My use case (not very sexy) is process documentation. I take a basic outline, run it through GPT, manually edit some things here and there, boom, done. 10x productivity in that regard.
The worst part is that third party solutions (eg BetterDisplay) work. So Apple could find this if they wanted with ease. No clue why they’re so stubborn on it
Strong agree here. Features are cool, but I value screen real estate and simplicity. Plus, the gpt app works fine for me. I don’t need it built into other things yet.
> Windows is the king of business productivity; I've never seen someone with a mac do what I qualify as real business work using any applications outside of the Adobe ecosystem
I agree but I feel that’s a very unpopular statement. There’s also counter examples. The OpenAI teams run on Macs, and it’s VERY hard to say they’re not productive. But in general, if you use excel or outlook, yah, there’s no way to replace that with a Mac. Even if, as you said, the apps are available.
So much of the youth use nothing but mobile OSs and Microsoft lost that - they’re not even a player! Macs have been selling more each year. Valve/Proton is bringing gaming to Linux. Microsoft is losing the non-corp consumers. The features are aimed at non-corp consumers.
I have no insight but I suspect it’s a soft pivot as the writing is on the wall. Search will be replaced with some “AI” thing and Google doesn’t want OAI to be household name.
I read this as somebody who dwells on lost time and wasted opportunities. For me, it’s resulted in a lot of self hate and depression that I struggle with daily. I will never be able to explain the feeling as well as Sylvia Plath: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7511-i-saw-my-life-branchin...
Good question. For context, I am a high performer in a low performing team with a lower performing manager. The company has rated me as “highest talent” which only one other person on our 50+ department received. To answer your question, I tried what you suggest: influence.
Turns out, people are often intimidated in talent when they have no desire to replicate it - this is especially true for management. Even if I was able to influence others, there’s nobody left to influence me.
Not to mention, it’s makes your workload significantly more when you’re the only one researching things, asking question, improving things, etc.
So, in short, yes you can be talented and elect to quit rather than influence.