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sog35 said:

why is Apple so afraid of change?

IMO, they need to start building iOS laptops and desktops. Why this hasn't happenned blows my mind.

The fact is 90% of the population does not need a power of an intel desktop. They just need an iOS devices that sync's seamlessly with their phone/tablet/watch.

Why isn't Apple doing this?

I'd love to replace my MacMini with an iOS desktop.

The most expensive part of most Mac's are the intel chips. Replace those $300 chips with a $50 A-series chip. 

Apple cares about user experience, if a customer buys something in a MacBook form factor they will expect it to run programs they have run on other MacBooks, currently this is x86 software. Now that likely can be done with emulation of some sort, however the A series chips are likely not able to run emulation of x86 at an performance level (lag free, no huge start delay) that Apple believes it customers would expect. 

Microsoft tried Arm in their, oh I can't remember the name of it, oh oh wait, Surface line. Breaking software compatibility with an object that was claiming to be a laptop not only confused customers, but failed from having a barren landscape of compatible software. Now Mac would likely be better than this, but IOS apps are all designed for touch input. Touch input doesn't work on a computer from a usability perspective. This means there wouldn't be that much IOS software available or worse yet it would be a bunch of apps designed for touch shoehorned into the trackpad/mouse/keyboard user experience.

I believe Apple is working hard on this and the necessary emulation, but the hardware will need a few more iterations to make the move seamless for all users.

robin huber said:

I like the fact that Apple is not publicly gloating the way Samsung would if the shoe were on the other foot. Sammy would feature exploding iPhones in their ads. Apple is showing real corporate class by just keeping on keeping on. Not that Samsung will learn anything from Apple's example. 

Agreed. Corporate class would be the only other thing that they don't copy from Apple, along side the environmental initiatives.

sog35 said:

Quicken sucks

Intuit especially sucks.

Quickbooks 2014 on Mac is not supported on Mac Sierra. That is FLATOUT ridiculous. How the hell can you support software for only TWO YEARS. 

They are so greedy. They want people to switch to Quickbooks online which cost 3x more in the long run

Greedy software companies with their subscriptions piss me off

I just found out a few days ago that we have to upgrade to have it continue to be supported on Sierra. We are a small company and make use of maybe 5% of the programs features and the ones we use are never improved. Can't switch programs as our accounting firm only supports Quickbooks. While we can easily afford the upgrade, the cash grab every two years is really annoying.

maestro64 said:

sog35 said:

Hilarious that Samsung/Android fans call Apple customers sheep.

Yet there are many Note7 owners that say they will NOT return their dangerous phone. They say the risk is too small and worth having a Note7.

Talk about blind sheep. These Note7 fans are literally willing to die for their phone.

to show how stupid of a decision not to return the phone especially since Samsung and the Carries are all saying to return it and not use it, if something bad happens those people will not have a legal leg to stand on. They are assuming all the risk at that point.

Agreed, unfortunately that won't really matter to the other passengers who go down in the fiery plane crash.

This could not have happened to a more deserving company. Cost me on my APPL puts as exploding phones are going to overshadow BS supplier checks. Even so I will happily to take the loss since it means that Samsung is finally getting it's comeuppance.