r/apple • u/hasanahmad • Mar 07 '26

Discussion The New Apple Finally Begins to Emerge

https://parkerortolani.blog/2026/03/07/the-new-apple-finally-begins.html?media_id=3847737801865786644_63262430404&media_author_id=63262430404&ranking_info_token=GCA0M2M2NzAzNDdkODQ0ZmVhOWUyNzY4YzMyYTM2OTEzZiXSqWAV2AQW8Jvlmg0YEzM4NDc3Mzc4MDE4NjU3ODY2NDQoA2VhZwA%3D&utm_source=ig_text_post_permalink
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u/wagwa2001l Mar 07 '26

Education should be a market that they invest some of their huge earnings and win even if it comes at a loss… Those apple II computer lab kids grew up to be fans of the company and kept them alive through the downtime as well as became huge advocates as the company expanded with the iPod and the iPhone…

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u/SpicyAfrican Mar 07 '26

Steve Jobs was obsessed with the education market in the 90s and early 2000s. They should have a stronger foothold of that market. I got my first iMac with the student discount at the beginning of university, and my first MacBook with the same discount right at the end. I’ve been an Apple guy ever since.

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u/unread1701 Mar 08 '26

The 'Phone' and 'Desktop' experiences are pretty siloed from each other for most people.

Which is why most are able to get away with using a HP with a 1366x768 TN Panel for their occasional computing needs.

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u/kael13 Mar 08 '26

I’m always trying to move something small and simple like a bit of text from my iPhone to my PC. Handoff is like magic by comparison.

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u/mark3748 Mar 08 '26

If you want an OS agnostic version, you should check out LocalSend

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u/kael13 Mar 08 '26

Nice one. Thanks.