Too bad about the mini ;(
If they sold a kick ass mini for $3000-$3500 it would cannibalize the other macs.
So the 2012 is the last good mini.
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Apple Shares Full Video of Today's WWDC Keynote on its Website [Update: YouTube Version Available]
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If they sold a kick ass mini for $3000-$3500 it would cannibalize the other macs.
So the 2012 is the last good mini.
I felt this was a common theme throughout the announcements and preview, that they were actually giving their customers some of the things they've been asking for and then some. Basic things in iOS like drag and drop or files. Then revamping the notes app and if the text translation and search works for my God awful handwriting it will be really impressive.
This was my first reaction when I saw that photo! Again a simple and obvious offering where something like size didn't win out over function.
I'm pretty happy with all the features announced. I was sort of hopeful to hear about a new AppleTV since I'm in the market to replace an aging device, but that could still happen this fall.
Well, it just needs to be a headless iMac so it wouldn't affect sales of their pro machines
That's the shocker, and actually it wasn't a keynote, it was a conference. Which threw me off with all the hardware that they announced today, because Apple typically doesn't announce this much hardware during WWDC. But nonetheless, I agree with you about the seriousness with the GPU use and iMac Pro.
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meh. iMac Pro incrementally better than the 3 1/2 year old Mac Pro. For more dough. But hey, it's a nifty color!
I'll take one of those grey mice please.
The new 15" MBP is also meh. Marginal improvement. No increase in ram max capacity.
Speaking of. The iMac Pro seems to have socketed ram, so how does it go in?
Ho-hum, guess I'm sitting on my 2015 15" for another year.
I'll take one of those grey mice please.
The new 15" MBP is also meh. Marginal improvement. No increase in ram max capacity.
Speaking of. The iMac Pro seems to have socketed ram, so how does it go in?
Ho-hum, guess I'm sitting on my 2015 15" for another year.
This was a keynote speech to kick off the week long conference, what it not? If fact the wddc schedule calls it a keynote!
Apple do not announce so much hardware, but it is not unexpected. Things like the Mac Pro, the GPU related stuff - very much developer related.
Apple do not announce so much hardware, but it is not unexpected. Things like the Mac Pro, the GPU related stuff - very much developer related.
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I was just Indicating it's labeled a "Developer" conference, but this seemed like. A hardware Keynote with all the announcements. I don't think anyone was truly expecting four hardware items to be announced.
There were many rumours of hardware releases. Personally, I was fully expecting hardware, as were many on these forums, based upon the strong rumours.
I was surprised however about GPU / VR announcements. Also the iMac Pro - it was hinted at by Apple a few months ago, but wasn't expecting any announcement any time soon.
A developer conference does cover hardware as well as software.
I followed all the rumors closely. But it doesn't mean hardware generally was announced during the conference as it has not been in the years past. This conference shocked many, as there has been no hardware announced in the years past conferences and nothing transpired for a March 2017 Keynote, which I don't think many believe Apple would announce four pieces of hardware as they did yesterday.
And I do understand a developer conference covers hardware, but it's not the primary focus, as that belongs to the developers. Within the last three years, there's been hardly any hardware launched/announced at all during WWDC.
They've been using 2.4:1 since the iPhone 7/Apple Watch 2 event last year. This was part of the presentation redesign which featured the San Francisco-based decks as opposed to the Myriad Set Pro design on the older decks.
The even wider aspect ratio is being used any time the 2.4:1 keynote slides needed to scale to be side-by-side with a tracking shot of the individual talking on stage. Keeping an overall 2.4:1 ratio would require cropping the slide if they didn't scale even more for the side-by-sides.
As usual a mixed bag because these announcements were aimed at a very broad range of users/developers. But for me some definite highs. High sierra appropriately looks like it will be cool, the file system changes, H265 and the use of Metal2 in the OS all sound great ... and the additional attention being paid to pro hardware comes as a big relief.
On the mixed side, the Metal2 demo from ILM stunk, while the technology itself sometimes just reminds me of the fast but proprietary Quickdraw.
On the down side and continuing the retro theme, introducing a $350 super high tech speaker in 2017 isn't daring. Introducing a $350 mono speaker in 2017 is. And this deal with Safari intelligently screening out tracking cookies - but then iOS/macOS tracking you instead and offering suggestions based on things like your search history seems like swapping big Sister for big Brother.
Overall I found Craig Federighi's usual mix of humor and enthusiasm a big positive as always, while Tim looks increasingly assured (but thin) at the helm. Enjoyed the stream, but now looking forward to not hearing the phrase "machine learning" for at least another few days.
On the mixed side, the Metal2 demo from ILM stunk, while the technology itself sometimes just reminds me of the fast but proprietary Quickdraw.
On the down side and continuing the retro theme, introducing a $350 super high tech speaker in 2017 isn't daring. Introducing a $350 mono speaker in 2017 is. And this deal with Safari intelligently screening out tracking cookies - but then iOS/macOS tracking you instead and offering suggestions based on things like your search history seems like swapping big Sister for big Brother.
Overall I found Craig Federighi's usual mix of humor and enthusiasm a big positive as always, while Tim looks increasingly assured (but thin) at the helm. Enjoyed the stream, but now looking forward to not hearing the phrase "machine learning" for at least another few days.