FAKE FAKE FAKE ->After Effect. In my previous thread here , i have mention in my life time playing with computer. No electric shock like that. Shame linus..
Dude(tte), if you honestly thought that the "sparks" in that clip were intended to be real, I've got a bridge to sell you.
that was clearly a humourous attempt to show a computer "exploding". of course it was a fake after-affect. Nobody claimed it was a real life clip of the device blowing up.
in fact, I'm pretty sure that it even outrights aid "reenactment"
However. watch the most recent video where they have the iMac Pro open and go over the parts. There's a serious issue with the exposed power supply. This goes far beyond just potential damage to the computer.
Also: in my 20+ years of working with computers, I have absolutely had computers die with massive sparks. I was usually doing something wrong
but I have absolutely caused shorts to happen that have been epic. I once bought two NVIDIA 8800 for SLI. Put them in, and then accidentally shorted the cards. That was epic. Nice sparks. smell of smoke and a big char on the card that ended up being dead. that SLI lasted all of 1 week.
Power Supplies in many electronic devices have very large and powerful Capacators that can outright KILL YOU.
this isn't me being my usual flippant self. There's a significant reason why power supplies in electronics are sealed very tight. ACCIDENTAL DISCHARGE OF THE CAPACATORS CAN DESTROY ELECTRONICS THAT TOUCH IT AND GET SHORTED OUT AND OUTRIGHT
KILL YOU!
While I do thoroughly enjoy LTT content. Yes, he's very click-baity. But he's also not an idiot who has built an entire business out of media production and actually hosts and operates a very large media company. He's been in the tech industry for years and what he says about many of Apple's business practices are true and very questionable.
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I'm a long time Apple fan myself. I've owned products of theirs (Albeit since the iPod days since before than I was a kid who couldn't afford it). I've followed this company since my first experience with an Apple computer in the 80's that for some reason screamed "HELP ME, SOMBODY, I'M TRAPPED IN THIS COMPUTER, SOMEBODY HELP ME" that my friend had and spent hours trying to figure out how!
Apple's current business practice is a dangerous tight rope between maximization of profits for the sake of maximization of profits and trying to turn computers an tech into throw away appliances. At some point, this sort of behaviour does bite companies in the ass. Will it happen to Apple too? damned fi I know. but historical context of other very large companies that were at the top of their games, who shifted to the same strategy have had disastrous affects for those companies.
for the first time since my first purchased Apple products, there's not a single product that has the value proposition for me anymore. The problem isn't even the hardware. its' the price for that hardware in conjunction with what I believe to be unethical business practices that really drive me away.
would I love a new iPhone? sure, but when you take things away like TID or even a headphone port (and not getting into that debate here) while ramping the prices up significantly, I question the value.
When you have a new laptop that reduces performance and options in the name of "thinner" while raising the prices significantly, again, there's no value there for me.
I just replaced my 2011 MBA with a Razer. my last iPhone (5s) was replaced by a Samsung. My iPad Air is my last Apple product and there's nothing that I'm willing to replace it with from their current lineup, as the only real upgrade considerable is the Pro, which again. costs almost as much as a laptop!.
When Jobs was around, Apple would build the best damn device he could think of (even if there were some misses). But the products came first and foremost. Pricing and value was determined after they designed the device. When you make a great product, the profits will come in because people will want it. With Cook in charge, maybe i'm mistaken (happens), but it feels like the price and costs are determined first and then they build the product around that. It feels like the 90's Apple tax is back in full effect.
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Apple isn't the only company that has the throw away mentality and unless your of Louis Rossmann caliber when you build a computer you're just swapping in / out pc components when something goes bad.
People who make claims that professionals do or don't use iMac Pros are voicing a OPINION not a FACT.
Yeah, I don't think Linus claims to be of Louis Caliber. All he wanted was to buy new parts to swap in. something that most adults are capable of doing. swapping in new components in most computers is easy. Even most other all in ones. Most of Apple's newest computers are being purposely built to prevent that. Which is why many of us feel like Apple has moved into a hostile position for many former customers. They've shifted their product lines to be "throw away appliances" without filling in the gaps in the lineup that are being created with this move.
