The thermal corner of 2013 was also an eyeopener. Intel and AMD did not deliver an easy upgrade path for Apple. The Studio is an evolution of the 2013 MP and the cube.Yep, it was exactly right around this time. When skylake launched in 2016 to be exact.
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Five Years Ago Today, Apple's Uncharacteristic Apology Set the Stage for the Mac's Renaissance
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The Word around town is that Johnny had input in the new iMac design, and presumably the new MacBook Pro as well.
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I think it's important to separate out the Apple Silicon stuff from the analysis
For all but us "dual booters", the ASi stuff is a major win
But -- for iMac 27 fans and anyone hoping to have even a prayer of some expandability and modularity (beyond the AS silly description as "modular")...and the new MBPs being pretty "tubby" -- and still no sign of next gen MacBook Air or MacPro and what those tradeoffs might be..
One can make a more "mixed" argument.
Important to be balanced here and look from many perspectives.
Too many focus on the ASi stuff and just infer that Apple is "killing it all over".
The devil is in the details for each product/offering
For all but us "dual booters", the ASi stuff is a major win
But -- for iMac 27 fans and anyone hoping to have even a prayer of some expandability and modularity (beyond the AS silly description as "modular")...and the new MBPs being pretty "tubby" -- and still no sign of next gen MacBook Air or MacPro and what those tradeoffs might be..
One can make a more "mixed" argument.
Important to be balanced here and look from many perspectives.
Too many focus on the ASi stuff and just infer that Apple is "killing it all over".
The devil is in the details for each product/offering
You might not like the name, but 2022 Mac Studio (especially with Ultra BTO) is this and more.
I really hope they have a similar eyes-open moment for the Mac’s software quality and UI design. If they do, I’ll be really happy and excited for the future of the Mac
Doesn’t the Studio fill the ‘gap’ of the trash can unless you are obsessed with cylinders?
Such a great point
We all focus on the positives of the hardware..
But the software -- oof
Man does Apple need to have major major reinvestment and re-commitment on so much of their software.
So glad I missed the whole 'Butterfly Keyboard' fiasco! It's beautiful when Apple acknowledges it's bad decisions and does all it can to correct them.
Apologies or admissions of mistakes are rare these days, from regular people to politicians to corporations. I, for one, feel much better about being a customer of companies that admit when they don't get it right. So much better than being subjected to spin and PR-speak, which has become a nauseating part of everyday life.
Along those lines, I'll never forget Steve Jobs saying, during the announcement of iCloud, "You might ask, 'Now, why should I believe them? They're the ones that brought me MobileMe.' *pauses to wait for laughter and applause* It wasn't our finest hour."
The new Mac lineup is to the old Mac lineup what iCloud was to MobileMe. Not perfect, but a vastly superior improvement on what something should have been the first time around. Good job, Apple.
Along those lines, I'll never forget Steve Jobs saying, during the announcement of iCloud, "You might ask, 'Now, why should I believe them? They're the ones that brought me MobileMe.' *pauses to wait for laughter and applause* It wasn't our finest hour."
The new Mac lineup is to the old Mac lineup what iCloud was to MobileMe. Not perfect, but a vastly superior improvement on what something should have been the first time around. Good job, Apple.
They still really jobbed Pro users... After their mea culpa they coughed up the one Intel Mac Pro, which is a technological dead-end given the migration to Mx processors... Even if they just slapped an Mx CPU into the same chassis, it doesn't change the fact that once again they released a very expensive Pro machine that doesn't have a credible future. There won't a current MacOS in 3-5 years time, and I'm sure there are lots of use cases where people might want to plug in dedicated and specialized hardware through PCIe and not a limited TB4 (same as Trashcan, but it only had TB2). Sure, it's a small market, but it's a prestigious one. Will they trot out their executives again in a few years and apologize again?
"Oh, we thought everyone just kind of wanted disposable computers that were both very expensive and not upgradeable over time. Our bad."
"Oh, we thought everyone just kind of wanted disposable computers that were both very expensive and not upgradeable over time. Our bad."
I’m in that group as well, trying to squeeze another year out of my 2013 27” iMac because while every other part of the M1 iMac is stellar (I work on one elsewhere) the screen size is too small for my design work. My perfect pocket? A 27” or slightly larger (30-31”?) iMac with a plus 200 ppi display so that I can have multiple windows open for my publications projects. That the 2013 iMac running Catalina is still a workable solution is a testament to what Apple can do. I don’t think it’s an unreasonable ask to have a larger screen iMac to carry me through to 2030. Maybe in September? Seems the only thing holding Apple back is access to the raw display panels.
IMO the person most responsible for the turn around appears to be John Ternus.
I thought so too until they released the Mac Studio.
I think the new Mac Studio is the spiritual replacement of the 2013 Mac Pro. The 2013 Mac Pro is a way sleeker looking machine though - I wish Apple had kept that chassis and only replaced the innards.
Isn't the Studio the replacement for the 2013 trash can?
Mac Pro neglect goes way farther back than the end of the trashcan era. When SJ was alive and still in command at the end, the Mac Pro forums were choked full of people whining about Mac neglect - endless threads.
Many people were saying that he should step down because the Mac was in such dismal shape.
Many people were saying that he should step down because the Mac was in such dismal shape.
They went from not updating products we like to building a ton of products we don't really like but have to buy anyway if we want to stay with macOS.
It's too bad that I think the 2019 Mac Pro is gonna be the last upgradeable and expandable Mac for the Pro's.
I just don't see Apple doing anything beyond doubling the m1 ultra to some m1 quad and call it a day.
I don't see expandable memory, or pci-e slots, no external GPU's unless its just like extra M1 GPU's on some proprietary cards.
I just don't see Apple doing anything beyond doubling the m1 ultra to some m1 quad and call it a day.
I don't see expandable memory, or pci-e slots, no external GPU's unless its just like extra M1 GPU's on some proprietary cards.
They had to pre-announce it because the public was running out of patience.
Apple software quality and reliability has been atrocious these past couple years. I was willing to pay them extra money and get myself deep into the ecosystem because everything is supposed to "just work," but the past two years have been full of bugs bugs bugs bugs. I can't even.
The fact that this pro was able to get a M1 Mac Mini 16GB RAM ($1,300 total cost) system that beat the crap out of my 2019 i9 iMac with 128GB of RAM ($5,000 total cost) says something.
Yes, at that point I was planning to switch to Windows for my next PC. But to be fair, Apple did catch up in 2020. Now I’m a happy M1 MacBook Air user. ?