OctoMonkey

Japhey said:

GeorgeBMac said:

Perhaps the analogy is:  Amazon is producing an iMac for TV.

That should appeal to a segment of the population who don't want to get involved in cables and technology but simply want to plop it down and start doing what they want to do -- where the most technical piece is how to plug it into the electric outlet.

For myself:   I prefer Apple's approach where the monitor and the audio and video drivers are separated and each can not only reach their highest potential but be replaced as they fail if the user wants to upgrade their technology to current specs.

For myself:  I use an Apple TV driving a high end semi-modern Dolby Atmos home theater system and a 1980's CRT TV.  I'm keeping the 35 year old TV partly because it works and partly because I prefer its more natural & less posterized colors.  But, at some point I'll invest in a new flat screen TV without having to throw out other components.

But for now, I can upgrade the monitor, the speakers, the receiver and the AppleTV as needed and desired to give me the best possible video and sound at the lower possible cost.

I don’t really get your analogy, and you don’t need to explain it. I just popped in to say “holy shit!” about your 35 year old tv still working. I, personally, have bad luck with tv’s. The longest running one I’ve ever had was a Sony model that worked for 7 years back in the 90’s, with most of the others having around a 3 year life span. I’ve been so programmed to just accept this as normal, that I’ve already begun researching a replacement for my current 2 year old, piece of crap LG. Just another example of how “they just don’t make ‘em like they used to”, I guess. 

OutdoorAppDeveloper said:

Which would you rather have: an iMac made out of a single piece of curved glass or one which allowed you to easily upgrade the RAM and SSD and which fully supported the right to repair?

OctoMonkey said:

Designing for ease of manufacturing is almost an art form...  and something not taught in engineering schools (or was not taught many moons ago).  Given Apple's tight tolerances in conjunction with extremely dense and compact devices, I can only imagine the difficulties the assemblers are encountering.  Hopefully the factory can find enough people with excellent vision, manual dexterity and hand-eye coordination.

True. Do you think Apple doesn't know how to design for manufacture?