I am willing to accept what he said for a few more months. If nothing solid by then, I think I am going to have to make some decisions on my next desktop.
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Apple CEO Tim Cook: 'You Will See Us Do More in the Pro Area'
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Pro is a new iPad Pro lineup coming in march.
He is so comfortable basically lying. The guy says nothing of substance.
The real pros left a long time ago Tim, and you did nothing to keep them. Words are cheap. For Tim a 2017 pro uses an iPad Pro .
And I suspect the iPhone 7s is coming and so is the iPhone pro ...with a pro price
He is so comfortable basically lying. The guy says nothing of substance.
The real pros left a long time ago Tim, and you did nothing to keep them. Words are cheap. For Tim a 2017 pro uses an iPad Pro .
And I suspect the iPhone 7s is coming and so is the iPhone pro ...with a pro price
How about a pro software mode that has a file manager so we can actually have access to our own files?
2008 MacBook (the first aluminum edition). 240 GB SSD, 4GB RAM.
GIVE ME A REASON TO UPGRADE, BECAUSE I'M STILL LOVING THIS MACHINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GIVE ME A REASON TO UPGRADE, BECAUSE I'M STILL LOVING THIS MACHINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So, professionals put up with the secrecy in the Jobs era because Apple delivered things like the iPhone and iPad? The positive vibe these products (and other Jobs surprises) added to the Apple brand compensated for the secrecy that existed with Pro gear as much as the rest of lineup?
And their profits keep growing. Apple will do what they want because the mac is a very small portion of business. If people want to stick around they will. Everyone can moan all they want but the Mac is not whats bringing in the big bucks. Its iPhone, iPad , services, apps.
"You will see us do more in the pro area"
Is this quote recycled from last year ?
Is this quote recycled from last year ?
@Tim Cook. Your priorities are indeed elsewhere because we did not notice anything visible in the Pro area for years. We are not children therefore not gullible as you may think.
With people saying things like this Apple really needs to take note!
I like Apple but in business criticism is better than a** ki**ing.
Dollars to donuts Apple regretted the cylinder Mac Pro as soon as they released it. It gives so little leeway for them to upgrade it since they require completely custom storage, video, mother board, etc. It's gotta be a pain in the ass to have to handle every aspect of the machine. It was a neat idea, but good lord, even Silicon Graphics ditched completely custom boxes nearly two decades ago.
I think they'll return to a tower form factor. Maybe not one quite so large and ungainly, but not a little bitty thing like the Mac Pro 2013.
I think they'll return to a tower form factor. Maybe not one quite so large and ungainly, but not a little bitty thing like the Mac Pro 2013.
Faster processor, faster graphics, more RAM, better screen, better speakers, thinner, lighter, better battery life, not doing it for you?
If - and I mean IF - they do come out with updated Macs, be they iMacs (most likely) or something else, they will probably raise the prices, make some good decisions, definitely some bad, many won't like them (probably justifiably so), and Schiller, whom I've really come to dislike as far as his public persona goes, will tell us why we should love they've done and how no one else could do what Apple does. I still can't believe how he justified removing the SD slot from the new MB pro. "It’s a bit of a cumbersome slot. You've got this thing sticking halfway out." Because a dongle is so much better that. 
I hope I'm wrong, but my faith in Apple as far their computers go is pretty low these days....
I hope I'm wrong, but my faith in Apple as far their computers go is pretty low these days....
I think the root problem is Appl's bastardized use of the word "Pro" and other people's assumptions are as to what that label implies.
Anyone can slap "Pro" after any product and ultimately it don't mean jack. It's just a word. DustBuster Pro, Grillmaster Pro, MacBook Pro, Mac Pro, Gerbil Habitat Pro. It's all BS.
Apple no longer makes professional grade hardware but instead makes exceedingly expensive consumer electronics. The "Pro" moniker is just an allusion. The fact that some professionals use Apple computers doesn't qualify their machine as worthy of professional use.
If they were only to change the name of their products, I think people would get less agitated.
I suggest:
Mac Mini > Mac Eco box lite
iMac > Mac all in one Home Edition
Mac Pro> Mac Home Edition
How many people would want to buy them with those labels?
Exactly. It's all marketing.
Anyone can slap "Pro" after any product and ultimately it don't mean jack. It's just a word. DustBuster Pro, Grillmaster Pro, MacBook Pro, Mac Pro, Gerbil Habitat Pro. It's all BS.
Apple no longer makes professional grade hardware but instead makes exceedingly expensive consumer electronics. The "Pro" moniker is just an allusion. The fact that some professionals use Apple computers doesn't qualify their machine as worthy of professional use.
If they were only to change the name of their products, I think people would get less agitated.
I suggest:
Mac Mini > Mac Eco box lite
iMac > Mac all in one Home Edition
Mac Pro> Mac Home Edition
How many people would want to buy them with those labels?
Exactly. It's all marketing.
I like Apple, too. I used to adore them. Their mentalities (intricacies, simplicity, etc.) effected the way I look at life in a great way. I just hate the BS, and it's all I see from them anymore.
I hope so because I regretted selling my Cheese Grater after Schiller finished his walk though of the TrashCan Mac Pro and announced the price. So if the MP has been neglected b/c Apple was reworking it great, but I don't get the feeling making user upgradable products is in TC's wheel house. He like disposable because he's such a profound supporter of recycling -- that is taking customer's money and turning into his annual bonus.
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Cook and Apple have to be painfully aware of this. Companies like yourself must have dedicated Apple reps that you buy from. There must be a huge outcry up and down Apple about this issue from those reps and salesmen directly and others indirectly. Not to mention all of Apple's engineers who work on Macs. Apple knows they screwed up. When we find out why, it is going to be an interesting story. But abandoning the marketplace because Apple couldn't be bothered to work on it just doesn't make sense. There has to be some designs that have failed.
Too little to late, Tim. We've moved on. Put that in your pipeline!
I'm putting some of the blame on Jony Ive and his ego. Another vanity project that favours form over function. No regard for usability, but simply what it looks like under soft lighting.
Of course this isn't their plan. If it was, why release the retina MacBook? It seems like the product iPad is closest to replacing!
As a photographer the mere mention of a Photos Pro makes me want to vomit all over my Aperture license.
I actually still run Aperture because it houses decades of my personal photo library. In fact, that library runs on a 2012 MacBook PRO 15" which I've upgraded to a 500GB SSD and replaced the DVD drive with a 2TB HDD. With a few tweaks it's the most practical and personal computer I've ever owned.
This setup is what makes me miss Jobs so much. It was an expensive initial investment but over the years then simple upgrades kept it near the top of the line. But look where we are now. 20% more money for disposable computers with minimal ports and zero upgradability.
Tim can say he wants to make Pro products but clearly he has no interest in finding out what the Pro market does with their computers. (Hint. We don't slide them into envelopes. We put them on desks and work)