Line languish (hey, this isn’t a new complaint…). Wasn’t innovative any more and that it was letting the Mac product To put the Mac pro in context: This was the “Can’t Innovate myĪss” product that Apple produced to counter criticism that it But there’s no reasonable argument for the current AirPort state of affairs. I think they should, but I can see the other side of the argument (that other companies do it well, and Apple should focus on areas where they stand alone). Whether or not Apple should still be in the Wi-Fi router game is a reasonable argument. Either it should have been updated long ago to remain state-of-the-art, or it should have been discontinued. Something is clearly wrong with the AirPort line. Rumors have come out that Apple has cancelled future development Use, and blow Apple’s products away in terms of performance). Replaced mine with a set of Eero devices, which are Apple easy to They’re woefully out of date (and in fact, I just The only reason to buy them is you want easy, and because it has It used to be you bought Airportsīecause they were some of the best Wi-FI devices out there. Happening including a big shift to mesh networks, and Apple has Technology where nothing was really changing. Treated their AirPort line, you’d think Wi-Fi was a mature First, the AirPort lineup:Īpple has products it has let languish without any significant The whole piece is worth reading, but his comments on two particular products stood out to me.
On Chuq Von Rospach’s ‘Apple’s 2016 in Review’, and the AirPort and Mac Pro Lineups in Particular Tuesday, 3 January 2017Ĭhuq Von Rospach has a thoughtful look at the state of Apple.