If you really want to get guru on that, look at Manichaeism (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manichaeism) of ancient times were it was first argued if the physical universe itself is good or evil where it assists or opposes the Spirit of Mankind. Many consider this the basis of almost all world religions.
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Mac Update Cycle Faces Uncertainty as Intel Abandons Tick-Tock Strategy
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If you really want to get guru on that, look at Manichaeism (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manichaeism) of ancient times were it was first argued if the physical universe itself is good or evil where it assists or opposes the Spirit of Mankind. Many consider this the basis of almost all world religions.
It fits in nicely with Apple's overall plan. They seemingly don't care about Mac anymore anyways. rMBP has been a year since it's seen updates. Mac Mini is a long lost step child. Mac Pro is 3 years old. MB Air still doesn't have Retina. 12" Macbook looks like it was a mistake.
Yet they can release 3 iPad versions in a year. I guess that's what happens when Mac is only 10% of your profits.
I said hello to a Dell XPS 15 over the weekend. We had a good run Apple.
Yet they can release 3 iPad versions in a year. I guess that's what happens when Mac is only 10% of your profits.
I said hello to a Dell XPS 15 over the weekend. We had a good run Apple.
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There is no such thing as a regular update cycle. This bizarre expectation is due to a technological blip occurring during the last 1% of human civilization. Before that technology didn't change much from year to year, or even from decade to decade. Before the age of steam engines, people purchased pretty much the same tools and household goods as did their grandparents. That is possibly what the future will be like as well. People will expect to use some models of future-Mac and future-iPhone for 20+ years, just like washing machines and guitars.
Innovation back then was in new literature and music (etc.), not faster gadgets. And those innovations in design, literature and music will outlast most gadgets. That will be the way to innovate to beat the competition. New cars don't go much faster than muscle cars from well over a quarter century ago. They just smell less.
A 50+ year run of Moore's law has been a great era. It couldn't last... because...
Look at the bright side: iPad have seen 3 new versions in a year. iPhone has 2 new versions within a year. The early 2015 rMBP update that has a 2013 CPU? No, Apple can't be bothered with that.
I think it's time to switch the game up, I think it's time for x128 architectures... Your move Intel, you have a demand! Challenge thyself!
Completely a joke, no need for a retort
Completely a joke, no need for a retort
I just want new, awesome Apple laptops to choose from in june (or earlier).
Let me know how that works for you as my last Dell XPS's hinges broke right after a year or so. Meanwhile, my 2012 rMBP hinges are just as good as new. I just can't get myself to spend $3000 on a so called '2015 rMBP' that has a 2013 CPU and a 2012 dGPU!
So far as I know their are new Intel processors Apple could use, it just chooses not to. So you buy old technology with a Mac which most likely helps to decrease Mac sales.
I think I'm right in saying the iMac is the newest model? And they could updated the 13" MacBook Pro if they want but again chose not to. I can see a complete redesign of the Pro laptop coming with the DGPU being dropped.
And then theirs the awesome Mac Pro which is now ancient, that probably could have been updated twice by now! And as for still putting 256GB in a matching costing £2500 that's disgusting. Then again so is using 5200RPM hard drives.
Yeah despite Intels best efforts I really think Apple only has itself to blame for slow updates.
I think I'm right in saying the iMac is the newest model? And they could updated the 13" MacBook Pro if they want but again chose not to. I can see a complete redesign of the Pro laptop coming with the DGPU being dropped.
And then theirs the awesome Mac Pro which is now ancient, that probably could have been updated twice by now! And as for still putting 256GB in a matching costing £2500 that's disgusting. Then again so is using 5200RPM hard drives.
Yeah despite Intels best efforts I really think Apple only has itself to blame for slow updates.
To answer that question let me point you to the MacBooks and Mac Pros.... Apple is late to the party...
You can install raid 0 SSD in a 2009 iMac, problem in new iMac is that they cannot be upgraded. Whilst a 2009 iMac can be brought back to life due to upgrade options .
Do you suppose Apple may have some reason in doing that ... such as ensuring the Mac Pro and other computers will function as intended?
This screen capture from the MacRumors Buyer's Guide says it all. Intel has been tick-tocking all along, but Apple needs to wind its clock and get the pendulum swinging again! This is pathetic.
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The reason is profit. Nothing else. The rMBP 15 is a case in point. Instead of at least putting in a generation old Broadwell CPU, they instead decide to recycle the 2 generations behind 2013 Haswell CPU in the 'latest' 2015 rMBP. To top it off they gimped it with a 2012 dGPU that they could've put in starting with the 2013 rMBP 15 Haswell refresh. In other words Apple couldn't give a 'fig' about their bread and butter mac users which allowed them to survive and have the revenue to develop their iphone/ipad cash cows. (Before I hear, why don't you just go to Windows instead..., I have too much money invested in TB drives and software to switch over to microsoft)
They're actually seeing more competition on the horizon then we've had in the last decade. I'd be very afraid if I was Intel. On the desktop front they have the very real near future threat of ARM and on the server side Rackspace and Google have thrown their weight behind IBM's Power8 architecture. Intel stands to lose a lot in the next decade if they don't step up their game.
Mine has 32gb of ram and a 4.25gb fusion drive. If it had USB3 I wouldn't need to keep replacing the internal drive with yet another big drive.
The downside is that my monitor has grown those weird grey wavy vertical lines. Sigh.
Version 11 (after OS X), which will run MacOS on A10 or A11 chips...
Or some variation of that, right?
The real question is, why haven't they done it yet?!?
Gary
http://www.pcworld.com/article/3006...-pro-really-isnt-as-fast-a-laptop.html?page=3
In a sense, geekbench is easily gamed. Because ios devices typically are encrypted, Apple has designed the A9X so that it has efficient and fast hardware encryption units, which coincidentally boost the A9X's geekbench3 scores.
In a sense, geekbench is easily gamed. Because ios devices typically are encrypted, Apple has designed the A9X so that it has efficient and fast hardware encryption units, which coincidentally boost the A9X's geekbench3 scores.
