jesusfreak

Why is it we can't reproduce this infrastructure?   It seems like it is more a matter of will, then not being able to do it?

Hazen said:

Tim Cook can’t lead Apple to produce innovative products because he’s an operations guy. He knows how to sell price points tied to feature sets, not innovative products. That’s why we have two sets of AirPods 4. We only need one, we should only have one, and all of the innovative features of AirPods could have been boiled down into one strong, focused product…But we have two, because Tim couldn’t make AirPods 4 and AirPods 4 Pro because there‘a already AirPods Pro and that would be too confusing, so he split them into AirPods 4 and AirPods 4 with Active Noise Cancellation. Y’know, because Active Noise Cancellation is a feature tied to a higher price point so Apple has to remove it for one set of AirPods to get you to spend more money…again, Tim likes price points tied to features, not products. 

Look at Vision Pro. Worst battery life ever in an Apple product, more expensive than virtually Apple’s entire product portfolio, requires a big clunky battery bigger than an iPhone that you have to carry around, no killer feature, no innovative new way to work, no value proposition, and if you break it, Apple has to replace the entire device because they don’t yet know how to repair them. 

That’s not innovation. That’s Tim Cook trying to sell you something you don’t need and hoping that it pays off for Apple’s bottom line.

Innovation at Apple is dead so long as Tim Cook is the CEO. 

Period. 

Completely disagree, especially about the Vision Pro.   Apple often introduces products that are not quite ready for mass appeal and have some shortcomings.  It is part of the process, and it is often the best way to get REAL feedback from consumers.  The Lisa came before Mac.   The Newton came before iPad.  The original Powerbooks were heavy and expensive.   But these products provide real experience and feedback with consumers in a way that few other companies can afford.   Cook himself is not innovating, any more than Elon Musk.  They are both good at working with very innovative people and have the ability and the money to MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN.  As Guy Kawasaki is quoted as saying  "Ideas are easy, Implementation is hard."    Companies like Apple succeed because they have the resources to IMPLEMENT and ITERATE.   
On the other hand, Apple has given up on some markets prematurely and sometimes they ignore their customers in astounding ways.   No one and no company is perfect.

That's a pretty dumb move.   I'm sure someone will have an accessory stand for it.  But still.

Might as well move up that release date, since the cat is out of the bag. ;-)

I fell for this when I bought my Mac Studio with the M1.   M2 was supposed to be a year away, came out a few months later.

M4s are in market.  Not buying Apple is going to push this into 2025.