why no one of these corrupted bloggers and mainstream media ever ask Tim why he hasn't updated the MacPro in 4 years and the MacMini in 3 years or lowered the price when every other company is selling updated products ?
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Apple CEO Tim Cook: ‘We Have Great Desktops in Our Roadmap'
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Creativity grow? Where? I'm on the edge of believing they've run out of ideas. The whole line (hard-, software and services) is getting crappy and behind. If all others are firing all cilinders, Apple is downsizing to one. But still keeping the same prices as limousines.
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If Apple was really environment friendly, they would make it possible to use the iMac as a stand alone monitor. Now you're throwing a good monitor with crappy slow computer tech inside away. And every other computer maker can come up with the same or better screens than Apple. Apple doesn't make them, they're using Samsung or LG.
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Funny, to me it seems Apple is losing on both fronts. I don't see breathtaking innovations on iPhones/iPads or iOS. Same for Macs and macOS. Apple has been stagnant for years now. No wonder people start to complain.
So why did you come to an Apple blog? Just to prove something about yourself?
I respect your optimism, but a company being anti-consumerism is what brought a ocean of negativity. This isn't about the success of the company. This is about not having utensils to eat our food with.
The specific user you mentioned is the type of person Apple would have courted in the past.
They try to court that user with the iPad Pro.
"Wants" to make the best is a lie and pure marketing. Because they could very easily make it better (I'm not saying the best) by reducing the price, putting in ssd, upgradable ram, thunderbolt, USB C, making a wireless extended keyboard, more ram, better gpu, better screen, better camera, less bezel, Bluetooth 5. Instead milking the same old hardware and design for years and then suggesting people don't use desktops anymore and are migrating to mobile solutions. Something is wrong here... those same mobile solutions are neglected either
I love how TC keeps on talking about his "roadmap", as if his long-term plans are absolutely inviolate and immutable, and that listening to the demands of his customer base is some sort of deviation from the same. Because, you know, it's not like consumers have anything better to do, or have other options. Brand loyalty is a thing, and it's very powerful, but people can only take being jerked around for so long before they start getting pissed. And boy howdy, the one thing stronger than the love that a good company inspires is the absolute hatred created by that same company's perceived betrayal.
And you know the best way to make a consumer feel like they've been betrayed? Ignore their wants, keep doing only what you want to do, and treat them like they don't matter. Oh, hey - I think I just leaked Tim Cook's roadmap...
They'll only succeed if that iPad Pro is more capable then the product it should replace. As neither is, it's a loss, loss situation and so it shows.
Removing target display mode was very anti-green.
When you got a new iMac, you could still use the old iMac as a secondary display.
Now, you just throw the whole thing away!
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Wouldn't the opening of the 'Mothership' soon have impact on the update schedule?
I would think we will see this across the board with updates and new product intro's....
I would think we will see this across the board with updates and new product intro's....
I think we'll see talk about interior design and Ive talking about curtains and carpets first
Target Display Mode is now, and was always a LIE. You had to have a fully operational computer and OS to use it as a monitor ( Courage! ). True Target Display would be like hitting "M" for monitor when it boots. Like when you hit "T" for Target mode to use it as a hard drive. Target mode is a BIOS thing and doesn't require a fully functional computer, like Network Boot.
I'm saying this.... but i fully expect Target Mode to also be removed ( if it hasn't already ). Ive believes the best feature is one that has been REMOVED !! Ive would prefer you just use SIRI so he can remove the space wasting, not thin enough keyboard too.
milking the same old hardware and design for years and then suggesting people don't use desktops anymore and are migrating to mobile solutions. Something is wrong here... those same mobile solutions are neglected either
Its all part of the plan;
In the near future the only "computing" purchase choice to run Mac programs will be A.xx based sans-Intel Apple appliances.
AND, I'm not the only one who interprets Tim's memo to mean only new iMac desktops for 2017:
http://wccftech.com/apple-centric-developer-says-mac-pro-not-likely-get-refreshed/
AKA, as i'm been saying for a while, there will be no Mac Pro refresh.
The MacPro has silently been upgraded and improved upon - 50% boost to read/write speeds
Thunderbolt2 enclosures have dropped in price substantially.
2.5GByte/sec data transfer limit is hard to saturate.
pci-e devices don't benefit in a real-world measurable way w/ more then the 4-lane pci-e bus TB2 provides.
There is some kinda magic voodoo w/ the D700s, at least the ones sold recently - outform both single pascal & maxwell titans.
In calls to vendors, B&H and adorama for example, most nMPs aren't actually in-stock and are 2 months back ordered. If you want what may be the last powerhouse Mac, order a nMP directly from Apple ASAP. There is strong suspicion Apple will stop offering the nMP for sale when the new iMacs & iMac Pro are released early next year - expect those wanting Mac workstation performance to be disappointed. Especially if you already own thunderbolt displays - just plugging those into a nMP they are accepted as 10-bit wide gamut monitors (look in system report and use test gradients + scopes).
Why oh why does Apple refuse to provide customers w/ factual information?!
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Well hope project Titan will see the light of day soon then. And I hope Tim Cook will for once be honest to their customers by not letting them invest money into an soon to be extinct eco system.
They are trying to make the "Desktops" as thin as possible, while controlling heat. Solution? Use mobile components.
Their GPU is mobile for sure.
Their CPU used to be mobile version. Not sure about the latest one.
They were threatened not to ask...or they get blacklisted for future keynotes.
Those keynotes are snooze fests so not hard to loose. Tim Cook is full of contradictions speaking high of environment and soldering/glueing every part together so all goes to waste.
Conspiracy theory: Notice how he said desktop and not Mac? New Desktop running on an ARM chip and iOS confirmed.
Oh well, at least we can play games with it
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Yes I remembered a pretty woman sitting in the audience clapping hands like a zombie. There surely wasn't any dynamics in the audience or something what made them excited.
I can't speak for Apple here, but from the outside looking in, I'd say it's because component prices haven't come down.
Moore's law ain't what it used to be, and price/performance has leveled off.
As to the peripheral choices, I suspect their product mix will change when they see a shift in demand. In the meantime, they'll sell what people buy. It'll be slower for huge transfers that blow the cache, but the fusion drive does a pretty good job of hiding hard drive latencies, in my experience, and Apple seems to think it's good enough to allow them to run with the cooler drives. Apple offers at least 3 options: HDD, Fusion, SSD. Pick what makes sense for you or add an external unit if you prefer.
I don't see it as arrogance, I see it as system design. 5400 drives aren't only cheaper, they're cooler and quieter. If that works for most of your users, and you can hide the negatives of a slower drive by adding a flash layer in between, that just makes sense.
Tim [strict voice], that's not the current iMac. [overly didactic] That's last years iMac.Too many Cooks said:
There is no current iMac, Tim. [like talking to a plant] Do you understand?