Posts Tagged ‘iPad’
Is Mac Circling the Drain?
Tuesday, April 24th, 2012
Morning, friends. If any of you have been following Apple blogs over the last ten months or so, there has been a fair amount of hype/rumor/borderline panic about Apple’s push toward the dominance of mobile devices like the iPad and iPhone and therefore iOS, possibly at the expense of Mac OS and the desktop format as we know it. When columnist Dan Lyons first proposed the idea last June that the Mac brand was being euthanized, Steve Jobs wasn’t having it. Lyons published the following claim in Newsweek:
“Dear Macintosh,
I hate to tell you this, but my guess is you’ve probably been sensing it already. I don’t know any good way to say it so let me just be blunt: You’ve been dropped. Dumped. It’s over. The future of Apple is no longer centered around the Macintosh. You Mac guys just got kicked to the curb, relegated to the steaming dung heap of the past. I’m sorry, dear old Mac, but your ex-boyfriend Steve has moved on.”
To which Jobs replied via email, “Completely wrong. Just wait.”
Fast forward to 2012 when dozens of columnists and tech bloggers have commented on the discontinuation of the MacBook (Apple’s best-selling computer of all time), the number of iPad sales vs computer sales (Mac and PC) and, perhaps most telling, the dropping of the Mac name from the OS line. As of 10.8 there doesn’t look to be a Mac OS and an iOS. Just OS. So with Jobs’ push to get the whole world running on the iPad (or whatever looms on the horizon?) it’s easy to see why so many Mac addicts are feeling unsettled.
Last week KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who has been known to have seemingly-inside info on the development of Apple’s production process, reported that the 17″ MacBook Pro will be discontinued as Apple launches OS 10.8 Mountain Lion and prepares for back to school demand for new machines. Not that it doesn’t make some sense that they would put a cork in their largest and heaviest portable as the mobile market grows exponentially, but it does seem like if they keep killing off computers as we know them, Lyons’ claim isn’t “completely wrong.” 2012 will be a telling year in that regard. Let’s take a quick look at the introduction of the 17″ MacBook Pro’s predecessor, the 17″ PowerBook G4:So is the consumer market ready for a monumental shift in how we use a desktop OS system? Thirty years ago a lot of users didn’t want to give up the command line for GUI, either. The future may not be certain, but it should be exciting. Stay tuned.
Pictures with Friends and iPhone 4 Repairs
Thursday, March 29th, 2012
Good morning to you all. It’s Thursday, which means it’s almost Friday, which means it’s almost time for the Final Four! Huzzah! For those of you not in Kentucky, Ohio, Kansas or New Orleans, my condolences. It’s very exciting for the rest of us, though. Even Jason Sudeikis is plugging the tourney, being a die-hard Jayhawks fan. If you caught him on Letterman Tuesday night, you may have heard multiple nods to the metropolitan area we here at iResQ call home. Overland Park, where Sudeikis grew up, is adjacent to Olathe where our headquarters is located. In any case, it’s always fun to hear a local product get big and mention his hometown and the local culture. If you didn’t see it, here’s an amusing anecdote about his first Final Four experience:
And now a quick plug for an iPhone App that has me glued to my iPhone 4. If you love the social aspects of Words with Friends, but you’re looking for something new (or you’re fed up with WwF’s rejection of actual words), try Draw Something. It’s a simple concept- you draw something, the other iPhone/iPad user you’re playing with guesses what it is. Easy enough? There’s a learning curve in drawing with your finger tip, so if you’re like me most of your early attempts will look like malformed stick figures, but eventually you may do this:
There’s a free version in the App Store, so go at it. And remember, if in the midst of a frantic drawing or guessing session you drop your iPhone 4, iPad or iPod Touch, don’t fret. As always, we’re here with repair services for all your iDevices. Have a great week everybody.
You asked for it, more New iPad Repairs
Friday, March 23rd, 2012
If you recall, I asked you if you wanted me to post one more set of before/after pictures of a third generation iPad in my blog, Busy week with MacBook Repairs Too, yesterday. I had 26 people email me directly by the time I got in this morning and the requests kept coming. I’ll grant your wish and post one more set of pictures. By the way, the request is now officially closed so please submit further requests on our FaceBook page. We’ll be adding more pics of broken iPads there (also, I need to re-take control of my inbox!!). Without further ado, here you are, and remember to click on the images to enlarge:
Before
After
Well, there you go. It has truly been a hectic week for me and all my fellow employees here. Needless to say, I’m ready for a beautiful weekend here in the heart of America, beautiful Kansas City, MISSOURI. It has been raining all week and the sun is about to poke its head out the clouds for an extended period of time. Time to cut some grass and throw back a beer or two. Have a wonderful weekend everybody.
Busy week with MacBook Repairs Too
Thursday, March 22nd, 2012
It’s so easy to get caught up talking about iPad repairs. I was just about to post another before/after pic of a new iPad repair when I got to thinking; I can only post so many of those before doing it gets a little too redundant. It’s just been exciting over here the last week with the release of the iPad Gen 3. I can say straight up that we have seen more new iPads come in the first week than any of the other generation iPads during the first week of their respective releases. This is just a testament to the popularity of Apple’s new products. More people are buying iPads then ever before.
This is why I had to take a step back and look at everything else our company has been doing. MacBook Pro screen repairs are going through the roof (almost literally) as our MacBook technicians tackle replacing screens and glass panels and sending them back to their owners the same day we receive them. It’s a wonder how they can do them so fast. A huge stack of broken MacBook Pros dwindles quickly as our repair superstars (Jesse and Burk to name a couple) get these things repaired and out the door in record time.
With that, I will leave one thing up to you, if you want me to post another before/after repair pic of the new iPad email me at keith@iresq.com. Your wish is my command.
Talk to you tomorrow.
Broken iPad Gen 3s Keep On Rolling In
Wednesday, March 21st, 2012
Another new iPad in for repair (Click to enlarge)
It’s been less than a week after the new third generation iPad was released and we have already seen quite a few of them come in for repair. I was expecting one or two here and there for the first week or two, but crazy enough, we have had A LOT of broken new iPads come in. To the right you will see one that we just received. This is the before picture of it showing the cracked glass. I’ll post the after pic later on after one of our techs fixes it. Let me tell you this, our techs are now officially experts on repairing the new third gen iPad. Each of them has had the chance to fix at least one of these new devices. From what I hear from the tech room, fixing these iPads is not all that different than fixing an iPad 2. A few minor nuances here and there, but it is mostly the same.
What do you think about this? Are you surprised that so many of these new iPads are breaking so quick? Or is this all just a matter of numbers? Apple has already said that the new iPad has sold more than any of its previous two installments in the past (limited to weekend release sales). More new iPads out there increases the likelihood that we are going to see more broken screens. I’m not too sure. I suspect this has something to do with the increase in weight between the iPad 2 and the newest iPad. It is heavier and I think this increases the chances of the screen breaking when it is dropped.
Check back later. We’ll have more news for you.
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