You said what I should have. Everything as to be in some sort of balance. It's likely the last 10 years at Apple, they weren't.
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Jony Ive’s vision was killed today
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You said what I should have. Everything as to be in some sort of balance. It's likely the last 10 years at Apple, they weren't.
Except that Jony Ive wasn't fired. He stepped down, likely because his job was getting too stressful and he wanted to move back home where he could spend more time with his family. It seems like people are now attempting to rewrite history by making it sound like he was forced out the same way Scott Forstall was, and that is simply untrue.
If Jony Ive ever wanted to come back one day, Apple would gladly welcome him back any day with open arms. Design is what made Apple great, and I do feel that the greatest risk facing Apple is if Apple ever steps back from their design-led culture and simply let the engineers take over.
Steve Jobs had nothing to do with the Newton. He was long out of the company during its development and release. The Newton was a John Sculley project from the beginning. What Steve Jobs did on nearly his first days back at Apple was kill the Newton and the in-progress Newton Company spin-out.
Which balance would the be? The balance where Apple has doubled their market cap many times over? The rumoured Mac studio will be another example where engineers will say how out of order Apple is.
My time capsule’s fan is blazing at full speed every 10 minutes without reason.
It’s about to break down, I am going to buy the new version…oh wait?
Also the LG 2016 ultrafine display has a vertical green line, I’m going to change it with the new 24” 800 usd version…ops?
Rip Apple COMPUTER…
Jony wasn’t fired but for sure he didn’t feel free as he used to be
It’s about to break down, I am going to buy the new version…oh wait?
Also the LG 2016 ultrafine display has a vertical green line, I’m going to change it with the new 24” 800 usd version…ops?
Rip Apple COMPUTER…
Jony wasn’t fired but for sure he didn’t feel free as he used to be
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Jony Ive’s vision without steve jobs was dead for consumers and was too much form over function
Now, Jony is gone with his vision, thank god.Steve with Jony had the perfect balance of a vision, but since Steve was gone, we only got the vision of this guy who took almost all devices to the heat compliance
Everyone talks about the thinness of the 2016-2020 models but no one talks about volume - those intel machines were LOUD.
My Time capsule is exactly the same was it was when I bought it a decade ago.
Try replacing the fan.
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It would be nice if Apple made a new version.
The balance between practicality and looks. The Mac Pro wasn't the driver for any of this.
Much of the current Apple success is driven by the iPhone.
Because the Tower model fifth generation is affected by this problem. I also still have the fourth generation flat one and it works wellMy Time capsule is exactly the same was it was when I bought it a decade ago.
Try replacing the fan.
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It would be nice if Apple made a new version.
The balance is what we are discussing and obviously it is not easy to say where it should go as it is governed by personal needs rather than a complete market survey.
The iPhone is to very large extent a designers item. Bad looks of the iPhone would be devastating.
I agree that looks on Mac Pro is not so important but it is a halo product so it should look amazing.
Due to events ^, all I have to say now is:
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Wedge design made sense for Intel CPUs but not for AS.
This is because Intel CPUs needed a bigger heatsink and fan so the top part of the chassis needed to be bigger. However, this made it so that you can't maximize all the area. The bottom part is too thin to put battery cells in, for example.
The new Macbook Air design is catered to AS. No wedge design is needed. Battery and other components can fill the entire chassis.
Was never an issue for the one year that I had my M1 Air. I played games and compiled code on it.
normal work don't much. but don't forget to shutdown the laptop if close. me happen like that . sometimes.
Are you are that the Newton mostly existed while Jobs was not at Apple?
A lot of what you mentioned occurred in the period 1985 through 1997. All in the Apple without Steve Jobs period.
Also you are ignoring the best quality of Jobs, which was finding and firing the best people for the job.
Also if we look at the same period, Jobs worked in an industry (digital film creation) where nothing happens if the artists, and other staff do not have the creative freedom to develop their own visions and turn them into a completed feature film.
If we talk bout some the other things Jobs did, many complained he pushed feature creep too hard and singular visions without understanding the wider picture. Also the other major flaw is Jobs attitude towards staff, not the job done, but was not very friendly. The infamous stories about people hating being in an elevator with jobs as they did not know if they would still be employed when they got out. Urban legend or truth? The point is that is how people thought of Jobs and how he treated his staff. This works with most staff, when you are treating your board and other executives like this, conflict occurs. Scully and Jobs had huge conflict which resulted in Jobs leaving Apple. Was Jobs leaving or being fired? That depends who you ask.
The return of Jobs after his new and Pixar experience, he as a changed man, focused on the important things at Apple, and did away with all the superfluous. This includes staff management. He was never loved by the staff but he improved a little.
My point?
Jobs issues had nothing to do with R&D as you claim. Comparing Jobs leaving Apple and Ive leaving Apple is like comparing apples and oranges. Two completely different things.
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Moving on to Ive.
I would rather have Ive, praising his own work, over the Apple of today who are throwing their long term users under the bus, pushing feature creep more than ever, not treating all their users with equality, and so no and so on. Also Ive had the ability to make changes because he did not have the fear of job loss hanging over his head. He was more able than most to use his creative talents to put his stamp on the products he designed at Apple.
Apple of today on the other hand, the internals are industry leading. Great function. However the form, how the products look and exist within the office or home ecosystems have not changed in a long time. That creative spark is gone from Apple. Jonny Ive did not work on OS development, but even there today we do not have both form and function being innovative and revolutionised. At this WWDC keynote just passed, we have had OSes announced that are hardly anything more than a new coat of paint. The Macs are in a similar boat, but not as much as the new M series Macs to integrate form and function to a point.
This is where Johnny excelled, understanding how form and function are linked. How improving each one affects the other. All while adding his own flair to make truly unique pieces (even if inspired by history).
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Moving on to Scott Forstall
Scott is a good example to talk here. Scott was the arrogant, all or nothing man. Either you were on the Scott Forstall bus, happy with his decisions or you were out of his team. Apple even has the infamous iOS 7 war which ended up with Scott being fired. Scott's refusal to even entertain opposing ideas was his downfall. It was Scott, not Johnny they believed he was perfect, could do no wrong and expected Apple to agree with his ideas 100% of the time.
In my opinion I believe your piece actually relates more closely to Scott. Apart from the R&D comments. The R&D comments are absolutely true as you said them, however I feel they do not really add much to the topic at hand. Scott did act like a mini, but more extreme version of Jobs. However enough people had a healthy respect for Jobs so no one challenged him again for the top job. Scott, worked in such a way that got everyone offside with him. Did not at all learn from the mistakes of Jobs.
I do not believe Johnny Ive has any lesson to learn.
Scott Forstall on the other hand has many lessons to learn and hopefully since his departure form Apple, he has learned a few of them.
Johnny's lesson should be that on a product that function is key. Form first in all things can ruin it. There must be a balance struck. As pretty as his Mac designs are, functionally I find them trash, which in a tool that needs to be versatile, is a massive problem.
Rip Jonny. His coffin was made without bezels and was so thin that they had to cremate him first.
I couldn't disagree with you more on the Johnny Ive part. His dogged determination to make everything as thin and light as possible is what led to issues such as the butterfly keyboards. That was a prime example of form OVER function. Likewise, the trashcan Mac Pro is another example of form over function. Ironically, the Mac Studio is in many ways a re-imagining of that Mac Pro without the constraints Ive would have placed upon its design. While it's far from a "perfect" system, it's far more capable and liked than the "Trash Mac".
Regarding current models, I'm glad Apple finally ditched the wedge for the Air. That design was dated, and limited options for battery placement and size. The new design with the M2 not only allows for a larger battery, but also brought back MagSafe, which means you no longer have to sacrifice half of your USB-C ports to the power overlords. It's the first true visual and physical overhaul of the Airs since Apple ditched the silver version with the massive bezels. Plus that midnight color is one I would love to see on a MacBook Pro down the line.
In a perfect world, form and function would seamlessly blend together. However, nothing is perfect in practice. With other models (Mac Mini, 14" and 16" MBP), I feel Apple has found a balance between the form Ive was laser-focused on and the functionality users want and need. My 14" Pro is the most comfortable Mac laptop I've had in years (probably since the last pre-butterfly 13" I owned), and the battery life runs circles around any other laptop I've ever owned. Are they perfect? Of course not. But the design means using this machine is a pleasant experience rather than a frustrating one.
I have no clue where Forstall is or what he's even doing now. I think the only time I even heard his name mentioned was around 2 years after he left Apple, and that was in reference to some company I had never heard of prior to that post and haven't heard from since.
Can I just say that I totally agree with your post? The MBP M1 14” Max is the best Apple product I have ever had my hands on and I have had a slew of Apple hardware over the years. It is a better product than all the iPhones I have used over the years and I really like the iPhones. This is a machine screaming productivity and function-over-form that sadly Apple had been missing on the laptop front since 2016. It feels absolutely rock solid and I use my machine to get work done.
I never understood the Touchbar, complete nonsense from a usability perspective. I bought a 2017 MBP 13” with the Touchbar for my daughter and she only used it for brightness and volume control. You can’t feel the Touchbar, there is no tactile feedback, it is a flawed concept. I stuck with my trusty 2013 MBP 15”, hoping the designers at Apple would come to their senses. Thankfully they did.