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Tim Cook Speaks With ABC News About Thirtieth Anniversary of Macintosh, Interview Airs Tomorrow
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Wow that Mac is smaller than I though it was......before anyone chimes in, I know, I know, that's what she said.
No I just think it would be cool. If they can give Mandela 10 days they can do something for the Mac.
You could use a new Mac Pro for spelling lessons, "too".
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Yup, I'm amazed at how much complaining goes on around the price of computers these days. The prices have dropped drastically from 10, 15, 20 years ago, and the power of the machines has increased 1000x. But with the world being so built around the web these days, many people really only need thin clients, not full-blown computers.
An original Mac 128k was 13.6 inches tall. The new Mac Pro... less than 10 inches tall. But it has a fan.
A bit more than that. A Mac 128k could do matrix math at somewhere around a dozen kiloflops. Apple rates the new Mac Pro at 7 teraflops. That's nearly a factor of a billion times faster... at around the same price (adjusting for inflation).
"You're telling me that you didn't THINK this mac pro was going to sell like hotcake and that you had to make people wait till MARCH? You ****** me, right?"
I stand corrected, but you know what I mean. Would have been nice to have a limited edition Mac. While the Mac Pro is definitely cool, I do not consider it in the same category as the 20th Anniversary Mac.
I'd love to see an updated version of the original Mac introduction demo video. Done in the same style, but with 2014 applications and OSX to show how much the Mac has changed. I'd also love to download that demo as a disk-image or app.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2B-XwPjn9YY
It would be more appropriate to compare against an iMac, as the original Macintosh included a display. And a mouse. And a keyboard.
The current base-level iMac is $1,299.
Adjusting for inflation, the original Macintosh would cost $5594 (in 2013 dollars). So Macs today are incredible values by comparison.
To compare the new Mac Pro ($2999), we should compare the most badass Mac from the 80s era, the Macintosh IIfx. The IIfx (I'll leave it to you, dear readers, to figure out what we thought the initials stood for) retailed for $9,900 in 1990.
Adjusting for inflation, the Mac IIfx would cost $17,646 in 2013 dollars. So those of you whining about Mac Pro prices, just keep in mind what pros used to spend on Macs.
According to Google, $2,499 in 1984 would be equivalent to about $5,700 in 2013. It just goes to show that computers really have become a commodity.
D'oh
and someone mentioned the nMP as the 30th anniversary Mac. You're right.
BUT, if they announced the more...(like the Mac Mini whose birthday just passed), YAY!
and someone mentioned the nMP as the 30th anniversary Mac. You're right.
BUT, if they announced the more...(like the Mac Mini whose birthday just passed), YAY!
I like it quite a bit. In November 2012 I started setting up a Mac mini with EyeTV and a couple HDHomeRun Dual tuners (each has 2 tuners, so 4 total). I pick up over 100 channels here in Houston.
I use OTA DVR + iTunes series + bluray + Amazon Prime + channel websites (such as SyFy, TV Land).
I cancelled DirecTV a year ago and have saved $1411 since then (summation of what I used to pay DirecTV every month less purchased content*).
I haven't tried it, but there's ETVComskip that works with EyeTV.
If you'd like more info on my setup check out my DVR project blog entries over at AtariAge.
* I consider the Amazon Prime content free because the annual fee is offset by what I save in shipping charges.
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Amen! I fondly remember my IIfx. I took a loan from my dad to buy it. Paid him back in a year and made money off it for another three. That sucker paid for itself multiple times over.
My current Mac Pro (3,1) cost $3000 and is gonna last until 2015 at least. For the profits they bring in and the freedom they give us (I'd never be able to work from home without it), these computers are absolute, incredible bargains.
It has one CPU with 4, 6, 8 or 12 cores, depending on the configuration.
Here you can see more: www.apple.com/mac-pro