09-08-2016, 01:12 AM
Suppose I should add my 2ยข to this thread, first off perhaps the many complaints are overlooking that us old hands that continually bemoan the new directions of the company (I used to be of the most vocal) are no longer the target group Apple is designing for? Tough to accept but reading the gripes and thinking of my own resistance to changes I am beginning to realize that many of us are old hands and were very geeky in our own realms and Apple filled our needs very well. Like others have said not sure what I will do when my old MacPro 2008 gives up the ghost or is rendered obsolete by perhaps the next OS X or whatever they call it, not likely to go to windows, however I could see myself just changing over completely to my iPhone 6+ and forgo replacing the MacPro and using my Macbook Pro. Frankly the more comfortable I become with the iPhone the less need I have for a industrial strength Mac Pro.
In addition the many bitches about some of the questionable changes made by Johnny Ives there again I bitch and scream but as time goes on I find the visuals in the GUI are bland but they do actually work just fine once I overcome my initial unfamiliarity with the changes. So I guess all I am saying is as a company they seem to think their future is with the iPhone and as much as I hate to admit it they may very well be absolutely correct, only time will tell. As a long time investor however I will confess I have ridden the wave all the way up from $12.50 a share to the recent highs of $134 and now on the advice of Vanguard I am getting out while the getting is good. The iPhone has been a fantastic success but with so much of their stake in the exclusive phone market I could be disastrous if they have a big miss in that line and even Apple can miss occasionally. Don't have the nerve to ride their stock any further at my age, going to diversify and let a financial advisor manage a conservative portfolio and sleep good at night.
In addition the many bitches about some of the questionable changes made by Johnny Ives there again I bitch and scream but as time goes on I find the visuals in the GUI are bland but they do actually work just fine once I overcome my initial unfamiliarity with the changes. So I guess all I am saying is as a company they seem to think their future is with the iPhone and as much as I hate to admit it they may very well be absolutely correct, only time will tell. As a long time investor however I will confess I have ridden the wave all the way up from $12.50 a share to the recent highs of $134 and now on the advice of Vanguard I am getting out while the getting is good. The iPhone has been a fantastic success but with so much of their stake in the exclusive phone market I could be disastrous if they have a big miss in that line and even Apple can miss occasionally. Don't have the nerve to ride their stock any further at my age, going to diversify and let a financial advisor manage a conservative portfolio and sleep good at night.