Didn't I already say that Tim Cook is the Steve Ballmer of Apple? Both share a really worrying trait: They have no empathy for their customers but a very strong focus on the bottom line.Cacodemon345 wrote: I have no idea where the fuck Apple is actually planning to go. Their excuse: "Intel isn't going anywhere, so we want to increase battery life 'cause our aim is to allow even more apps into our store."
... really? They're even conscious? They wouldn't abandon x86-64 if they were conscious. Increasing battery life isn't everything.
Apple's going to hit themselves very hard.
We already know what happened with Ballmer when his strategy went south.
Apple would be in far deeper trouble than they already are if the general public had a better understanding of what's going on. But many Apple customers seem to be incapable of reading a company's attitude.
I don't think so. But the morons which still stick to it will pay dearly in the future. This is a typical perception problem: 9 out of 10 security issues are caused by XP which makes people conclude that 90% of business PCs run on XP.Arctangent wrote:I get the feeling you meant lack of support and continuously decaying security, but then I look at the fact that XP is still probably the most prevalent operating system in a business setting, and, well ..