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Re: Mac Pro

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Post by stcredzero » Mon, Jun 10, 2013, 7:34 PM UTC

bluthru wrote: post #29

podperson wrote: post #7

The design seems pretty ugly to me, but it is functional. It's essentially a wind tunnel with all the circuit boards placed against it.

It's a pure cylinder. How can a basic form be ugly? I'm pretty impressed that they didn't slap a logo on the front.

A cylinder is not a Platonic solid.

Re: Mac Pro

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Post by brudgers » Mon, Jun 10, 2013, 7:34 PM UTC

pdknsk wrote: post #11

Apple developers don't use Pivot? Text is cut off left and right on a 1200x1920 screen.

I hate to answer a question with a question...but:

  Does Apple make a pivoting display?

Re: Mac Pro

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Post by xrt » Mon, Jun 10, 2013, 7:35 PM UTC

The design reminds me a bit of my "sunflower" iMac, which was a really nice machine.

Re: Mac Pro

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Post by adolph » Mon, Jun 10, 2013, 7:35 PM UTC

podperson wrote: post #7

The design seems pretty ugly to me, but it is functional. It's essentially a wind tunnel with all the circuit boards placed against it.

Just like the good old Cube. Only the guts are in a triangle.

Re: Mac Pro

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Post by potatolicious » Mon, Jun 10, 2013, 7:35 PM UTC

stormbrew wrote: post #36

jmduke wrote: post #19

Apple is doubling down on their segmentation here. They're clearly abandoning (I don't mean this in a pejorative sense) a mass appeal with this new iteration and targeting it specifically to 'actual' professionals: graphic designers, video editors, etc.

Are you suggesting the Mac Pro ever had mass appeal? This strikes me as the opposite, abandoning the 'actual' professionals in favour of a weird mass market design.

I don't see how this is a mass market design. It's a bunch of Xeons cores paired with ECC RAM, stupid-fast storage, and way more GPU power than any reasonable person can use. And probably priced to match.

Weird industrial design != mass market.

Re: Mac Pro

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Post by programminggeek » Mon, Jun 10, 2013, 7:35 PM UTC

This is incredibly beautiful and I'm sure quite expensive, but I want one, even it makes no sense to have one. Good work Apple

Re: Mac Pro

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Post by windsurfer » Mon, Jun 10, 2013, 7:36 PM UTC

speeder wrote: post #30

Is someone seeing something more on this page than me? I am using a the Rockmelt browser on a Mac Mini, and I am seeing only the trashcan thing... The page has some secret trick or something to have more info???

I had to click a tiny arrow on the bottom. This is a great example of minimalism gone too far.

Re: Mac Pro

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Post by potatolicious » Mon, Jun 10, 2013, 7:36 PM UTC

speeder wrote: post #30

Is someone seeing something more on this page than me? I am using a the Rockmelt browser on a Mac Mini, and I am seeing only the trashcan thing... The page has some secret trick or something to have more info???

Doesn't seem to work on some browsers. Not on the latest Firefox but works on Chrome and Safari.

Re: Mac Pro

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Post by dakrisht » Mon, Jun 10, 2013, 7:36 PM UTC

Worst webpage of all-time.

LET ME SCROLL damn it

Re: Mac Pro

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Post by sigkill » Mon, Jun 10, 2013, 7:36 PM UTC

smackfu wrote: post #26

untog wrote: post #6

This page is a fantastic example of great development skills used in a way that is utterly infuriating to use. I don't want it to animate when I use my scroll wheel. I want the page to scroll. Off topic, but were this and the Air the only product announced? If so, I'm disappointed- I was hoping to pick up an updated Macbook Retina 13". Oh well.

Yeah, I ended up using the buttons on the side. "Rotate your mouse an indeterminate amount" is not a good UI interaction.

I tried Firefox on Windows 8. I did not find any animation effects. However, Chrome on Windows 8 has those animations, and the applications' scroll bar is hidden. Bad UI indeed.