That's nice - I bought mine over a month ago and it still says "February" for the delivery date :-/
Wow. I would have corrected those two issues and continue selling in EU.
Upgrade the old MacPro and call the new one MacPro Mini, and keep both product lines.
That's nice - I bought mine over a month ago and it still says "February" for the delivery date :-/
Update: This article has been revised to clarify that the halt to Mac Pro sales in Europe was a decision by Apple not to update the previous Mac Pro to comply with the new regulatory requirements. It was also edited to emphasize that deliveries of the new Mac Pro are just now beginning in Europe. The machine has been available to order since mid-December when it went on sale worldwide, but short supplies have led to lengthy lead time on orders.
They were "banned" for two reasons:
- the fan guards were deemed unsafe (apparently, small children could have gotten hurt)
- the heat-shielding around the electrical ports was deemed unsafe
While it was annoying that they had to stop selling the MP for such a long time, these are simple facts:
1. the EU had a reason to implement the new safety standards
2. Only minor adjustments were necessary to make the MP meet the standards again. Apple refused to make them.
The regulatory change got ahead of them and only on a single product line. The delay in MacPro releases was largely an Intel issue. Apple could not set the schedule on either end of that deal.Unacceptable they left the pro-market so long without the possibility of purchasing a mac pro.
"Writes" is stretching it a bit far. Reposting.
And No I don't like Beta software changes. I hate all improvement.
9to5 appears to have a website value of about $500k.... but macrumors... ****! I am in the wrong game completely. A forum and some media aggregating... holy crap.
http://247wallst.com/media/2009/11/10/the-twenty-five-most-valuable-blogs-in-america/
It's not as simple as all that. A complete recasting and some electrical redesign + It would have have to have gone thought all the regulation trials by which time the new one would have been out.
All for a couple of months of sales of a product that was at end of cycle anyway.
I understand the electrical reason. but the fan guard is less than 5mm - what mobile child has fingers that diameter? I can't even get a Biro tip halfway.
Same here, though mine is still processing for "January" with no definitive ship date. I guess Apple wants to give me lots of time to reconsider spending that much on a computer....
I have to say, I am a bit peeved that my Mac mini auto-hibernates after 4 hours in standby after finding out it was because of European regulations. It's really slow to resume compared to waking, and so far I've not been able to disable it. (I briefly tried checking pmset but didn't find a way to prevent hibernation)
I'm definitely all in for saving energy, reducing carbon emissions, etc. But standby already uses very little power so forcing hibernate is a bit excessive in my mind (saving 0.93W). Meanwhile I've seen countless PCs in the workplace left on overnight (so say 5pm-8am next day) with the screen on and everything.
http://images.apple.com/environment/reports/docs/macmini_per_july2011.pdf
Apple doesn't exist for the convenience of its customers.
Sales of the previous-generation Mac Pro in Europe were halted as of March 1, 2013 due to new regulatory requirements regarding I/O port power and fan guard placement.
The regulatory change got ahead of them and only on a single product line. The delay in MacPro releases was largely an Intel issue. Apple could not set the schedule on either end of that deal.
They were "banned" for two reasons:
- the fan guards were deemed unsafe (apparently, small children could have gotten hurt)
- the heat-shielding around the electrical ports was deemed unsafe
While it was annoying that they had to stop selling the MP for such a long time, these are simple facts:
1. the EU had a reason to implement the new safety standards
2. Only minor adjustments were necessary to make the MP meet the standards again. Apple refused to make them.
I'd like to see the statistics on the dead and wounded from the fan issue, I'm sure it's in the thousands.Not complying with a regulation is not the same as being banned.
Seriously!
Where, how, and why do you you think they get their money?
Its by supplying 'convenience'.
I'd like to see the statistics on the dead and wounded from the fan issue, I'm sure it's in the thousands.
Has anyone in Europe had a delivery of a non standard (BTO) mac pro since the new product became available.
If so be interested to hear when it was ordered.
Well, let's hope the EU bureaucracy doesn't have issues with the nMP.Or millions or no one but it is irrelevant with what I have said.