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Not going to make any difference. The plain fact is that iOS sucks for any real work and the OSX UI is a disaster that came out of not wanted to let go of an idea that worked OK on a little 9 inch Mac screen.

The second assertion is the easiest to prove. Setup a Mac to drive a wall of six or nine HD or better 65 inch monitors and see how quicly you end up at the doctor with carpal tunnel and intense shoulder and arm pain. Not so with most Linux platforms, Windows and even going back to Irix and Solaris.

On he iOS front, well, it's mostly good for games, browsing and very simple tasks (like credit card scanners). Anything beyond that where there's far more user involvement the whole touch thing falls apart very quickly. Try entering a few thousand transactions into an accounting program, maintaining a large codebase or working with a non-trivial Excel file. It's a great "fun and games" interface, but that's about it.

Apple Watch. Dead as a doornail.

I am getting the feeling that Apple is noe entering into the downward slope that ultimately happens once all the smoke and bullshit clears out.

Context: We develop for all platforms and have been using Macs since the Original 9 inch CRT models.




The thing about down-votes is that they don't change reality one bit. They might provide the voter immediate satisfaction but the truth of the matter isn't modified in any way.

Let's see how this Apple thing plays out over the next few years. I run into more and more people every day that are sick and tired of their i-device and I have yet to hear anyone at all say they have any interest whatsoever on the Apple watch.

So, down-vote or not, whether you agree with me or not is immaterial at this stage. The only thing that matters is whether or not my opinion today will hold true a few years from now. I think it will. And, of course, I could be wrong. That's the way it goes.


Thing is, people have been saying "Let's see how this Apple thing plays out over the next few years" since 2007 and they keep growing.

"I have yet to hear anyone at all say they have any interest whatsoever on the Apple watch"

A million pre-orders on day one would suggest you might not be representitive here.

The watch definitely interests me - smart notifications on the Garmin 920XT have convinced me of the utility.




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