farmboy

"Tim Cook to pro customers: We are not abandoning you."

Really, it's us, not you.

But just in case, here are some of your clothes and your favorite binky, and a couple of sandwiches. Stay out of trouble until we get back.

robin huber said:

I think you're right. The auto industry is ripe for disruption as Tesla has demonstrated. Battery power and personal supercomputers are Apple's daily bread. What's left are mechanicals that can be bought and or reverse engineered. The watch showed they could go small, the car will show they can go large. 

I think you're both right as well. Most of the mechanicals and electronics are bought off the shelf, the key hybrid patents are free from Toyota (for instance), so the software is where you can make a difference.  That and some innovation in design and ergonomics. The industry is moving fast and gathering a whole bunch of new entrants (some of whom may not make the cut), so Apple can't be leisurely in their development. 

sog35 said:

Impressive.

This is the type of stuff I want Cook to talk about and show in videos at product events instead of his social crusades.

I agree, it's good news. It's a hearts-and-minds thing with the computing world out there. The silence about product development was a useful tactic for decades back when they were regularly releasing new products and/or significant updates and didn't want to telegraph their intentions to competitors. Silence now, even with a hundred new ideas in secret R&D but a paucity of "new" products, just comes across as they've got nothing going on. For better or worse, expectations, and willingness to bide our time, are different in the 21st century than they were 20 years ago.

I'm all for Cook's social involvement and having Apple up front as opinion leaders as well, just not as the only thing in Apple news. Toss us a crumb like this once in a while.

apple ][ said:

Way to go!

That's what happens when there is a doer in charge, and not a golfer!

This is just the beginning! 

The greatness has already begun!

It's all just BS like everything else he says. 50,000 jobs is nonsense.

ben20 said:

Maybe you guys should read the "Art of the deal". 

Maybe you should read the statements of the real author of that book, who absolutely blasts Trump. Donnie couldn't write a coloring book. He's a pathological liar and con artist.