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Apple has been working on its own ChatGPT AI tool for some time
From what I know, ChromeOS is considered a desktop OS, even though with it's limitations.ericthehalfbee said:
You mean Apple. Google doesn’t have a real OS on the desktop. They have that wannabee pretend ChromeOS. Microsoft doesn’t have a mobile OS.waveparticle said:Apple, Microsoft, and Google are the only companies that build OSs that are running on personal computers. They will decide the future of AI.
Only Apple has a complete OS ecosystem comprising mobile & desktop.
With MS, they have an enterprise ecosystem no other company have, including Apple. They could reach apps and services Apple won't be able to reach with their current ecosystem, like ERP's, BI and UC. Having a desktop and mobile OS is part of the equation, but there is much more than those two.
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Microsoft victorious over FTC lawsuit to block Activision Blizzard buy
Activision / Blizzard owns major titles like CoD, Diablo, Overwatch, World Of Warcraft and Candy Crush, so I don't think they are a "nebulous game content company", as you said. Talent may come and go, and from what I have seen it's normal in this industry. The point is that, if the deal is done, MS will have some big games as part of their studios, and that's exactly what they need for GamePass. Now we'll have to wait and see how customers react and if the investment works out.danox said:Microsoft is flushing $69 billion dollars, buying a nebulous game content company, if they were buying Unreal Engine, or Unity, that would be worthwhile, particularly Unreal Engine, buying a hollow game company were the actual talent isn’t tied to the company and usually hired on a per game basis and then let go at the end of a project, all Microsoft is getting in the end is just the game titles, but the talent is free to go anywhere to work that isn’t a good deal, the federal government unintentionally was saving Microsoft from itself.
That $69 billion acquisition is probably more than what Apple has spent in its entire history on mergers and acquisitions. In fact, it probably is three times maybe four times more. And most of the talent can just fly away because that is the nature of game development, once a particular project is over usually you’re gone.
When your competition is about to make a big mistake let them, smile and congratulate them, Tim Cook is probably smiling……
And I don't see why Tim Cook should be smiling. Apple is neither a game developer or publisher, and neither are in console or gaming PC market. At the same time, Microsoft now is entering the mobile gaming market with big names, King and CoD:Mobile. Maybe the ones smiling are Satya and Phil. We will know in the next few years how all of this goes.
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Mac Studio 2023 review: You probably want this, and not the Mac Pro
Sometimes users needs changes with time. We had a customer that had Lenovo workstations for CAD / Revit. 2-3 years later they received larger projects, and the GPU we had in the initial purchase was not good enough. We solved the issue just by replacing the GPU with a higher model. If the customer had Apple "appliances", they would had to replace the whole device.coolfactor said:newisneverenough said:Probably this is common knowledge, but why has Apple made so much Not user upgradable? Is it to sell more new machines ? Is it to eliminate technical problems when users upgrade? Conceptually, I want more control of the thing I pay thousands for.
Apple likely has data that tells them that most users never upgrade a machine, so the extra cost involved in making it upgradeable is just a waste and adds unnecessary cost for everyone involved.
By building a highly-integrated machine, you can deliver optimal performance for users across the full spectrum, and the most common upgrades can be achieved by plugging in external devices.
Apple views their devices as "appliances". You aren't pulling apart your microwave and doing upgrades on that, or your flatscreen TV. You expect them to "just work" for what you bought them for at the time.
Another benefit of upgradable devices is warranty services. With an Apple device, if there is a RAM, CPU or motherboard failure, you have to replace everything, resulting in data loss, or you have to start a restore process. With PCs, you just replace the part, and there is no data loss, unless is a SSD / HDD issue.
As you said, maybe Apple has data we don't have. But if you ask me, the kind of customer that has an Apple Studio / Mac Pro or PC / workstation benefits from upgrading or replacing some parts.
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Apple headset must battle 'design quirks' to be a success
From what I know, there a long list of PC's that are completely different from Mac's. And while I agree with your list, I don't think evert Apple device takes the market by storm. Two example that came to my mind is the Apple TV and HomePod. Will this new AR/VR device be like an iPhone / iPad or like and Apple TV / HomePod? We'll see in the next few years.coolfactor said:- Apple enters the PC market and now every PC longs to be just like a Mac.
- Apple enters the MP3 player market and now every music player must live up to the standards set by the iPod.
- Apple enters the mobile phone market and now every mobile phone must live up to the standards set by the iPhone.
- Apple enters the tablet market and now every tablet longs to be an iPad.
- Apple enters the wireless earbuds market and now every wireless earbud release longs to match the AirPods design and convenience.
- .... you get the idea.
Apple won't have any problem becoming the defining standard in the extended-reality market. They are rarely first into a market, but when they do enter one, they take it by storm. Every time.
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After years of work, Microsoft is still trying to make its own Apple Silicon-like chip
I agree with you that MS will not be a major name in the ARM-hardware space. But they are a major force in the cloud and AI market. They already showed AI in MS Office, and it looks very good. And it looks like the next version of Windows will have a lot of AI integration. With their own SoC, MS could improve those experiences.sflocal said:I can't see Microsoft ever really being a major player in the ARM-hardware space. I see Microsoft using whatever Qualcomm ARM chips are available.
They also offer OpenAI services in Azure, using Nvidia GPU's. They could reduce a lot of cost with their own SoC.
My point is that they don't need to dominate the ARM SoC market. But having their own custom SoC will help them improve in markets they already dominate.
