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Waiting for Steve Jobs: Can Apple Regain Its PC Edge?
American Thinker ^ | 06/03/2017 | Mike Konrad

Posted on 06/04/2017 1:43:38 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

Starting this Monday, Apple Computer's World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC 2017) is slated to start in San Jose, Calif. The conference is held annually to discuss Apple's new technologies, and software creators are encouraged to interface with Apple Engineers in labs and workshops.  Ticket prices this year were $1,599 and since demand exceeds supply, a lottery had to be held to disburse the tickets.

The conference is as much show as technology, and we probably can expect CEO Tim Cook to condemn Trump's pullout from the Paris Climate Agreement. But what has everybody on edge are the rumors that some of the Mac line of products will be updated.

That's important because Apple has let its once-famous – and once-highly regarded – Mac line of computers to lay stagnant.  Neither the 27” nor the 21.5” iMac were upgraded in 2016. Worse yet, when the smaller 21.5” iMac was last upgraded in 2015, it did not come with the then -new Skylake processors, but was saddled with the older Broadwell CPUs and offered no graphics card option. Then to add insult to injury, it came with an insultingly slow 5400 RPM hard drive as standard. The “state of the art” smaller iMac could not be upgraded after purchase, and one had to buy the added RAM and faster storage at Apple's inflated mark up.  Still, even if max'd out at 16GB RAM,  with the older Broadwell i7 CPU (processor), and with no graphics card option, how could it be considered state of the art?

Then there was Apple's revered Mac Mini, which had not only been the province of those who could not afford the iMac;

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: apple; personalcomputer; stevejobs
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1 posted on 06/04/2017 1:43:39 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

As Apple seemingly retreats from the top tier, Microsoft and HP have moved in with high-end products, particularly Microsoft’s Surface Pro 4 laptop and Microsoft Surface Studio (which begins at $2,999, only only offers an i5 and 8GB RAM to start, which is criminal) and HP’s Envy line of laptops.

Unfortunately, Microsoft is copying, and out-gouging, Apple’s practice of obscene charges for extra options. HP, thankfully, has not gone that route, and its charges for options seem more reasonable.


2 posted on 06/04/2017 1:44:57 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Indeed. The surface pro doesn’t have the performance of the entry level Lenovo Yoga Pro. I got a Yoga for travel and it runs all my CAD CAM and engineering software. Granted not as fast as my powerstation back home but good enough for my frequent on the road travels. It’s $1000 cheaper and has hardware that is compliant with the software makers’ demands. The new Surface Studio looks fantastic for my line of work but the specs are just fluff not up to speed with even my 4 year old Dell workstation.

The software I use renders Apple a non issue to me. Nothing runs on it.


3 posted on 06/04/2017 2:00:09 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Flinging poo is not a valid argument)
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To: SeekAndFind

Regain the edge? The 80’s are calling? MacOS is 80’s to the core.


4 posted on 06/04/2017 2:05:05 PM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie
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It’s too bad they put a Gay leftist as thier head. Jobs kept Apple from being overtly political. He was a lefty but made a point not to antagonize nearly half the country.
Much overlooked is Apple’s Pro Desktops. There’s nothing second rate about them. Really top notch high performance boxes.


5 posted on 06/04/2017 2:05:30 PM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: SeekAndFind

Of course one could make an argument that the personal computer is so twentieth century. The future of technology lies elsewhere.


6 posted on 06/04/2017 2:05:43 PM PDT by buckalfa (Slip sliding away towards senility.)
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To: Organic Panic; Swordmaker

I guess I’m just ahead if my time.


7 posted on 06/04/2017 2:06:37 PM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie
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To: SeekAndFind

You can’t simulate Jobs by getting six half-Jobs to sit down together in a conference room a couple of times a week.


8 posted on 06/04/2017 2:26:57 PM PDT by Steely Tom (Liberals think in propaganda)
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To: SeekAndFind

ping


9 posted on 06/04/2017 2:37:09 PM PDT by coon2000 (Give me Liberty or give me death)
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

“MacOS is 80’s to the core”

That’s just silly. Windows 10 is still playing catch up to the current Mac OS. Until very recently I supported both and this was my experience.


10 posted on 06/04/2017 2:47:51 PM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: SeekAndFind

I’ll tell you what MS can do with that $3,000 laptop.


11 posted on 06/04/2017 3:20:27 PM PDT by Dalberg-Acton
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To: SeekAndFind

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKqdDiL8t80

Stunning evidence that Apple frequently sells vastly inferior hardware at vastly inflated prices.


12 posted on 06/04/2017 3:24:26 PM PDT by catnipman ( Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: gibsonguy

MacOS core is NeXt OS. Do your homework. It supports an extremely limited range of hardware.


13 posted on 06/04/2017 3:29:51 PM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie
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To: Organic Panic

Thanks for posting.. I will be shopping soon. Just gotta get one without the windows operating virus.


14 posted on 06/04/2017 4:10:22 PM PDT by momincombatboots (Nothing to see here.)
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To: SeekAndFind; dayglored; ~Kim4VRWC's~; 1234; 5thGenTexan; AbolishCSEU; Abundy; Action-America; ...
A negative Article on Apple's World Wide Developers' Conference this week claiming that Apple did not upgrade the Mac and allowed it to lie stagnant. It's typical FUD Season fodder that come like clockwork in the three weeks coinciding with major Apple events such as the WWDC. Apparently you can safely ignore the fact that Mac sales growth has been outpacing PC sales almost consistently for the past decade. — PING!


Apple WWDC FUD Season Article
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15 posted on 06/04/2017 8:07:15 PM PDT by Swordmaker (This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue...)
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To: Organic Panic
The software I use renders Apple a non issue to me. Nothing runs on it.

Apparently you are not aware that a Mac can run all Windows software with no problem. . .

16 posted on 06/04/2017 8:09:05 PM PDT by Swordmaker (This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue...)
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie
Regain the edge? The 80’s are calling? MacOS is 80’s to the core.

Again, you haven't got a clue what you are blithering your mouth off about.

17 posted on 06/04/2017 8:09:47 PM PDT by Swordmaker (This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue...)
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Stunning evidence that Apple frequently sells vastly inferior hardware at vastly inflated prices.

Proves nothing, Catnip. Buy used and BROKEN parts from old computers at bargain basement and below prices, cobble them together and get them to work and then claiming a good result at 1080P graphics, is not building the equivalent of a computer with modern NEW parts with a 2560-by-1600 Retina display which will far out-perform that kludge.

If he is going to build a desktop Hackintosh, he should be comparing his performance to a desktop Mac, not a laptop. Strawman comparisons are worthless. . . especially using non-like processors based solely on gross processor family names.

The processor he he found on that motherboard he used to build his kludge does not have either the same sustained clock speed, which these days is essentially meaningless, or the burst speeds the newer I5 processors in new MacBook Pros have, no matter WHAT he claims the clock speed shows. They are NOT the same processor just because they are both utilizing an intel I5. There are many variations of the Intel I5 processor with different capabilities, power, and heat ratings, nanometer wire sizes, etc.

18 posted on 06/04/2017 8:37:43 PM PDT by Swordmaker (This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue...)
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie; dayglored; roadcat
MacOS core is NeXt OS. Do your homework. It supports an extremely limited range of hardware.

More stupidity and ignorance from our resident naysayer and liar. The core of macOS is UNIX™, not NextOS, and imJustAnotherOkie can dance all he wants he is not going to make the best selling UNIX™ in the world into something he wants it to be so he can denigrate it more. It is a fully POSIX® compliant, registered UNIX™, one of only four such Trademarked UNIX™ Operating Systems on the market. Linux is not so Trademarked.

Apple selects what hardware it chooses to support for its own puropses, which is one of the reasons that it is rock solid and reliable, unlike the other major operating system which tries, and frequently fails, to support any and ask hardware thrown at it without trying to set basic standards.

19 posted on 06/04/2017 8:45:44 PM PDT by Swordmaker (This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue...)
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To: momincombatboots; Organic Panic
Thanks for posting.. I will be shopping soon. Just gotta get one without the windows operating virus.

Don't listen to Organic Panic. Apple Macs are the one Operating system that will run ALL software. My main Mac is currently running NINE operating systems, frequently all nine simultaneously. That includes UNIX™, macOX.12.5, Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows XP, and three different versions of Linux. I also have at my fingertips several more now esoteric operating systems that I can run such as THEOS, Microsoft DOS 3.3, Commodore AmigaOS, and Commodore C=64/128 Basic plus graphics. The Mac can also run iOS and Android OS.

The Microsoft Windows versions can either be run natively, booting the Mac as a dedicated PC, or as Virtual Machines, running a PC in a window within the macOS with a slight speed cost.

One power Mac user demonstrated running 26 completely DIFFERENT Operating Systems on one Mac in virtual machines simultaneously with no interference between any of them and little to no speed impact on each instance. Each Virtual Machine could be set to run in either a window or on its own virtual screen.

So much for Organic Panic's claim that "Mac's can't run anything." The actual fact is that with a sufficiently powerful Mac, they can run anything. The truth is the other way around.

20 posted on 06/04/2017 8:57:04 PM PDT by Swordmaker (This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue...)
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