As for the UI changes - I think they're fine, but I agree that the industry needs to chill out with redesigns. Spotify pisses me off with a new way to make the app worse with a redesign every six months.
For what the iPad Pro costs, Apple should have brought the Mac UI to it 5 years ago, but Apple wants you to travel with a Macbook and an iPad and a Phone whereas one sleek device could replace them all.
Personally, I think tablet is a loser form factor. It’s great for simple fixed app scenarios, and mediocre for everything else.
I don’t use my personal MacBook Air M2 or iPad Air 3 (last gen before the Mx transition) enough to care.
But my wife just got a brand new iPad Air M3 and she has an old Intel MacBook Air. She can definitely use just her iPad Air with a regular old Bluetooth keyboard and mouse especially with the improved mic support.
The better built in translation is a game changer for me and my wife since we will be spending winters in Costa Rica starting next year and my Spanish still isn’t great.
But from a developers standpoint, since unlike Android, every iPhone will be able to run on device models and now developers have access to it. This is much better than last year.
I believe this has little to do with the outcome we got. We are definitely at a local maxima of technology advancement, when it comes to laptops and mobile devices. You can't expect even the most talented people to innovate out of their butts in 2025 just like that.
iOS 18 on the iPhone SE sometimes won't respond to tapping to share a photo... Spotlight on Mac has gotten worse and often won't find files...
The fact that a PR video goes on long is ... normal?
You mean that, like me, you aren't excited about Apple's "new material" and jiggle physics?
Apple is dragging its feet on the incorporation of LLMs/ML in the OS. This is another facelift; my expensive iMac Pro will be phased out on OS updates and exposed to security issues; and Apple is blowing smoke up the wazoo with trite rhetoric about "new material" that boils down to translucent glass. Not the bold leadership and vision one might hope for, and I'm going to start looking around for other options to outfit my law firm. I can't stand M$, so it might be time to bite the bullet and look into Linux and a dumb phone.
