[Richard Kimball]

I'm still an Apple fan but it hasn't been the same since Steve Jobs passed on.

Agree. I still use Apple products, but most of the innovations were completed when Jobs died. Since then, some of the ideas have been puzzling.

Just a couple I've noticed. The mouse has to be plugged in to recharge, and the plug is on the bottom, so you can't use it while it's charging, and it doesn't give you a warning until you're about 20 minutes from losing power. You either have to have a backup mouse or take a couple of hours off while the battery charges.

On the iPad with the Apple pencil, you can charge the pencil by plugging it into the pad, but it seems like the best time to charge the pencil is when you're traveling, but you can't have it plugged in while it's in your carry bag, cause it sticks straight out the bottom.

After Windows came out with their new combination keyboard/stand for their tablets, Apple did a "Me Too!" combo. When was the last time Apple was stealing ideas from Microsoft.

I still think overall, they're better computers, but design leaders now? Not really.

[SamAdams76]

I still think overall, they're better computers, but design leaders now? Not really.

I agree with that. I had a 2011 MacBook Pro that I recently upgraded (nearly 10 years of service!)

I finally upgraded this year and was disappointed that they did away with the MagSafe charger. Now that was a thing of beauty. When you wanted to charge your laptop, the connector magnetically connected and if you accidentally got snagged in the cord, it would easily come away without bringing the laptop crashing to the floor with it.

Now it is back to a standard connector. Why?

Steve Jobs would never have allowed that to happen.

[FreedomPoster]

>>The mouse has to be plugged in to recharge, and the plug is on the bottom, so you can’t use it while it’s charging, and it doesn’t give you a warning until you’re about 20 minutes from losing power.

I have a high end rechargeable Logitech mouse. It charges via mini-USB, and is completely usable when corded while recharging. This isn’t that hard, and that was a complete crap design decision by Apple. Someone’s head should have rolled. Probably would have under Jobs. He had a reputation of being a tough taskmaster.

[TheBattman]

IN all fairness. charging the Apple Pencil was rectified with the newest iPad Pro models and the Apple Pencil 2...

[itsahoot]

but you can't have it plugged in while it's in your carry bag, cause it sticks straight out the bottom.

iPad Pro Case This case charges the pen when it is in place no muss no fuss. On Amazon.