Today, a new CEO steps into the Apple office, in that donut shaped building that is so iconic I wish I were there 3 times a week. However, and you can read more on my Medium, a bunch of us fans who are Asian and John, came to argue over the direction Apple's products are taking. I actually am a hands off person and thus let go all of the weird stuff like the cheese grater, the trash can, the cracked cube, all that. But lately, attacks have become more severe on Apple staff and I thought we should nip it in the bud with some positive direction. I don't want to work at Apple but their products are some of them un-feng-shui and these are my suggestions;
- We like the new Mac Mini M4 and Mac Studio but there has to be an even more powerful-looking and impressive Mac 'Pro'.
- We also like the iPhones and those are pretty good already, so are the watch ultra, the airpods etc.
- We don't like the iMac and the (leaked) idea that looks like the old sunflower G4. I recommend that the iMac be slimmed down, sitting flush with the desk / tabletop, with the option to attach 2 Homepod Mini speakers for AI, perhaps round the back. The chin of the machine could be perforated and maybe be used as an angle-adjuster.
- We like all the iPads but want to see Mac OS 27 on an iPad M-series as soon as possible.
- Bringing back an iPod style device in a limited run every year might be favorable. Perhaps it could go along with a slimmed down Vision Pro -serve as the main driver of it, while the headset is simplified to something sleeker and light.
- As for the AI and smart car project, I would urge Apple to just let an AI API be released to developers, so many hungry ones want in. But to partition the App Store by AI and non-AI apps. And the car thing should really be go. I propose a small electric scooter instead of a full-blown vehicle. The vehicle could have technology to help it navigate as well as steer (just like the F-16 fighter jet), and be able to learn or be trained while going slow in a safe zone.
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Now past midnight. Brushed and showered. Need to work out soon but there is a war in my mindspace right now and I might get a stroke (a second one), so to wait a bit. Check out my Medium under the same name 'Chenkuang YAP' -it's free, and I have a new bow sight idea there for those of you who believe the dream that one can be auto-ranging yet non-electronic.
Past 3am and my head is still stuffed with warring people. I may need more sedative. Recorded my first soundcheck in Waveform free. It sounds pretty good. Worked out and my head is clearer. Rumors of a meltdown in the family. 'Many shall be offended (overburdened and irritable), and leave the faith (love thy neighbor)'. I guess it's what is happening.
