Tim Cook: Apple is Intensely Interested in the TV Space

This is a discussion thread for the "Tim Cook: Apple is Intensely Interested in the TV Space" story posted on the front page.

Watched it all the way through and man...What an awesome interview and overall segment by Brian. Seeing who Tim Cook was on the inside and his past made me feel more connected to him and confident in him. I loved how he said that Steve told him, "never ask 'what would Steve do?'" and "just do what you feel is right". This interview gave a lot of insight into where Apple is focused in. Loved it.

http://rockcenter.nbcnews.com/_news...nswer-questions-about-tim-cook-interview?lite

At the end of the segment they announced at 11:30PM EST/10:30PM CST that on NBC.com they will be livestreaming a discussion with The Verge about the segment aired.

I hope they don't go into the TV industry. Of course something about it will be "revolutionary" though.

"We screwed up"

I am interested to see what Apple pulls out of the hat. I'm really excited because TCook is holding back from spilling a secret product. He also said "don't bet against us!" We will see. We will see.

To me the biggest part of it was the whole building macs in the USA thing. I think the discussion brightened people's views and gave a more in depth understanding on Apple and other companies who manufacture practically all of their products overseas. It's not just about the cheaper cost, it's about the skills they have that we lack here in the states. I don't think we as a country could support/fill even more advanced manufacturing jobs with the way our education system is right now. We dont have the people to do it, so its obvious why china keeps getting the jobs. It is too hard to afford an education here for one thing, but more importantly is the fact that its too difficult to find work in the field you study without companies doing business stateside. Tons of people have spent money on degrees that qualify them for technical jobs, but there aren't nearly enough positions available in most cases it seems, so people figure what's the point? Put yourself in debt training to qualify for a job that isnt available, or become a cashier at walmart and hope to pay your apartment bill?
If we magically fixed our education system and everyone could get their educations easier, we would create too much competition for advanced jobs, in turn causing them to pay significantly less in the end anyways. youd have to undercut the guy next to you for a job, but then someone else would do it for even cheaper, wed be working for pennies at that rate. the whole thing just seems screwed up to me. I know its an exaggeration but there seems to still be some truth to it haha It's good that apple is going to manufacture macs here, bring on the jobs and I hope more companies do the same, but even if this some day miraculously (or even minutely) changes americas dependency on foreign labor I'm betting we're still going to be stuck with problems.

Ok now lets talk more about tvs

Yeh, it will be the first TV to have a picture of an Apple on the back

I liked the interview itself. I guess Cook is going to do right by Apple and what Jobs made it. I also enjoyed the clips of Steve. What I didn't like so much is they gave Samsung free advertising. They basically played the whole Apple fans are stupid commercial.

Omg you have my avatar -.-