Apple has been quiet about ChatGPT. Now Tim Cook says its hefty $22.6 billion research spend is down to generative AI.::The company’s research and development spending hit $22.61 billion for the year so far, a figure $3.12 billion higher than this time last year.
Apple created the first laptop with a backlit keyboard. The first laptop milled from a single piece of aluminum. I’m pretty sure MagSafe wasn’t used on laptops before Apple. I think the first anodized aluminum case as well.
Smart phones before the iPhone didn’t have Apps. And they weren’t all that good. Blackberry had bbm and the business world to make it slightly successful. Windows phone 6? It was fine. Not incredibly special but more useful than a flip phone.
They’ve consistently had the best notebook display resolutions.
Their eco system every one talks about not wanting to be locked in? Incredibly innovative. Go from one device to another with no transition. It’s actually a really big convenience feature.
They also have come up with innovative new ways to make awful desktop computers every couple of years. I guess the Mac mini is fine.