What exactly is the incentive for companies to follow the law when all it risks is a minor fine at worst? The law has to change so that officers are criminally liable and face prison terms. Things will not change until those responsible feel the pinch. What’s the point of having laws on the book if there is no penalty for those who openly violate them?

dutchlord said:

Does that mean Siri suddenly understands Dutch? If not, any “massive upgrade” has zero value for me and Siri remains switched off like the past few years.

No offense but this is somewhat niche… 

It’s worth mentioning that ARM (not Arm, it is an acronym for Advanced RISC Machines or Acorn RISC Machines) was started in 1990 as a joint venture between Acorn, VLSI and… Apple.
Also, the PPC to Intel transition was not the first heart transplant for Apple; back in 1994 it abandoned Motorola’s 68xxx product line that it started using 10 years prior with the Macintosh and transitioned to PowerPC, and that transition was incredibly smooth and well executed. A 68k emulator was provided and legacy code was supported, and software makers were able to ship “fat binaries” that ran optimally on both architectures.
The transition to OSX/macOS, which is at the core a reskinning of NeXT OS, brought with it NeXT’s own experience in supporting multiple CPUs (it initially shipped on 68k but eventually supported Sun SPARC, HP and Intel) and made the transition from PPC to Intel painless. Apple’s know how in the field is unique and spectacular.

I’d like to have a display of what’s playing now and what’s coming up next, including videos, lyrics, animations, something customizable between the screens at Starbucks and the Shazam displays. And instead of a tiny screen on a speaker, it should be a “now playing” app that can run on an AppleTV, an iPhone/iPad, or a dedicated screen, or even better some third party inexpensive screen, why not.
Like @"slow n easy" said not everybody has a use for a screen that’s sitting on top of a speaker.

Of course improving the performance of AirPlay 2 would also be nice, because last time I tried to stream to three simultaneous targets it collapsed after 2 songs.

neoncat said:

rue said:

lordjohnwhorfin said:

The immersive videos are absolutely completely incredibly mind blowing.

Agreed! And I want to see something iother than dionsaurs. Why not an immersive tour of Apple Park? Or Yosemite? Or a flight along the Monterry coast? Or to get really adventuresome an immersive view of Machu Picchu? The possibilites are endless. 

Or, you know, take a trip to those places instead of wearing a goofy face-mounted iPad for masturbatory sizzle reels. 

The success of the AVP will be in its ability to apply spatial concepts to everyday computing—expanding and improving the process of working with information. The recent stories of the AVP being used in operating rooms is a great example of this. Stupid 3D videos for the easily distracted? Come on now. What a waste of the technology. 

Why does it have to be either/or? The point is all the incredible new horizons it opens. The immersive experience is absolutely unique and accessible to all. The specific uses in surgery (or military, etc…) are also phenomenal but not being a surgeon or an army general I cannot really appreciate them first hand.
there is also the potential use as an incredible gaming platform, and before you say it’s too expensive, think about how many people spend more than this on gaming PCs.
It also have many potential applications for severely handicapped people — and if you’ve ever seen the astronomic cost of assistive devices you’ll realize the small revolution it can bring. The Vision Pro is amazing.