joelhenson11

MelS said:

I can confirm Apple is not the cutting edge, great company it once was and it mistreats its independent dealers too. Hewlett-Packard for half a year or more has had laptops with Xeon processors, generation six i7 processors, thunderbolt version 3 ports and even touchscreen options while Apple MacBook Pros are still using generation four i7 processors, no Xeon processors, Thunderbolt version 2 and no touchscreen options. I was an independent Apple dealer for 22 years and have watched the demise of Apple since Jobs passed away. Jobs would never had let HP or any PC company come out with a better, faster computer before Apple. Jobs also would not have let Apple cancel a 22 year dealer contract when I contracted Leukemia and was unable to work full-time causing me to miss an arbitrarily set sales quote by 20%. Apple has fallen behind technically by only updating their Macs and operating system (minor upgrades at that) once per year (if that often) and are so focused on their retail Apple stores they have let the business market, which is mostly handled by independent dealers, slip away due to pencil pushing Apple Chanel Sales management and AppleCare service management personnel that put profit numbers ahead of the service provided by long-time locally owned stores focused on business market share. And even if they want to bend the rules, the middle managers are so afraid of getting in trouble they won't stray from the rigid rules set by their lawyers. Tim Cook does not get this as he is just a pencil pusher himself. Business customers like mine dread going to Apple stores and having to wait for hours to get to see a "genius." Apple is messed up and I do not see much hope for Tim Cook fixing it.

auxio said:

sog35 said:

I'm not really talking about 4k video games.

I'm talking about playing 4k video or at least viewing your pictures in 4k resolutions.
I mean one of the big features of the 6s and iPadPro is 4k pictures/video!!!

So I go through all the trouble of taking 4k video and I can't even see it on my AppleTV?  I mean WTF!!!  

You do realize that the main app selection screen is interactive right (i.e. you can scroll it, choose apps, etc)?  So that part wouldn't work well at 4K.

Thus, you'd need to be running 1080p on the app selection screen to have a smooth experience.  Then, when you go into the Photos app, it still needs to be interactive (again, scrolling and choosing), so that would be need to 1080p for a smooth experience as well.  Then, finally, when you choose your photo/video, it could switch to 4K (causing that lovely video mode switch pause/flicker).  Then, when you popped back out to the chooser again, it would flicker back to 1080p.

Repeat that same experience ad nauseum for most apps, and it becomes clear why Apple held off on 4K until the hardware which can support it throughout the entire AppleTV user interface comes down in price.

Trust me: I'm driving a 4K display with a Mac Mini here (in order to test on low-end 4K hardware) and it's not a good experience whatsoever.  Other companies simply want to add "4K" to their feature checklist no matter how poorly it works (or how limited it is).  I'm personally glad Apple didn't go that route.

drewyboy said:

I find it interesting that many are writing off Sog. Yes, they are being a little dramatic, but their underlining question is completely valid. Oh, and someone on here used the horrible "they're making billions" rebuttal. 

Sog brings up a good point that Apple hasn't released anything amazing lately. iPhone gets thinner every year and adopts the best of what other phones have. It's really not that hard to know pretty much what they'll turn out. I will give them though, the 64 Bit ARM. That was really amazing, but from a users perspective, we don't see a night and day difference. I mean really, many here hooped and hollered about it yet many Apple folks are so quick to point out "oh it's just a spec, user experience is what matters". Pot calling the kettle black if you ask me.

iPad... oh iPad. You've never really had a home. You showed lots of potential yet you continue to drag along being "just" relevant enough. Sure, it's good for people who don't do much. I've actually recommended it to some folks who I know it would be more than sufficient for their needs. But it has yet to fulfill it's promise of being a "game changer" in the medical and educational industries.

As for the Apple watch, I will hold judgement for another year or so. It's a new category and rightfully should be given time to expand and see its potential.

AppleTV, as far as I see, it's an utter fail. Apple has had YEARS to do something and have fallen flat on their face with it. Overpriced video streamer. Does it have potential? Maybe, but that's what we've been sold on for the last 5 years or so. No live tv? That's Apple's fault. No other company that wanted live tv seemed to have a problem obtaining it. Apps, that would have been "revolutionary" 3 years ago. They fell behind completely on that one. The thing is, developers have options now. And on devices that are in far many more homes than an AppleTV.

And lastly... oh mac oh mac oh mac. Do they still make those anymore? Jokes aside, there isn't going to be much going on here for any manufacturer. Market is matured. Now Apple just goes stingy on ram & ssd. They've always been stingy on ram, only difference is that now I can't put in my better and cheaper RAM on my own. Same with SSD.

Apple is no longer the company that wows. It has become a "life style" brand and that is why it sells billions. So the guy that used that as an argument, the only person that wins are investors. If you are not, I don't know why you're celebrating because Apple has yet to do anything fruit full, strictly from a customers perspective, with those billions. Billions for Beats? Fashion. Hermes band? Fashion. New store layouts? Fashion. iPhone? Sacrificing function for fashion.

I've personally started to re-integrate other companies into my life because Apple just doesn't cut it anymore. I'll always have a Mac and probably an iPhone but everything else... there's something better. Better watch, better router, better video streamer, better headphones, etc. Take a minute to actually look at things objectively and you'll see that too. Apple has lost its shine.

sog35 said:

bdkennedy said:

I don't blame them. My Apple TV has been collecting dust since I bought it. After 2 months I turned it on to see if there were any substantial apps to catch my attention. Still nothing but garbage.

You got me Apple, you got me good. A black $199 brick.

I'm in the same situation. I bought the AppleTV on release date for $199.  Bought 2 game controllers also.

The only thing I use it for is to watch Netflix. Friken ridiculous for a $199 device.  Could do the same with a $20 Chromecast.

The lack of Apps is piss poor.
I can say the same thing about Apple Watch.  Where the fuc are all the great Apps?  And why the fuc does it still take 20 seconds to get weather updates on my watch?  

The Tim Cook Apple is half-ass Apple.
Releasing half-ass products so you are forced to upgrade the next year.
Always withholding features for no reason at all.