Relieved about AirPower. We love that Apple pushes the envelope, but they shouldn’t ship something that has even a small risk of being potentially dangerous. Walking the fine line of confidence and arrogance in their own abilities, it’s good when Apple can admit stepping too far.

@manton Sunlit just crashed when I tried to post the equivalent of a reply to the WeWork post as the IOS app is picture limited. Oops. A message would be better.

@Marty Oops, thanks for catching that. We'll fix it.

@manton great. Thanks.

@manton I dismissed (closed?) and relaunched it. Still “crashed “. Probably some stored data structure corrupted. Good luck.

@manton This is the down side of the “only Apple” mindset. I love that their designers constantly push the envelope in certain ways, but attempts to violate the laws of physics will always fail. I suspect the camera bump is another result of that same corporate dynamic.

@manton I agree. I just hope that Apple learned something from this. Never hype up a product without having it ready for launch.

@manton @manton Agree. Better safe than, um... “flamey and burny.” It was a good call on Apple’s part. Maybe they’ll try again, or adapt what they’ve learned from this into something new later.

@fgtech The camera bump is an interesting one... Kind of pragmatic: it's impossible to put a great camera in without the bump, so they allowed the form-factor compromise.

@rom Although, 3 out of 4 products they announced this week won't ship until later... 🙂 I think it's "easier" with software, though. You don't know how long it'll take to work the bugs out, but you at least know it's possible.

@manton These are all in beta, AFAIK. :) No such thing for AirPower, at least not outside of Apple. :) Now I am worried that the MacPro might suffer the safe fate.

@manton 👍 However, I gather (maybe from a Daring Fireball post? @gruber) that the camera bump compromise chafed the design team since it couldn’t be made flush. It is the sort of problem that arises at Apple because the design is not primarily driven by engineering constraints.

@fgtech This is the “only Apple” part. It is a testament to the strength of Apple’s engineering skill that they can usually pull off these miracles despite the insanely tight tolerances they are asked to accommodate. Only the laws of physics can stop them.