hmurchison

At least when the Dinosaurs die....we will have more oil. 

maciekskontakt said:

HomeKit will never win with Amazon Alexa solution unless Apple will start developing/enabling it for Android as well. Android is majority of devices on the market around the world and that will not change to Apple advantage. I would suggest stop locking ecosystem and at least enable major development on alternative platforms. Mark my words and see what happens in 2025.

There's not going to be any winners here.  No one company is going to own the home.   HomeKit is an abstraction layer not a protocol.   It's designed to sit atop underlaying protocols like Wifi or Bluetooth and allow single app control of devices that support multiple protocols.    HomeKit then has hooks into the system to enable support from Siri etc.  It makes no sense to attempt to take it to another platform. 

It's easy to see where we're going here.   Most of the large companies are members of the Thread Group. They are actively working on software and hardware enabling IEEE standard 802.15.4 low power IP networking.   This in conjunction with the vast channel improvements of Wifi 6 (via OFDMA) is going to enable strong encryption, low power IP addressable local and cloud access protocols that will support legacy protocol like Zigbee but give us more flexibility and integration into hardware.

Look at this list of partners. https://www.threadgroup.org/thread-group#OurMembers ;

I already know where these companies are going.   No one gives two shats about Amazon or Google or Apple as they're just cogs in the wheel,  the power of a network is in stability, encryption/security and interoperability.   

MisterKit said:

I wonder how this will affect the possibility of there ever being an ARM based Mac. All the years of rumors and now the top brain is leaving.

Hopefully Tim Cook has Mark Papermaster still in his contacts. 

Thank Gawd!   Airpower was overrated.   Wireless charging is easy and cheap yet Apple Fanboys had this irrational fixation on Airpower like it was somehow magical.   Let's move on from an idea that wasn't that stellar in the first place. 

I personally wouldn't buy an iMac for tasks that a Mac Pro should be used for.  The iMac is an appliance which is defined as much by its limitations as its strengths.