Mac Pro's $400 Wheels Have No Locks to Prevent Rolling

[femike]

I'm not surprised at all. It's indicative of what Apple is today under Tim Cook.

 

[cmaier]

I bought a (rather cheap) IKEA office chair recently and it doesn't lock (or autolock). Sounds like an odd thing to regulate.

Picturing the mac pro rolling into ikea shelves, which fall over and crush my dog.

 

[2010mini]

Well that is stupid

 

[Will Tisdale 🎗]

Even the cheapest ones have it: https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/snille-swivel-chair-white-s79046260/



Welcome to EU health and safety regulation...

I work in Health and Safety and it’s certainly not a requirement in the UK. It’s probably a country specific thing, as if it was a directive or regulation, we’d have had to implement it too.

 

[lazyrighteye]

Cue the 10-minite video with Johnny talking about these wheels redefining the concept of round.

 

[AngerDanger]

I picture my dog chasing this thing around the living room.

You and me both, mate.

 

[blacktape242]

lost the plot completely.... wow...

 

[carrrrrlos]

You’re wheeling it wrong.

 

[Applefan4]

I heard a rumour Apple will be releasing an iLock for Mac Pro wheels. Only $250

 

[hiroden]

I don't understand apple sometimes...

 

[Stella]

Next year, Apple will release "Wheels Pro" that has the lock, for $600.

 

[AppelGeenyus]

Wheel locks are coming soon as BTO option, $300. ThE PerFeCt lOckS FoR tHe pErFecT WhEeLs.

 

[Doctor Q]

I live in earthquake territory and we've actually had computers on wheeled bases head down the hall in a quake. Now we're quite aware that even a heavy box will take off if the wheels don't lock.

 

[djgamble]

Haha $400 Apple must have re invented the wheel

You must be using it wrong if this wheel rolls.

 

[jlseattle]

LMAO! That will be in the wheel version 2 update! hahahahahaqhahahahahahahahahaha

 

[UltimateSyn]

You're not leveling it right!

 

[jlseattle]

Yeah, totally agree. Instead of keeping the product line simple, and charging premium but fair prices as under Jobs, they’ve done the opposite.
They now have a silly complex product line and the majority of it is hugely overpriced.
And buggy software to go with it.

AND buggy hardware!

 

[macfacts]

People pay extra for wheels, and them complain when they roll. If you don't want it to roll, just don't pay extra for the wheels.

Cant wait for the apple car

 

[MoreRumors?]

No worries! Coming soon, front and rear rubber bumpers at $1k each to protect you Mac should it roll around. This is a highly recommended accessory for those who reside in earthquake zones.

 

[nt5672]

I really would like to have been part of the meeting and the thought process when they were internally discussed

I doubt there was a meeting at all. Ive designed the wheels, and everybody sat back as said Ahhhhhh. End of story. No common sense was present in management to prevail.

 

[embraceware]

Steve Ballmer: “Four hundred dollars? After $1000 for a stand? I said those are the most expensive computer wheels in the world. And they don’t even lock. Which makes it not a very good desktop machine.”

 

[haruhiko]

Those wheels look absolutely silly.

This feels like the kind of thing Steve Jobs would have thrown a fit over.

Jony needs someone like Steve Jobs to control him. Without this, it’s like Mac Pro wheels without brakes - a train wreck.

 

[the_lisa]

'Pro Wedge'. Now that's funny . I actually set-up a return on Monday because of this exact issue. Swapping for a rack version.

 

[k1121j]

Those wheels look absolutely silly.

This feels like the kind of thing Steve Jobs would have thrown a fit over.

I was also thinking at these prices of $400 their must be more technologies in these wheeles then the iPad that sells for $329

 

[ssgbryan]

No no no.

You're not-rolling-it wrong.

At least they aren't Rick-rolling it....