I went from slogging through mud to ice skating again. Not that Bob isn't competent, but the name plus that British accent makes Percy the "Go To" guy for whatever it is that you need to know.Īdrian didn't answer my question about 10.10.1 fixing my performance problem, but he did confirm that people have experienced performance problems after updating to Yosemite. I mean seriously, who would you trust more, a guy named Percy Blythe-Farthington or Bob Jones? Well, obviously Blythe-Farthington by a country mile. You know, because people with hyphenated last names are really smart and often rich. I always trust Adrian Kingsley-Hughes' word on stuff like this because he has one of those hyphenated last names. Read thisĪpple travels to 'Yosemite' with next release of OS X 10.10
I asked Adrian about Yosemite's performance problems and if this update resolved them. I was thrilled at the possibility of what it might resolve. During one of my intelligible and publishable dialogs, I actually said, "Steve Jobs would have never let this happen! I might as well be using Windows!" OK, so it was almost publishable, hence my cartoonish cursing to preserve your innocence and my integrity as a highly regarded technology journalist.Įarlier today I was saved by an internal posting by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes who wrote of the Yosemite 10.10.1 update. I went into one of those Yosemite Sam (fitting, huh?) cursing rants-feeling that I'd been duped again into updating when I really shouldn't have. I rebooted again after about an hour to be sure it wasn't just me. But, my excitement was soon subdued by the lackluster ('lackluster' is being kind) performance. After the initial reboot into Yosemite, I was impressed with the cooler looking icons. It went smoothly enough, but I was apprehensive about doing it.
OK, now that this bit is out of the way, let me describe my Yosemite upgrade experience to you. I also don't think he would have released two iPad versions in the same year.Īll I have to say to Apple at this point is, "Wow". It was his best option, albeit not a great one at that. He looked at all of his options and chose the 5S.
Like me, he hates Android phones, and he'd never consider a Windows phone at all.
He had the option of either or something totally different. The iPhone 6 is so bad that my oldest son, who's in college, refused one and chose the iPhone 5S instead. Sorry to identify spades here, but that's my job.Īpple needs to reboot, clear its memory registers, reinitialize, POST, and nudge itself back to the Jobs days of excellence.įor example, Steve Jobs would never have released the iPhone 6. "New" Apple (Tim Cook's version), like New Coke, is a failure. If you aren't, get ready for a historical repeat.īear with me for a moment in this comparison, analogy, or whatever you want to call it.Īpple is Coca Cola-the original recipe, Steve Jobs, quality, insane attention to detail, extreme quality control, innovation, design, excellence, and a true standard of the very best. If you're old enough to remember that debacle, you understand the comparison. I'm thinking about Coca Cola's New Coke and Coke Classic here. I'm not sure what has gone wrong in Apple's soup, but I think someone needs to rethink the recipe. I'm mixing Apple and Microsoft updates into the same hideous lump.