*** Anyone think Jobs should STEP down?***

[iParis]

NO WAY!
That would ruin the company, especially if the next CEO sucks.

 

[Schtumple]

Yeah, we need to get a CEO who can DO something with this company and turn it around! Oh wait! Turning it around would mean driving it into the ground!

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The transition to new CEO will probably be a slow process over 2 years or something, Apple has to ease all the fan boys into the new guy

 

[iParis]

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The transition to new CEO will probably be a slow process over 2 years or something, Apple has to ease all the fan boys into the new guy

Hahaha.
That is so true.
And we'd have to wait for some good products to even consider liking him/her.

 

[DRIVAR]

With the snafu of no FIREWIRE in the recent macbooks, talking to my 20+ Apple retail/genius/specialist friends who say they are not selling (store in top 10 (PASADENA CA)), plus many DOA computers.

If you look at the 1st gen MB, the benchmarks went as such, with regard to OPEN_GL (i.e. graphics).

MB 1st GEN 71%, then 130%, 140%, 171% with Leopard.

Now, keep in mind, the OPEN GL high marks still wouldn't let you play games but as barefeats and others reported, you could run MOTION and other PRO applications. Now take in to consideration that the PRO market makes up less than 1% of the retail sales, however, Apple realizes some pro's may use the cheap solution so they release the last MB with X300 and the benchmarks drop to 70%, hurting, just the PRO.


Now the new MB has GREAT graphics yet no firewire after pushing iLIFE to the MOM AND POP user yet says NO TO THE PRO, the user that kept them afloat for years, the user that made them who they are, yet apple punishes them. Why! I mean, the PRO user more than likely will buy both the low end as well as high end model.

What else has apple done to the PRO user? Well, they changed the firewire chipset on the MB and iMac. The standard is TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, but they wanted to save a few pennies and released a firewire chipset that sometimes caused problems. Hmm. Again, if you're a pro, you need a MBP or MAC PRO as this is the only computer that doesn't have AUDIO/VIDEO problems and uses TEXAS INSTRUMENTS FIREWIRE.

Some could further argue that the imac is so strong now that the reason all machines are glossy is due to the fact that if you want to do graphics, or COLOR CORRECTION, you can't use an imac, (NO MATTE).

So ask yourself. Why is it that APPLE really sticks it to the PRO user?
The THEATRE used to be LOGIC, SHAKE, FCP and is now classes about emails and adding attachements and punishes the PRO user.
Why?

Why does Apple continue to stiffle the PRO user, the real creative that made them who they are. The company that made the MB great for the bedroom musician as the FIREWIRE was a great thing and many musicians I know went for the MB, except for now.


Just wondering if you think it's time for Jobs to step down and let Ive's take the helm. The marketing choices are simply horrible. Firewire needs to be on all devices - however, when I heard about the specs on the new machine, I just new there had to be a catch, and sure enough, there was. No firewire.
It's 's way of screwing the real creative user, not the person playing a game or using iDVD for cue collections.


Hmmmm.

HAHAHA
this is so stupid i I will give a half ass response..

No he shouldnt! This is mainly your personal opinion and not the majority, most people come on here to share their complaints/problems so you will hear about more the negatives and less about the positives.. I think they're doing exactly what they should be doing.

If you dont like it, dont buy it.

 

[SnowLeopard2008]

I totally agree with the "stop bitching over firewire" concept. The "real" pro would not kick his ass down to consumer products. The MB is a consumer product. I edit a lot of video and do some photoshop and design work but I don't consider myself a pro. In all the years I've had firewire, I had only used it once. USB? Umm... whats the number after infinite? All my flash drives are USB, my point-and-shoot cameras are USB, my DSLR (my dad's technically, he just lets me use it) is USB. Mice/Keyboard and all that are all USB. FireWire is not the future, it's not as widely used in the consumer area as USB is. That is a fact. I used FW maybe once, to store some video from a camcorder, but I think it has USB as well, and we only brought the FW cable. And that was on my long since stolen iBook G4. I agree that FW has faster speeds than USB when transfering big files. but does the consumer need that? No. I could care less and I'm a high-end consumer, not the novices at the bottom of the totem pole.

 

[forafireescape]

Jobs knows how to run a company. He may not make perfect decisions in our eyes, but he has reasons for making the decisions he does. I'm not a Steve-worshipper, but I have to say, the guy's a genius and I don't think he should step down just because some people don't like the lack of Firewire.

 

[Cheffy Dave]

And that's just on the port end... There's about 10 external hard drives sitting around me right now, all of them are firewire only.

That being said... I don't care about the firewire. Even if I had an MB, I wouldn't care because firewire isn't the future. USB is.

THAT being said... No he should step down. He should stay in the business as long as physically possible.

that be USB 3.0

 

[benzslrpee]

Steve's 53, so why not a gradual 5-7 year transition grooming Ivie for the CEO spot. It can be done. Or make it a ten year transition.

...

Ive is not CEO material.

 

[matt1219]

Uhm.. don't you think history repeats itself? When Steve Jobs "left" Apple, they let other companies take away everything special from an Apple computer. Jobs brought the Mac, the iPod, and the iPhone, so I don't think he should step down.