abriden

I would prefer it if Apple's priority with MacOS was fixing the numerous bugs in Finder that have been present for years, providing auto-sizing of columns (since they've nobbled every third-party app that enabled it in the last 20 years), and enabling system-wide font management that hides the numerous bloody fonts that are of no use and clog-up font menus.

Add to that a means to separate and label bookmarks in drop-downs, and allow white-listing of cookies (Safari), and organise genres in a user-defined order and stop attaching unconnected artwork to playlists (Music).

For general work I just don't see the utility of Vision Pro over a physical keyboard and ergonomic workstation. For an immersive experience I commend Apple for what they appear to have achieved, but the fact remains that most of what we do does not require immersion. Vision Pro is not going to be a productivity platform at all, not in the way that iPad has become. I believe as advanced as it is, the novelty of the 'headset experience' is going to wear-off extremely quickly. The average user will either NEED or WANT to remove-and-replace the headset constantly throughout the day to interact with others, negotiate their environment and just gain relief from wearing it.

omasou said:

abriden said:

The question is : how many of these are paying subscribers? ...I did not take up free Apple TV subscription with purchases as I might have done, but currently have free 6-month trial subscriptions on Apple Music, Apple TV, Apple News and Apple Arcade thanks to Barclaycard. 

"We now have 785 million paid subs," he continued, "[and] we just we've increased 165 million in the last 12 months alone.

It seems odd to claim 785 million subscribers overall, then qualify all of them as 'paid' ...they have not stated that trial subscriptions are explicitly excluded. Also, it would be interesting to have data on the relative duration of these subscriptions, and whether in the headline figures a one-month paid subscription is counted the same as a 12-month subscription. 

The question is : how many of these are paying subscribers? ...I did not take up free Apple TV subscription with purchases as I might have done, but currently have free 6-month trial subscriptions on Apple Music, Apple TV, Apple News and Apple Arcade thanks to Barclaycard. 

Irrespective of future speeds, the basic design of the usb-c/thunderbolt connector is flawed. I have tried so many certified cables and they vary in fit (tightness) whilst the ports seemingly loosen over time as well. I was 'lucky' that my MBP required an out-of-warranty keyboard change and replacement battery and that Apple who were picking up the tab — they agreed to address the ports at the same time, though unfortunately the improvement has been shortlived. This is such a basic issue that it's difficult to get excited about new hardware annoucements or the next OS, when something so fundermental is ignored. Until the design is changed things won't improve.