Gruber was one of the first to note that Jony Ives was leaving Apple and his opinions influenced my views.
I agree with him that, that while he has a singular vision (and was interesting seeing his relationship with Jobs as a bit of Lennon/McCartney) to the extent that he was responsible for thinner at all costs including this keyboard mess, it's good to move past that.
The other thing is how I never would have guessed that the "we will still partner together" - but I think I have to play wait and see given the coverage I've seen elsewhere.
When Jason Snell was on Gruber's podcast, they got to talking about the Pro Display XDR and its $5000 price tag and infamous $1000 stand - and for the tiny but prestigious audience Apple is courting, that is probably a good deal.. but they pointed out that there's another market that's underserved right now - there's no good, medium-cost Apple-centric desktop monitor, either for people looking to dock a laptop or for Mini users.
They mentioned Apple stopped that collaboration with LG - and also disabled the old ability for an iMac to be chained in as an external display (ignoring its own built in computer, so to speak) And that there's a division with what the majority of PC folks want - that gaming generally looks for fewer pixels or at least always greater refresh speed, and what a programmer or designer would be hoping for...
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