Apple's focus needs to come back to their computers...

[streetsandtheatres]

I've been reading Macrumors since the start, but it's so full of discussions of phones and watches. I'd really like to see Apple refocus on computing. Looking at the Buyer's Guide, almost all the computers are well into their renewal cycle, and yet we have endless iterations of essentially the same phones.
I don't remember previous changes of processor taking as long as the Intel/M1 shift, and most of their serious devices are still using Intel, with no obvious change on the horizon.

 

[jz0309]

I've been reading Macrumors since the start, but it's so full of discussions of phones and watches. I'd really like to see Apple refocus on computing. Looking at the Buyer's Guide, almost all the computers are well into their renewal cycle, and yet we have endless iterations of essentially the same phones.
I don't remember previous changes of processor taking as long as the Intel/M1 shift, and most of their serious devices are still using Intel, with no obvious change on the horizon.

Apple stated just over a year ago that it was a 2 year undertaking, disrupted by COVID, just be patient, it’ll happen

 

[mikzn]

Maybe there will be some good news on September 15 ?

 

[swingerofbirch]

Software quality.

You never hear anything like in the old days about how the actual quality of the software or stability will improve.

And it shows.

 

[streetsandtheatres]

Software quality.

You never hear anything like in the old days about how the actual quality of the software or stability will improve.

And it shows.

I think that's a great point. I have endless little glitches with software (random bits and pieces using too much cpu, for example), and when I google for solutions all I can find are others with the same problem.

I would say that my iMac is more reliable than my first iMac (the first one released), but I agree that there seems to be a 'we'll fix it later' attitude.

 

[swingerofbirch]

I think that's a great point. I have endless little glitches with software (random bits and pieces using too much cpu, for example), and when I google for solutions all I can find are others with the same problem.

I would say that my iMac is more reliable than my first iMac (the first one released), but I agree that there seems to be a 'we'll fix it later' attitude.

Yeah I had an original iMac too. My memory from those days were that Macs would sometimes have catastrophic crashes where the whole thing just crashed and you had to unplug it or hold the power button.

But now I have more problems where things just don't work and there aren't error messages saying why it's not working. Both on the Mac and iPhone.

 

[Slartibart]

I don't remember previous changes of processor taking as long as the Intel/M1 shift, and most of their serious devices are still using Intel, with no obvious change on the horizon.

I assume that you were not there when they moved away from PPC? Not to mention the change from 680xx? Additionally: if you qualify something as “serious”, well, it probably is, isn’t it? So “serious” work can be done- what’s impeding you?