Apples actions in the last 4 years say they are lying about new Macs.
They HAVE abandoned their long term customers.
They HAVE abandoned their long term customers.
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Apple CEO Tim Cook: 'You Will See Us Do More in the Pro Area'
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Less talk, more results, Tim. This "great things" act is wearing REALLY thin, thinner than your laptops even.
The good news is with the Mac Pro, they couldn't do less.
"You will see us do more in the pro area," Cook said. "The pro area is very important to us. The creative area is very important to us in particular."
One thing I learned about corporate-speak - if a company valued its employees, it wouldn't have to say how much it valued them. Similarly, if the pro/creative area is so important to Apple, it wouldn't be necessary to say that it is, it should be evident from their products and their timely updates.
One thing I learned about corporate-speak - if a company valued its employees, it wouldn't have to say how much it valued them. Similarly, if the pro/creative area is so important to Apple, it wouldn't be necessary to say that it is, it should be evident from their products and their timely updates.
Seems possible now, doesn't it? It supports ECC and with the lower TDP they could fit dual CPUs in the current design. And dual Vega-based GPUs.
I think Apple has already lost a substantial share of this market (one which probably is not as profitable as other shares.) Obviously they won't say, "we don't care about these Users" - but if a certain cohort of Users bring in a smaller profit than another, then priorities have to be established, and someone is going to lose out. I don't blame Apple for making financial decisions - but if that is the case, I wish they would be more frank about it.
I'm not hopeful for the future of the Mac Pro. I feel that if the Mac Pro had a certain future, it would have been referenced by name unless Apple is so blind to the doubt so many people have in its refresh (and consequently are buying non-Apple hardware). The iMac faces stiff competition from the Surface Studio, and the Mac Pro faces stiff competition from low-cost workstations with superior performance (and expandability) at a lower price.
Further, if Apple released a Mac Pro with soldered RAM and SSD, would consumers buy it? For a $5,000-$12,000 investment, that might be hard to swallow...
I'm not hopeful for the future of the Mac Pro. I feel that if the Mac Pro had a certain future, it would have been referenced by name unless Apple is so blind to the doubt so many people have in its refresh (and consequently are buying non-Apple hardware). The iMac faces stiff competition from the Surface Studio, and the Mac Pro faces stiff competition from low-cost workstations with superior performance (and expandability) at a lower price.
Further, if Apple released a Mac Pro with soldered RAM and SSD, would consumers buy it? For a $5,000-$12,000 investment, that might be hard to swallow...
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Cook just gave the clearest, most coherent statement that iOS and Macs will never merge, but it will fall on deaf ears here.
I understand the word "pro" can be interpreted different ways and that many people who might be described as professionals can get by without a 12+ core Mac Pro or without a wicked fast MacBook with 32 GB+ RAM, but the meaning of the word "pro" has become entirely meaningless under Tim Cook's reign. I've heard nothing the least bit assuring to actual professional users who do need those things.
I defended Tim Cook for a long time, but I've turned on him and I now believe he has poisoned Apple as a company providing for high-end users. The great engineers at Apple who worked on those products are either pulled away to work on iOS devices or they'll simply leave the company to work on other things. It's probably too late for them to turn back at this point.
I defended Tim Cook for a long time, but I've turned on him and I now believe he has poisoned Apple as a company providing for high-end users. The great engineers at Apple who worked on those products are either pulled away to work on iOS devices or they'll simply leave the company to work on other things. It's probably too late for them to turn back at this point.
Flies to China to invest $1 billion dollars in a ride-hailing service.
Just slap the "Pro" moniker on every Apple product and sell it for at least 20% more money = infinite success. 
Wow. Cool list of upgradable Macs that could easily have their life extended with an affordable part swap.
Anyway. What was the topic again? Oh yeah. New Pro machines.
We will do more in the Pro area, with the iPad Pro and the new non-upgradable iMac Pro, and of course, one last thing, our new Pro emojis.
He's talking about an iPhone Pro. So that they can charge an extra $600 for the iPhone with all the new features.
Ah, yes.
"Trust us - we have an amazing pipeline of products."
Not.
"Trust us - we have an amazing pipeline of products."
Not.
believe it or not, its cause they never figured out how to put a gtx 970m into a mini format, but we'll prolly get one this year, -with amd stuff, quit being pissy
He was responding to someone else who said desktops were rarely updated when Jobs was in charge. As his post clearly indicates, desktops were regularly updated while Jobs was in charge.
Pssst, hey. Unless I completely misinterpreted @thats all folks' post, I think he wasn't defending Apple at at all. I think his post was actually a rebuttal to someone that was defending Apple.
