If I were Tim Cook

[adamfilip]

If I were in control of apple I would

Make all Mac Book Pro with touchscreen capability

Purchase Maxon and develop Cinema 4D inhouse

Purchase Adobe and fix all the apps, get rid of flash

Produce a New Mac pro.. that can use any PC Video card
and also make a Mac Pro Mini.. small headless Workstation.
half the storage, half the size of the current mac pro. still with a i7 6 core CPU, replaceable video card

 

[Mal]

Glad you're not in charge then.

jW

 

[Shrink]

And that's why Tim Cook is in charge...

 

[adamfilip]

And that's why Tim Cook is in charge...

lol oh common.. whats so bad about those ideas

 

[roadbloc]

If I were Tim Cook, what would I do? I’d shut it down and give the money back to the shareholders.

 

[bjm2660]

If I were a Tim Cook,
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All day long I'd biddy biddy bum.
If I were a wealthy man.
I wouldn't have to work hard.
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If I were a biddy biddy rich,
Idle-diddle-daidle-daidle man.

 

[NewbieCanada]

lol oh common.. whats so bad about those ideas

Well, I don't think the Pro is really targeted at users who'd appreciate a touchscreen. Basically it comes with a trackpad that's as good or better than a touchscreen anyway.

Cinema 4d isn't a core application that lots of people need.

Adobe develops primarily for Windows. Apple's Windows development (i.e. iTunes, Bonjour, iCloud) is primarily targeted towards letting Windows users make use of their Apple hardware.

"Any" video card means developing lots of drivers or worse, relying on the manufacturer to make them. I have a Dell monitor that displays 2560 x 1440, but I could never run it in Windows higher than 1080p because the driver sucked - text was unreadable. No problems using the monitor in OSX though - and no problem running Windows at 2560 x 1440 through RDP.

Mac Pro mini actually intrigues me, but I don't think the market is there for it.

 

[MorphingDragon]

If I were Tim Cook I would buy a underwear cannon and surprise unsuspecting victims.

 

[adamfilip]

Well, I don't think the Pro is really targeted at users who'd appreciate a touchscreen. Basically it comes with a trackpad that's as good or better than a touchscreen anyway.

Cinema 4d isn't a core application that lots of people need.

Adobe develops primarily for Windows. Apple's Windows development (i.e. iTunes, Bonjour, iCloud) is primarily targeted towards letting Windows users make use of their Apple hardware.

"Any" video card means developing lots of drivers or worse, relying on the manufacturer to make them. I have a Dell monitor that displays 2560 x 1440, but I could never run it in Windows higher than 1080p because the driver sucked - text was unreadable. No problems using the monitor in OSX though - and no problem running Windows at 2560 x 1440 through RDP.

Mac Pro mini actually intrigues me, but I don't think the market is there for it.

C4D is used by alot of people.. I bet it used by more people than use Logic Pro

Adobe makes lots for Windows I understand.. thats why its perfect.. im sure adobe has alot of patents.. buy adobe.. and phase out the windows versions slowly or update the mac versions twice as fast.. its a win win for mac marketshare.. and sue those that try to develop for windows..

with video cards. Apple video cards have special firmware for no good reason. I have a hackintosh with a PC videocard and it runs really well.
there is no reason for these cards to not be available for an upgrade.. yes only if there are drivers.. but if they are just labeled with a driver available for mac then great..

 

[boss.king]

Adobe makes lots for Windows I understand.. thats why its perfect.. im sure adobe has alot of patents.. buy adobe.. and phase out the windows versions slowly or update the mac versions twice as fast.. its a win win for mac marketshare.. and sue those that try to develop for windows..

Well that seems petty and frankly just bad business. If it's already strong on the Windows platform, why wouldn't you just keep that up and develop for OSX at the same time.

 

[adamfilip]

Well that seems petty and frankly just bad business. If it's already strong on the Windows platform, why wouldn't you just keep that up and develop for OSX at the same time.

Funny you say that.. as thats kinda what Adobe seems to be doing with the Mac platform.

sometimes it seems like it doesnt care about Mac.

 

[boss.king]

Funny you say that.. as thats kinda what Adobe seems to be doing with the Mac platform.

sometimes it seems like it doesnt care about Mac.

They're paying attention to the platform that serves them best. They're an independent company and have no obligation to develop for OSX (even though they do). What exactly have they done to the Apple platform to show they don't care anyway?

 

[NewbieCanada]

Adobe's annual revenue is 3 billion.

Apple's is 108 billion. Apple buying them and crippling Windows development would do nothing for their bottom line and damage their reputation.

Maxon claims 80,000 users worldwide for all their products. It's an extremely niche product, even more so than Adobe's.

If you're thinking of things for Apple to buy you're thinking of things that are below their radar. Instead think "France. Designed in California by Apple."

 

[adamfilip]

They're paying attention to the platform that serves them best. They're an independent company and have no obligation to develop for OSX (even though they do). What exactly have they done to the Apple platform to show they don't care anyway?

One example
is that Photoshop CS6 will be 64bit only with support for 32bit version for Mac, removed

but for windows both 32bit and 64bit is supported

 

[boss.king]

One example
is that Photoshop CS6 will be 64bit only with support for 32bit version for Mac, removed

but for windows both 32bit and 64bit is supported

I don't see how that's even a problem.

 

[noisycats]

If you're thinking of things for Apple to buy you're thinking of things that are below their radar. Instead think "France. Designed in California by Apple."

Love this idea!

 

[Sedulous]

 

[JesterJJZ]

Resume development of Final Cut Pro 8.

Bring back Shake.

Make a Mac Pro with 6 PCI slots and 10 drive bays.

One can dream...

 

[Confuzzzed]

If I were Tim Cook I would hire me!! And put me in charge of the newly founded medical applications division

 

[luke.mac1]

If I were Tim Cook I sure as hell wouldn't be working anymore... prob just jet off to some Caribbean Island or something. I can but dream!