I think Woz's statements were pretty innocuous and the article is implying more significance to his statements than are warranted. All he said was they dont meet my specific use case and kept it moving. Realistically apple has been in a slow evolutionary state of advancement for a while.<p>I think the last few generations have been 'upgrade if my current gen device breaks' but not 'replace my current gen device with new gen device' as far as it goes.
Who cares?<p>I own an iPad 3, the first of the retina devices. It's pretty underpowered, and the size can be frustrating. The new mini may be great for me.<p>I know tons of people who have been holding out on getting a mini because they wanted a retina display. Now you not only get the retina display, but you get the size you want, it's light, and it's got some power.<p>I can't think of a single consumer who, before buying an Apple product thinks, "Wait, would Woz buy one of these?"
From the beginning it seems Woz has specific uses in mind, which is far from typical. Woz is a genius and technophile, this is also far from the typical case. Jobs was able to reign in Woz's genius while avoiding Woz's business sense, or lack thereof.<p>Every time, Apple releases a new project, Woz is there to say it isn't good enough... for Woz. It's apparent to me, Woz was never meant to be in charge of Apple's product line that targets the general public.
The article is generally pointless, but also poorly-checked:<p><i>> Apple does offer a 128GB iPad Air, but the iPad mini maxes out at 64GB.</i><p>In fact, there is a 128GB iPad mini:<p><a href="https://www.apple.com/ipad-mini/specs/" rel="nofollow">https://www.apple.com/ipad-mini/specs/</a>