..Those new speakers sound pretty awesome. I’m going to get me a couple later this year. Probably another MacBook Pro laptop as well.<<
No doubt. Apple has become an extremely good “me too” company that takes existing ideas and making them very good. Just like they introduced the Apple watch 2+ years after the Google watches, they introduce voice controlled speakers also about 2+ years after they are produced by other manufacturers.
This is good as those manufacturers will have to play catch-up now and make theirs even better and cheaper.
It is just sad Apple no longer means innovation. And has not for quite some time. It just means expensive.
In actual fact, Apple engineers were talking about the next big area was an Apple Watch, SIX MONTHS before Samsung (not Google) pushed out a so-so Android based watch based on what the Apple engineers let slip Apple was working on. However, there had been earlier attempts at wearable computers that failed miserably. The times were not ripe for those attempts.
I could go back and search out the article about the Apple engineer discussing what might be coming up from Apple around this time of year talking about the watch and what they envisioned it could do. . . months before Samsung started hinting about the first Samsung Gear watch. But I'm not going to bother. You can look for it if you like. I posted it on FR.
Nice try. . . but you are wrong.
I like the Apple products. They are easy to use and last long time. So even though they are more expensive at point of sale, their utility makes them actually cheaper. I’m still using my original iPod from 2003 in my garage. It is hooked up to my stereo out there but plays a lot of 90s music like Hootie & The Blowfish and Pearl Jam.