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Tech YouTubers Share First Impressions of New Mac Pro and Pro Display XDR
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I priced matched the CPU, Ram, GPU and SSD for less than 1/3rd the price Apple is asking for. This is criminally expensive.
Of course it is, but it's the OS that makes the difference....right?
I still think it's a nice bit of engineering anyway.
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Let's ship $40k worth of product to have the girl in yoga pants rest her head against the monitor!
It's a win!
What sort of publicity can you offer them in return?
How many millions of people can you get their product in front of, with a glowing reviews?
Thats why these youtubers get the stuff, they get people looking at the merchandise.
Financial models, I work at Goldman. I also do k8s scalability work
All this halo marketing talk is stupid. If a few pros were sent review units all they have to do is let the usual blogs know. Like this one? And then other media pick up. I’d have never heard of these YouTube reviews otherwise. Their joke followers are insignificant.
So what real benefit does Apple get here other than causing confusion or annoyance? Most here don’t like it. That’s a nice feeling to foster. Bravo Apple. You even have a few in this forum that think these you tubers have some kind of value.
Maybe companies should do this more. Send the YouTube guys who have no clue your product to review. We need to see what iJustine has to say about it. Lol. Maybe Apple should just send her atv+ shows in advance to preview.
Apple is no fool and every other company does this - send the units out to their evangelists (so to speak). Either way, it looks to be a fantastic computer, when MKBHD opened up the machine and we see how nicely designed and the layout - not a wire in sight. Apple really hit it out of the park design wise. Price wise, and that's another thing. This is not going to be for the typical mac user
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Really DON'T want an all-in-one again; I have an iMac.
I've got nothing against YouTubers doing their thing. It's not my thing.
I even understand why Apple would use this avenue to introduce their new halo product… sort of.
What I don't understand - and never have - is the whole "unboxing" drama. It's like sitting around watching someone open their mail.
When I stopped watching iJustine's video: The moment she got all squishy about the monitor stand packaging.
I even understand why Apple would use this avenue to introduce their new halo product… sort of.
What I don't understand - and never have - is the whole "unboxing" drama. It's like sitting around watching someone open their mail.
When I stopped watching iJustine's video: The moment she got all squishy about the monitor stand packaging.
So smaller simulations by financial fringe group.
I reckon Goldman-Sachs has $, but there are cheaper options for that purpose. I suppose all PCI ports and other expandability options will go unused in this case.
I reckon Goldman-Sachs has $, but there are cheaper options for that purpose. I suppose all PCI ports and other expandability options will go unused in this case.
A few of reasons people hate Apple YouTubers:
1) Apple haters can't stand to hear someone say something positive about Apple's products. I see many BIG YouTubers review Lenovo and Dell products with barely any criticism and the comments are all positive. Lenovo Thinkpads and Dell XPS machines have a multitude of problems, but because they are not Apple high praise and hiding problems are acceptable to viewers.
2) Apple haters want more Apple trashing from big YouTubers like Unbox Therapy and Linus Tech Tips. Both these YouTubers trash Apple in order to get clicks and I have zero respect for them because they are not objective, but Apple haters love them because they don't give any credit to Apple's products where it's due. If Apple's products were worthy of so much trashing the company and it's products wouldn't be so popular.
3) Lastly, because Apple has grown to be one of the largest companies world wide Apple haters get mad at any praise for products made by a company so big that has become also the most popular company worldwide. Even someone's super-aging grandmother has heard of Apple and the iPhone. Can't say the same about Samsung's Galaxy phones.
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Yeah, but which pieces of software is worth $6000 AUD? It's not any different from the OS on a MacBook. Its daylight robbery.
I'm not the market for this mac and I'm perfectly happy with my iMac Pro, but I am curious to see how the professionals that were the intended market for this computer, hollywood film editors, actually use this new mac's full capabilities. I hope some of these professionals put out review videos in the future.
"In a rendering test, the Mac Pro did in four minutes what it took the 16-inch MacBook Pro 20 minutes to do and the iMac Pro 12 minutes to do"
Say is all regarding why this is for Pros, not everyone else. Time is money and money is time , this is money in the bank for those who can bill for it
Say is all regarding why this is for Pros, not everyone else. Time is money and money is time , this is money in the bank for those who can bill for it
Do you mean 1/3rd less? As best I can tell, a similarly configured HP Z4 is around $4k vs the base Mac Pro ($6k). Not sure how things change as you add upgrades.
Already making my 16 inch MacBook Pro look bad...
I'm waiting for an updated iMac Pro though- I'm ready to upgrade from my 2015.