Just thought you should know that even if iOS/MacOS had less emojis, it would not mean those emoji designers would be off designing the new Mac pro.Less emojis, more Macs please.
Just thought you should know that even if iOS/MacOS had less emojis, it would not mean those emoji designers would be off designing the new Mac pro.Less emojis, more Macs please.
Says a lot that they stopped displaying these in their own stores years ago.
Yeah, just add it to the long list of products that Apple doesn't care if it's a flop or not, right? You think Apple only cares about the iPhone and Macbook?
The problem isn't overall sales / profitability, they've got that worked out pretty well.
The problem is effectively telling their customers, "We've totally got your back, as a supplier of computers to fit all your demanding needs... up to a certain point. After that, get bent, and go use Windows or Linux or something, because we don't care about you then."
But even for a large pool of users who think they might eventually have such needs, but never end up needing it, having an all-Apple upgrade path in front of them gives them the security to buy that mid-level Apple machine today. Having no workable upgrade path beyond an all-in-one filled with laptop-class parts is frustrating and worrisome.
Remember, everyone likes to quote the "can't innovate my ass" line, while laughing at the current Mac Pro, but that was said at an unveiling coming as an answer to the previous neglected Mac Pro. They made a world-class pro machine, the "cheese grater" Mac Pro, and then they didn't stay aggressive on upgrading it, and people worried for a long time, so they went in their secret cave and created the cylindrical Mac Pro, which was an amazing start, and then they... ... ... nothing. They let that one wither on the vine too.
The cylindrical Mac Pro is an amazing design, and should be put in an art museum, but it fails on all sorts of practicality points that the old cheese grater totally had covered. They let pride get in the way and showed off how well they could design... a work of art. But not a practical pro-level machine. There's a scene in Ocean's Eleven, where Rusty (Brad Pitt's character) is trying to teach a roomful of idiots how to play poker, and one of the idiots lays down his cards with a flourish, proudly announcing, "All REDS!" And gets congratulated by all the other idiots. Doing a great job of totally not the thing that's needed/important/relevant, and feeling he "totally nailed it". Remind you of anyone's ass innovations?
Apple set out to make a machine for people with "professional" needs, for those extreme edge/corner cases, demanding uses (ones not adequately served by their existing standard Mac lines), and their target market had a checklist that started out with, "Power/speed. Capability. Expandability." And Apple somehow came away from that focus group with a checklist that started with, "Innovative/sleek. Small. Quiet." And built a machine that... not only couldn't the customers expand it, but even Apple couldn't figure out how to upgrade it. So it died on the vine. AGAIN. The target market didn't ask for the machine to be tiny and round. Those were odd design choices that Apple made. If they'd kept at it and made improved versions (setting aside the utter lack of expandability for a moment), then they might have gotten away with it. But it didn't play out like that, and Apple didn't even try to keep the machine relevant, much less cutting-edge. Instead, no matter how pretty the "current" Mac Pro is, it's a complete failure on the axes that are important to the intended users.
(Apple could have come out a couple years ago and said, "sorry, we screwed up by releasing a shiny new unexpandable Mac Pro that maxed out its thermal envelope on the first day - here's a recycled cheese grater Mac Pro chassis with the latest/greatest CPUs, graphics cards, and I/O ports", and the pro users would have sang their praises. But Apple was apparently more concerned with image and artistry than with meeting the customer's needs.)
I'd like to see Apple once again make a machine perfectly aimed at the high end - even if I don't need one right now - so I know that it's there if/when I do. (I'd also like them to make the mythical xMac - one step up from the Mac Mini, a small headless desktop box with a decent cpu/gpu and easy-open doors for upgrading the ram, storage, etc. - but I don't really believe in fairy tales any more.)
I'm really interested to see what the new display will look like.
If they took the Thunderbolt Display and made it 5K, added a better mic, better camera, better speakers and more ports to act as a hub since the new MacBook Pro's only have USB-C. Oh it would be perfect.
I mean, just look at it, it still looks great, even with the huge bezels. The sturdy aluminium design is still lightyears away from that new LG monstrosity.
Edit: And while you're at it, add a HDMI port. It would be great if I didn't have to use a separate display to play on a console once in a while.
The Mac Pro towers from 2006 to 2012 shows that there is hope, I think.
Your claim might actually make sense if Apple hadn’t just released an 18-core Xeon with 128GB of ECC RAM, a screaming fast 4 TB SSD, Radeon Vega64 graphics, 4 Thunderbolt 3 ports and a 10 Gbps Ethernet port. This is exactly the machine that some pros have been waiting for.Just goes to show Apple doesn't give a **** about professionals anymore.
I'm really interested to see what the new display will look like.
If they took the Thunderbolt Display and made it 5K, added a better mic, better camera, better speakers and more ports to act as a hub since the new MacBook Pro's only have USB-C. Oh it would be perfect.
I mean, just look at it, it still looks great, even with the huge bezels. The sturdy aluminium design is still lightyears away from that new LG monstrosity.
Edit: And while you're at it, add a HDMI port. It would be great if I didn't have to use a separate display to play on a console once in a while.
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Possibly one of Apple's biggest mistakes?
My quad core i7 Mac mini is five years old today. It's sad there isn't a replacement for it available yet.Phil Schiller "People have 5 year old PCs. It is sad."
mac pro from 2006 is powerful machine.
I don't see what that has to do with wanting a new MP? My 2012 Mac mini is running HS and I have a few laptops that are pushing 10 years old, actually one of them is going on 11 years old and they all run Windows 10 just fine even with 2GB of ram.For the crowd that is always whining or worrying about a new model coming out soon after they buy, those who bought this thing kept up with Apple's "latest version" for all these years.
Agreed, however you should still revel that you have the best Mac Mini ever made.My quad core i7 Mac mini is five years old today. It's sad there isn't a replacement for it available yet.
Inflation and market growth.Based on the iMac Pro price it wouldn't surprise me if the new Mac Pro starts at $4,999 also with another $1,999 for the new display they make to go with it. Gone are the days of a $1999-$2,499 start price for a Mac Pro I think.
I have the Mac Pro 1,1. It gets used everyday, and I am very impressed with it performance versus it age.
I don't see what that has to do with wanting a new MP? My 2012 Mac mini is running HS and I have a few laptops that are pushing 10 years old, actually one of them is going on 11 years old and they all run Windows 10 just fine even with 2GB of ram.
I'd be interested in a modular MP if it's priced right and I know for sure that Apple is not going to update the mini anymore. Unfortunately gone are the days since Steve where we had a unified voice and vision. Today Apple loves to play Good Cop/Bad Cop. You tend to get mixed messages from Apple HQ these days.
Yez! Seems like they are hiring the wrong people. Less graphics, more hardware.Less emojis, more Macs please.