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Once upon a time, Apple asked you to “Think Different”… Once upon a time, Apple supported untold unique voices with different ways to use its personal computer… Once upon a time Apple launched one of the most influential laptops of all time in the MacBook Pro. That time is now consigned to the history books. As Apple moves forward, it believes that Steve Jobs’ vision belongs in the past. That MacBook Pro is dead. It’s Tim Cook’s rodeo now, and there’s a new flavor of MacBook Pro in town. Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Jose, Calif., Monday,… [+] June 3, 2019. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu) Apple’s current frame of reference is that it wants to not only push forward, but to pull its audience forward with it. This has created a relentless pace of updates, both in software and hardware. Keeping up with all of these changes can be a full time job. Tim Cook’s assumption is that Apple’s users want the best and only his team can offer that. So that means a hardware updates to squeeze every bit of potential from the future, and software updates that take advantage of the new hardware while culling away older features that are no longer ‘on mission’. Taking a high-level view, it’s clear that one belief is that mobile devices have had priority in Apple’s thinking. The rise of the iPhone in popular culture is testament to that, but in the iPad Apple managed to launch one of the few massively successful tablets built around a mobile-focused OS. As the iPhone (and Android) rose up from the ashes of Symbian, Palm, and Windows Mobile, it needed a companion that could support it. From moving music and files, to backing up user data and allowing those all important software updates to be delivered, Steve Jobs’ iPhone needed a powerful partner. And that partner was the MacBook Pro. A man walks into an Apple store in Beijing. Apple on Tuesday, May 19, 2015 introduced an updated… [+] MacBook Pro and iMac and lowering the price for its top-end iMac (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File) Not only did the laptop offer everything that a consumer needed to make the iPhone sing, it was also the perfect tool to develop the all-important applications that would allow the smartphone platform to flourish. The iPhone was your mobile device suited for light work and entertainment, with the power and creativity on tap in the MacBook Pro back home. They were Butch and Sundance, they were Lennon and McCartney, they were Hitchcock and Scully. The new Apple iPhone 11 was on display during an event to announce new products Tuesday, Sept. 10,… [+] 2019, in Cupertino, Calif. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar) Then the iPhone started to take over in terms of sales and revenue. The role of the MacBook Pro began to change, and newly installed CEO Tim Cook made a choice. Mobile was the priority. The MacBook Pro was still a vital tool for Apple developers, but the
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