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davgreg said:

foregoneconclusion said:

Many people don't seem to realize how good the standard 5K iMacs are now. Those machines will run the majority of what is commonly considered to be "pro software" without breaking a sweat. iMac Pro and Mac Pro are for workflows that require maximum brute force. 

If you buy any version of the iMac you are buying planned obsolescence and no real upgrade path. I would rather buy a unit less frequently and update it rather than Apple’s throwaway model. The dirty truth is most Macs are not recycled- they end up as e-waste just like a Dell.

I will take internal expansion and a discrete display over the all in one consumer model any day.

dysamoria said:

delete said:

Maybe you should mention that if you upgrade to this new version on your iOS device, you won't be pleased that your desktop version will no longer be synced since it requires Catalina (which hasn't been released). And yes you can use the iCloud website, but the Reminders there are a truncated version.

WTF??? I can’t upgrade to Catalina. Apple cut off my two Macs at Sierra and High Sierra. So now I cannot update iOS (I WANT DARK MODE!!!) because it will break my (already half broken) Apple ecosystem???

I’ve specifically mailed Tim Cook about this forced upgrade bullshit doing exactly this to people who aren’t financially able to buy new computers (just to please Apple’s desire to sell more computers to people that already own Apple computers).

This completely defeats the whole point of having all Apple devices! Why am I with this company???? It used to be “because the product is superior”, then it changed to “because the product is less irritating”, and now it’s “because... Wait, what?”

avon b7 said:

"Apple is already leading the tech industry"

I can't see how that is even remotely defendable. Apple remains primarily a CE company which is heavily dependent on other - leading - tech companies.

I could argue that both Samsung and Huawei are leading the tech industry as both companies far outstrip where Apple swims in its particular stretch of the river.

As for what could have been done to better invest all that cash, well there were plenty of opportunities that simply weren't put on the table.

The reality is that Apple has invested little into R&D in terms of percentage of revenues.

They could have easily moved into the cloud areas that Microsoft, Amazon and Google currently occupy. They could easily have invested in future communications technologies like 5G. They could have invested heavily in one of current phones weak points: battery technology. They could have moved into satellites.

The truth is there was little foresight in the future. They played safe and hoarded instead. That isn't so much of a criticism from a business perspective, as Apple does now have a nascent penchant for buying in expensive technologies or businesses (Beats, intel 5G, content creation etc).

The result is Netflix slipped away and now Apple (very late to the party) is playing catch-up. 5G modems? Catch-up again. iPhone (the big revenue generator)? Catch-up again. Audio streaming? Catch-up again.

As for leading the tech industry. I disagree.

djames4242 said:

CheeseFreeze said:

Batteries where traditionally no battery is required (pure mechanical solution) is a problem for me.
I hope future versions will have some sort of a solar sell or integrated charger (hook up to usb) because with all these smart solutions charging becomes a full time job. 

I bought the z-wave version of this for our home and opted for a model with a key that can be used as a backup. I don't like the idea of not being able to get in to my house because the batteries have died, or because the mechanism fails...