bobolicious

... I would be happy to see a round option from an aesthetic standpoint, with direct sync vs needing iCloud (I am told) from a privacy standpoint ...

macOS 10.15 (Catalina) or Big Sur only...

Is the mac any longer the computer for the rest of us, or increasingly the few of us...?

Has Apple dropped support to 17 months?

Is Big Sur less than 6 months 'out of beta' ?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguish

I've loaded Linux and looking at everything open source moving forward.

Is macOS increasingly sustainable or intractable...?

For consideration https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unjust_enrichment (let the flames fly) ?

prokip said:

Forget all the techno claptrap and mambo jumbo.

I have headphones costing many thousands of $$.  I currently have eight different head sets.

AirPods Max are THE best set of cans for sound quality and clarity that I have ever had. And I’ve been listening to music on quality headphones for over 30 years!

That is a promising claim...  Any further qualification much appreciated...

"Support will also continue until the product is declared obsolete." (can we imagine the car, including the proprietary 'better' Apple tires to run it?)

Is this becoming an increasingly problematic Apple 'bag of hurt', especially with 'onboard' everything vs 'right to repair'...?

I still have some vintage 40 year old Carver & Klipsh audio, no software updates needed and they can be repaired by any competent shop.

My spidey sense said stay away from HomePod, and 2013 macPro, and iMac Pro, and on it goes, still running Jobs era everything...

Here is an article on the inspiration for the original Mac Plus design, based on the Cuisinart, when things were built to last.
www.fastcompany.com/90472162/the-untold-origins-of-apples-groundbreaking-design

A month of downtime ???   Right to repair anyone...?  
Need to upgrade storage on a mba in an emergency ?   Sorry buy a whole new computer...
Even as a shareholder I ask if it is time for a change in approach or management...?