Yeah my question wasn't directed at those outside the mac pro.
Edit: I just made the question a separate poll/thread. You can vote here:
https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...l-you-ever-buy-another-apple-product.2007442/
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Yeah my question wasn't directed at those outside the mac pro.
Edit: I just made the question a separate poll/thread. You can vote here:
https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...l-you-ever-buy-another-apple-product.2007442/
This is more than a little off-topic, but here's my take:
Apple ditched the headphone jack but requires you to use "Lightning," a format that is utterly proprietary to Apple. You must use Apple-manufactured or, presumably, one day(?), Apple-licensed headphones (which, either way, you will pay Apple very good money for), or you must use an adapter. The latter is such a royal pain, and so easily lost, etc., that you will eventually be forced to use Apple or Apple-licensed headphones. Think that wasn't the plan all along?
Others may ditch the analog jack but will use USB-C, a format that is likely to be used in all other manufacturer's devices, whether they have an analog jack or not. Buy almost any USB headphones for almost any phone and they will almost certainly work. Any company trying to keep USB-C audio proprietary will get killed, and they know it. It won't happen.
(I, personally, will decline to purchase any phone that does not have a traditional analog audio jack for as long as that is possible.)
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You are of course correct, but Lightning came up way before USB-C. Lightning is what USB should have been since the beginning. OK, it's proprietary, and Apple takes advantage of it. Right. But Apple is a corporation, they have to make money. Do we like it? Do I like it, to pay extra for something? Of course not. But credit is due to who ever takes the lead. If I was Apple I'd probably do it the same way. Maybe you would too. Would I prefer to see USB-C instead of Lightning? Yes, of course. But do you see Apple in the near future saying "Well, Lightning was great but let's just follow the other crowd and can it and use USB-C instead"? Maybe with the 10 year anniversary iPhone 8? With all the Macs getting USB-C this will get to iDevices too soon enough.
And I'm curious how the rest of the pack will do with USB-C Audio and all.
Not trying to take sides here, just seeing the broader picture.
You know Apple likes to control what you plug into your devices. We may not like it but it's what they do. And they seem to do well enough, unlike others. For how long? Your guess is as good as mine.
But indeed this is off topic.
And I'm curious how the rest of the pack will do with USB-C Audio and all.
Not trying to take sides here, just seeing the broader picture.
You know Apple likes to control what you plug into your devices. We may not like it but it's what they do. And they seem to do well enough, unlike others. For how long? Your guess is as good as mine.
But indeed this is off topic.
Apple Dongles™ - the only Apple product lineup that keeps getting bigger and adds functionalities.
And soon available in five different colors, which by now we should all know sells much better than a new Mac Pro.
I think MR should get rid of that el capitan rumor. Anyway...there may be one indication (possibility) that apple may resuscitate Mac Pro.....augmented reality. There were some rumor articles about him saying he's planning to go that route...or at least said it was interesting.
I don't know...I couldn't say because I don't know the technical aspect of it. However, based on what I've seen from YouTube, it might be heavy powered.
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For example: If I was to do editing over the augmented reality type devices...maybe right? Rendering and exporting.
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Mac Pro has nothing to do with AR. All the rendering and processing is done on the mobile device itself.
You most definetly do not need a Mac Pro to master the content. If a mobile device can render it in real time, you could create it on a MacBook Air no problem.
You most definetly do not need a Mac Pro to master the content. If a mobile device can render it in real time, you could create it on a MacBook Air no problem.
Not that what you're saying isn't becoming truer by the day, but here's another sign of dying support for the pro market: none of the connectors in your photo are proprietary to Apple. They used to include adapters that worked between industry standard video ports. L to R: Composite to S-Video, DVI to VGA, HDMI to DVI, Mini DisplayPort to DVI or VGA (not visible, nor was it a 'drop-in' like the others).