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Jony Ive Designs One-of-a-Kind Red Mac Pro for Product (RED) Charity Auction
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I wonder if this is going to be a maxed out new Mac Pro. 12 cores, 1TB SSD, 64GB of RAM, and the top end graphics cards.
Of course for whoever buy's this configuration there should be a choice of color
Of course for whoever buy's this configuration there should be a choice of color
It would have been nice if Ive came up with something cool like this Lian Li case:
Or a Santa sled, or something. With a Rudolph. "Design" as used in this promo, well.
Except that everybody complained about skeuomorphisma already.
Never understood ProductRED.
Who wants to be reminded about about people dying of AIDS when they are trying to enjoy their unnecessary expensive consumer widget?
Besides, the only way to stop premature death in Africa long term is to allow them to develop infrastructure - water, good housing, sewerage, education, a bigger middle class - rather than selling them vaccines and AIDS drugs.
Who wants to be reminded about about people dying of AIDS when they are trying to enjoy their unnecessary expensive consumer widget?
Besides, the only way to stop premature death in Africa long term is to allow them to develop infrastructure - water, good housing, sewerage, education, a bigger middle class - rather than selling them vaccines and AIDS drugs.
The only bad thing about this is that it - presumably - prevents Apple from releasing a red Mac Pro for general use. Otherwise whoever buys this would be mightily pissed off.
I'd love a white Mac Pro, or gold. Or even orange. Or even ANY Mac Pro.
I'd love a white Mac Pro, or gold. Or even orange. Or even ANY Mac Pro.
the lowest spec black one is $2999.99 so you're of by quite a bit.
if i bought it i'd never unbox it. is 20 years it would be worth at least $100,000. of course being the it benefits a charity it may sell for more than that.
first, i'm pretty sure the feeling you should get is good that you are making a small contribution to help. second. we don't sell vaccines they are given free to patients.also the us government and other nations give aid for the other things you mention. project red is a charity concerned with aids care and prevention.
I think that the main point here is being over-looked. This is NOT the only charity that Apple donates to. I too donate more that 15% of my income, but does the amount really matter? It's nice that at least one of Apple's charity campaigns is getting attention, which is helping to contribute more to the charity. There is symbolism in the items being "purchased", like the RED Mac Pro, or the mentioned "chocolate bar". Figure it out.
it is.
ive seems to be as tired as i find him to be.
after 16 years might be time for a change
What a miserable person.
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Buy a $40k chunk of any asset that grows with inflation and you will do better than that
Wait, wait, wait, it took Jony Ive AND Marc Newson to design this? Two great minds come up with .... RED!@!!
Cool! And a worthy cause. Would be cool if color selections were available when ordering as an "upgrade".
The goal might not be raising money but raising awareness. This is one way to keep the product red Program in the media. Let's face it the last thing you want to have happen as a charity is to have people forget about you.