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iMac Pro Appears to Include A10 Fusion Chip for Always-On 'Hey Siri'

Could be a great way to enhance the Mac for gaming. I'd love to port my iOS games over to the Mac.

Ultimately though, I just want a solid release date (Wikipedia indicates the 18th December), and I want to know how much it's going to cost to get a 10-core 64GB RAM with 16GB VRAM. That's the one I want - if it doesn't increase more than £1,500... something tells me it will, so I'll have to compromise... would be nice to know in advance though, so I can make an educated purchase.
 
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chucker23n1 said:
???

You mean just pressing and holding the home button on an iPhone before that (since the 4S), and long before Hey Siri was ever a thing?
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yeah.
it's better on X though with the side button.
(imo)

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but more to the point i was trying to make-- Siri itself is better.. smarter and faster with more fluid conversation and less glitch.

she still can't do the continuation thing but for more simple communications, i'm impressed lately compared to a couple of years ago.

*by 'continuation', i mean:

"What's the capital of Alaska?" to which Siri will answer Juneau..
then ask--
"How cold is it there?" to which Siri won't recognize you're talking about the answer she gave from the previous question.
 
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RuffDraft said:
Could be a great way to enhance the Mac for gaming. I'd love to port my iOS games over to the Mac.

Ultimately though, I just want a solid release date (Wikipedia indicates the 18th December), and I want to know how much it's going to cost to get a 10-core 64GB RAM with 16GB VRAM. That's the one I want - if it doesn't increase more than £1,500... something tells me it will, so I'll have to compromise... would be nice to know in advance though, so I can make an educated purchase.
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In USD, the MacPro equivalent is about $6k right now, I think your $7,500 is in the ballpark.
 
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McFreggle said:
Apples Siri-centered home anno 2018.

Hey Siri!

"Yeah?" said the iPhone
"Wazzup?" said the Apple Watch
"What?" said the HomePod
"Can I help you?" said the iPad
"What do you need me to do?" said the iMac
"Yo!" said the Apple TV

All at once, of course :)
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This is exactly what's going to happen, since the majority of Apple customers are likely charging their iPhones directly to the USB ports of their Macs. So all the Apple devices are close to each other, and a single "Hey Siri" request will prompt them all to respond.
 
StevieD100 said:
May I humbly suggest that you educate your interior designer on the effects of Cumulative Tolerances. If I ever got a drawing like the one you did, I'd send it back.
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well, all the necessary info is there.. it's just shown in a weird and non-efficient way.

idk, i charge them plenty enough to make up for any little annoyances like this and further, i try to keep the backNforth to an absolute minimum.. me sending this drawing back with a note on how to do it properly solves nothing and only makes the project bumpier instead of smoother. (imo)
 
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iSee said:
Maybe this allows for an external touchbar keyboard, where the touchbar software runs on the iMac (while the touchbar display and other hardware is on the keyboard, of course.)

But what I’d really want is FaceID.
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An external TouchID sensor wouldn't work, since it is bound to a particular Secure Enclave chip at the factory. You couldn't just go out and buy a new keyboard - you'd be stuck with the one that came with the device if you wanted to keep TouchID. The touchbar itself could be made standalone, though.

tipoo said:
I hope they kept some more secrets and it has FaceID too.
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FaceID could work, but yields are apparently not good enough (supposedly it's the component limiting iPhone X supply). As yields improve, that product will eat all of the supply. Given that Apple wants to release this device within the next couple of months (possibly as early as next month), I'd say there is basically no chance it ships with FaceID.

I expect the refreshed model will, though. FaceID definitely makes loads of sense for an iMac (providing Apple can extend it to support multiple faces).
 
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NO, it's NOT for Siri !

It's primarily for On-the-Fly "Color Space conversions" !

It enables Apple to support ONLY one code base for Color Space conversions (& other key functions) moving forward ... see "Metal Performance Shaders".

I posted all that (on this site) 6+ months ago when the rumor first hit the streets.

There's a reason I call this site MR for Dummies !
 
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Isn't that a bit much, having all these devices be responding to Hey Siri?

It's probably a given that anyone who will dump $5k+ on an iMac Pro, will already have an iPhone and possibly and Apple Watch, how many of these things will respond to Hey Siri at the same time, lets say if you have your iPhone laying down on your desk. Add to that the HomePod, whenever it gets released.
 
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themachugger said:
That's cool. Unfortunately I've relegated Siri to little more than setting a timer countdown when I make my coffee in the morning. It's the only Siri request that doesn't make me want to shove my iPhone in the garbage disposal out of frustration.
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I feel your pain. Same here :(
 
Will launch next month and not ship until well into 2018, effectively screwing anyone who has been waiting to make purchases for the 2017 tax year. One would think at a $5k price point Apple would be more cognizant of how business purchasing works.
 
flat five said:
heh, i used to use Siri only for timers but it's getting better..i've been giving it another go and surprisingly, Siri is getting a lot better than i remember..


on the iPhone X with the side button Siri (which eliminates "hey Siri".... just press&hold the button and start talking then let go when your question is finished.. walkieTalkie style).. i've been giving it another go and surprisingly, Siri is getting a lot better than i remember.. needed to add:

24 + 17 + 2.5 + 17 + 2.5 + 17 + 2.5 + 6

..so i used Siri and got the answer.. very quickly.
try it.
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really? a computer can do that?

why waste cycles gaming when it could be doing arithmetic?
 
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