tariffs will just add insult to injury to the buying public. Hopefully, Apple sales tank and they have an awakening that lying to the customer base has consequences.

Somehow, from 1990 to 2024, Apple was able to introduce new products without a bunch of significant lies. The deceptive advertising happened on Tim Cook's watch and there should be negative responses from the Board of Directors and certainly NO bonus money or stock options. Somebody has to be held accountable that is currently employed or soon to be a "former" employee of Apple.