Comment by jgbuddy
3 hours ago
Steve had been an outspoken critic of touchscreen laptops. It seems that none of his original gripes are addressed in this release. Another drop in the bucket of half-assed hardware releases from apple "our competitors have it so we need it too" (vision pro, new homepod thing, iphone duo, etc)
I also assumed Apple had something up their sleeves that would make sense to everyone once shown.
Meanwhile they just added a touchscreen. No new hinge. No new UI. Not even a Pen support.
WTF are they doing?
Similar feelings about the Duo. Very little innovation beyond what is offered by Androids. In fact, I feel like there are many foldable Android phones that offer better hardware (Motorola Razr Fold comes to mind). I say this as someone who is a huge Apple Fanboy and got a Duo on release day.
Various android phones have had better specs and more innovative hardware than Apple for like 15 years. It took them years to finally turn around to big screens, but following Android on that didn't hurt Apple in the long run.
Same position: I still very much appreciate this but seriously feel something is being lost here and the brand is slowly chipping away.
> WTF are they doing?
Presumably adding a feature that doesn't cost them very much or otherwise negatively affect the product, but which some users might like.
But there's a cost involved if you go against one of your most defended stances and offer nothing to back up that change of heart.
It's a negative on the brand because that sort of consistency is something that made Apple.
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