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No mention of the word upgrade anywhere. A pro computer needs to be re-configurable after purchase.
I would worry that something breaks after warranty expires and the whole computer can go out of the window. With regular good old desktops you can just replace the broken part. With such special custom made hardware it is sometimes impossible. For example the macbook airs have non standard ssd that is not replaceable, so when the disk dies, whole notebook is done...
With laptops, such as the Air, based on the great sales figures, consumers are willing to forego being able to repair versus having something compact. It also probably helps apple in the warranty department if their manufacturing quality is so high that people opening it up themselves causes more problems than the product is expected to have by itself. I used to repair my laptop and desktop, but nowadays I'd rather j…
Seeing the history of updates to the Mac Mini and Mac Pro why would anyone trust Apple with a high end desktop computer? The odds are high that they'll keep pumping this thing largely unchanged for the next 5 years while letting the state of technology race ahead. I'm saying this because no matter what Apple say, their focus is undoubtedly on what makes them the most money: iPhones.
> I'm saying this because no matter what Apple say, their focus is undoubtedly on what makes them the most money: iPhones. I've never understood that argument. If iMacs make profit - any profit at all - why can't they just put up a shack next to their main building UFO and have a subdivision crank out iMacs? It's a question of having or not having "a few additional millions". Also, a large part of their iOS business…
Then the next question: is the target audience really there?
The people who need 18 cores + a pro graphics card are the people who used to have mac pros (or still use them). These people care about expandable and replacable things, and most of all they want to use a screen with several computers because these pro screens cost a ton (Often more than the machine if you want a screen for e.g. video color grading or really serious photo work).
If the screen on this thing isn't up for the task ,then it's an expensive useless addition. If it is that good, then it's a waste to throw it out in 2 years when you replace the machine.
I mean I'm not saying this thing won't sell like hotcakes because it's an impressive machine and a not-very-price-sensitive customer group. But it just feels like they could have stuck these bits into the last mac pro tower, painted it black and had this product out sooner and cheaper than this?
Seeing the history of updates to the Mac Mini and Mac Pro why would anyone trust Apple with a high end desktop computer? The odds are high that they'll keep pumping this thing largely unchanged for the next 5 years while letting the state of technology race ahead. I'm saying this because no matter what Apple say, their focus is undoubtedly on what makes them the most money: iPhones.
(Also, when was the last time you saw the state of the art "racing"? Reducing the update cycle to meaningful increments is the only way to keep the interest in new generations high without getting lost in pointless novelty features because you just got to fill that annual presentation somehow)
I'm not amazed. This processor will inevitable throttle, I don't believe that they could cool it to allow for constant boosting. Graphics looks like trash: it's a consumer video card (no ECC, bad double precision speed) inferior to Nvidia. And of course everything glued together will render this PC obsolete in few years without any upgrade path. I hope they'll build a proper Mac Pro.
To all the people banging on about upgrades... exactly what in the name of silica are you working on that this machine can not possibly handle for the next 5 years? What could you possibly want to upgrade? And what are you currently running?
The whole point is I have no idea exactly what I'll be working on 5 years from now or what kind of machine it might need. But what I do know for certain is that the things I'm doing today would have been extremely tricky to do on a machine from 5 years ago.
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With laptops, such as the Air, based on the great sales figures, consumers are willing to forego being able to repair versus having something compact. It also probably helps apple in the warranty department if their manufacturing quality is so high that people opening it up themselves causes more problems than the product is expected to have by itself. I used to repair my laptop and desktop, but nowadays I'd rather j…
My friend in film production tells me that his shop does a ton of editing on iMacs despite the premium on hardware. He is an enthusiast and has built his own editing PC, but he tells me the iMacs are rock-solid and never give them any trouble, despite the specs being worse on paper than some other editing machines. I think that the consistency, quality, and software integration are worth a lot to businesses, especial…
Why i am the only one around using PC with zero problems and much much better than any apple product?