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Gurman: Redesigned iMac Pro, New AirPods Pro, and More to Launch This Year

Is the iMac Pro necessary? Or is it very niche?

I always felt it was a little odd to have an iMac Pro...

Couldn't they offer the iMac as the "all in one" option... at 2 spec points... and then have the Mac Mini, with 2 differing spec'd displays; a basic screen, and a high spec screen...
 
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cosmichobo said:
Is the iMac Pro necessary? Or is it very niche?

I always felt it was a little odd to have an iMac Pro...
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there is no harm in calling the 27" iMac the iMac Pro. i think anyone who needs the 12 performance CPU cores or 32 GPU cores is a pro because it's not like they're gonna game on a mac at this point. the fact that this iMac is faster than the macbook pro should automatically give it the "pro" title imo.
 
schneeland said:
If AirPods Pro get an update, hopefully Apple also has something in store for the AirPods Max. Would be really nice if they figure out a way to get lossless audio to their premium wireless headphones.
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It would be really nice. But if I had to guess, I'd say that is something reserved for AirPods Max 2. Un-*****-ortunately. Because they are Apple. (and maybe the chip in the current Max is not designed for it)

Edit: whoops, I see that is what you meant, in fact.
 
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danakin said:
Good advice :)
I did exactly that.

noun
  1. harsh or bitter derision or irony.
  2. a sharply ironical taunt; sneering or cutting remark
I don't see how the original quote "the dude is literally Nostradamus." is harsh, bitter derision, or irony. It's also not a taunt or a cutting remark. If anything, it was meant in a complimentary manner.

The word "literally" is misused virtually everywhere these days... I'll leave it at that.
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I think you mean it’s misused literally everywhere these days.
 
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This is a matter of personal taste, obviously, but I think it starts to show that Ive left the building some time ago now… the new launches do not have that same sleekness and elegance.
 
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the7th1 said:
This is a matter of personal taste, obviously, but I think it starts to show that Ive left the building some time ago now… the new launches do not have that same sleekness and elegance.
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What product isn’t sleek/elegant? Lol

Everything looks great (IMO) and isn’t far off from Ive’s time.
 
the7th1 said:
This is a matter of personal taste, obviously, but I think it starts to show that Ive left the building some time ago now… the new launches do not have that same sleekness and elegance.
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The stuff works properly and things we need have stopped disappearing though ?
 
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the7th1 said:
This is a matter of personal taste, obviously, but I think it starts to show that Ive left the building some time ago now… the new launches do not have that same sleekness and elegance.
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I guess what this shows is that sleekness and elegance has it price sometimes, and perhaps we have come to a point where things are thin and light enough as is and we are no longer willing to accept the continued compromises that come with them.
 
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emulajavi said:
The iMac chin without the apple logo looks bad.
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I wouldn’t say it looks ‘bad’—it just doesn’t look like an Apple computer. It has a very generic, no-name look about it—what you might expect a cheap Aldi centre-isle knock-off to look like. What a perplexing thing for the company with the world’s most recognisable brand to do!

emulajavi said:
The same happens with the MacBook Pro without the MacBook Pro letters below the screen.
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This I don’t agree with. I never understood why they had to squeeze those letters in the space below the screen. Goes against the minimalist aesthetic, and I never personally needed reminding about what kind of MacBook I owned.
 
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LeeW said:
Newsflash, we know.
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cosmichobo said:
Is the iMac Pro necessary? Or is it very niche?
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The fact that Apple never updated it, and discontinued it before they had a replacement ready is probably a clue to that answer... My guess is that it was Apple's "plan A" to replace the Mac Pro trashcan as the flagship "serious Mac for serious people" - it would have been in the late stage of development by time of that weird early 2017 press conference where Apple said they were working on a new "modular" Mac Pro - a decision which had "U turn" written all over it.

Which doesn't mean that there weren't satisfied customers. However, it strikes me that users of specialised processors and GPUs - like the higher-end options in the iMP - are more likely to want specialised displays plus other specialist peripherals/storage systems that defeat the object of having an all-in-one. We've seen rumours of a "Mini Mac Pro" (which may or may not be the same thing as the high-end Mac Mini) and Apple external displays, which would seem to me like the real alternative to the original iMac Pro.

However, it's quite possible that the iMac Pro name will be used for the replacement for the whole 5k iMac range, considering that they're all probably going to have M1 Pro or better processors. Anything that can replace the higher end versions of the "regular" iMac would certainly warrant a "pro" tag - those machines could already hold their own with the base iMac Pro on raw performance, and with Apple Silicon their replacements shouldn't be struggling with cooling and noise.
 
Just give us a redesigned 27-inch iMac Pro without the fugly bezels already. I purposefully held off on purchasing the 24-inch iMac last year.
 
Well it's only logical that if there is such a thing as "news" there must also be the opposite force: "olds". The universe is in balance again.
 
alpi123 said:
We get this same piece of news every week (and most of it from Gurman). What's so special about it this time?
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At first I was thrilled to hear about the larger iMac but now I am tired of hearing the same old, same old about the iMac just bring it out for god sakes! I want one, money in hand
 
MacRumors said:
Gurman and Wu also claimed the new AirPods Pro will feature motion sensors for fitness tracking capabilities alongside the Apple Watch.

According to analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, the new AirPods Pro will have a "significantly upgraded" wireless chip compared to the H1 chip in the current AirPods Pro. The chip powers audio-related functions like active noise cancellation, and improvements to this technology could result in improved battery life for longer listening time per charge. Kuo also expects the new AirPods Pro to support lossless audio available through Apple Music.

The new AirPods Pro charging case will be able to emit a sound to help users find it when misplaced, according to Kuo. It is likely that the next AirPods Pro will also have a water-resistant charging case, like the third-generation AirPods charging case.
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If all of this is true the new AirPods Pro sound amazing!
 
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