TurboPGT
About
- Banned
- Username
- TurboPGT
- Joined
- Visits
- 18
- Last Active
- Roles
- member
- Points
- 438
- Badges
- 1
- Posts
- 355
Reactions
-
2017 iPhone will have 'virtual button' built into edge-to-edge display - report
-
Too soon? Apple's new iPhone 7 ruffles feathers with Lightning audio, Home button changes
gregg thurman said:mactodd said:You didn't mention charging while listening.
Yeah, that's a monster deal breaker, for like about 1:1,000,000 people. Seriously, how often are you walking around, listening to youriPhone while its plugged into a charger?
Its laughable the way these people think that these tiny niche use cases should be preserved at the expense of progress and innovation. -
Target, Best Buy hamstrung by Apple Watch, iPhone 7 stock issues
-
Apple fans line up worldwide for iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus & Apple Watch Series 2
Apple fans line up worldwide for iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus & Apple Watch Series 2
fixed that for you. -
Watch: Apple's Lightning EarPods sound better than legacy 3.5mm headphone jack
lorin schultz said:It's possible that the iP7 sounds better, but the improvement would be the result of better audio electronics, not the connector. It's a positive result, but it has nothing to do with Lightning vs. 3.5mm.
How that scales down to this guy's test of listening to lossy mp3s, I can't say. -
Uber to begin real-world use of self-driving cars in Pittsburgh this month
AppleInsider said:
Uber has expressed a strong desire to adopt self-driving vehicles as soon as possible. Doing so will allow it to dramatically cut its biggest expense -- human workers, who need to be paid a reasonable wage.
Fucking disgrace.
Uber created an amazing job opportunity in the US and the only they are working on is how get rid of that rake in some more profit instead. -
Huawei caught using DSLR photo to promote dual-lens smartphone camera
It's hard to stand by the notion that they intentionally tried to deceive anyone, by uploading a photo contains all EXIF data. Obviously it was a mistake / misunderstanding. -
Some Mac Pro support pages archived by Apple, will no longer be updated
altivec88 said:TurboPGT said:altivec88 said:TurboPGT said:altivec88 said:I know that secrecy builds up suspense and stuff but for us Pro's, secrecy just means lack of communication with the company that is providing us with tools.
I just wish they would come out and tell us what is going on. If they are planning an upgrade, can't they at least gives us an announcement to stay tuned and show us a grill or something. If they have decided to get out of the pro market, can't they have the decency to just let us know. I need to upgrade our systems. Should I be switching to PC? Should I be waiting a few more month? I don't want to switch but I really can't operate my business like this anymore.
Apple get your act together.
What you're telling me is that your operation is a Core Whore, and you've yet find to find a more efficient way of accomplishing the tasks, or more efficient software that can do the same job with less horsepower. But let's not even get into that.
There are machines out there built for what it is you are trying to do...DELL is one of the makers of them. Why on earth would you even expect Apple to tackle that market? It's not that Apple once made computers for your task....they once made the fastest computers any money could buy. That changed as hardware changed and as other companies took on certain priorities.
Don't expect Apple to make any 44 core Mac Pros. If that is what you're waiting on, move on.
So if you can please show me this magical software that does 3D renderings with out utilizing CPU cores and how I've been doing it wrong for 30 years, please enlighten me and the rest of the 3D community. I'm not even sure what you mean by "more efficient". If the software is utilizing every core of your machine at 100%, isn't that efficient? or do you mean we should stop what we are doing and only use our Pro's for word processing.
Thanks again for letting me know that Dell and HP offer 44 core systems and that the door is that way -> I knew that... I put it in my post. I also said that for the first 25 years of those 30, the Mac platform was viable to what we are doing because the Mac and PC would leap frog each other by small margins. Now the gap has widened tremendously. This is why, I need to know what's going on.
In a professional setting, switching to PC is not an easy proposition. We have people here that only know the Mac. We have a lot of other software that is Mac only, the costs, training and down time makes it difficult. We also chose MacOS when we started because of all the problems associated with Windows. We don't want to give that up either. So if I know a new MacPro is coming, its much better to wait then to switch. If they decide to discontinue the Pro or make another lame update, I have no choice. All I am saying that after 1000 days give us pros some respect and at least tell us what is going on.
Your profession is a prime example of many that, despite all the seeming "advances" over time, hasnt really changed much and is still doing the same basic tasks. It probably takes you the same amount of time to get something shipped today as it did 10 or 20 years ago, despite all the so called advances in technology. So when you are lamenting the speed of a 3D render, keep some perspective. -
Genius Bar doesn't hire retired Apple engineer, fires up age discrimination debate
The logical fallacy is that "years" = "qualification" in a lot of these age discrimination cases. When they claim they were passed over for someone less qualified, they often cite "year of experience" and assume that must somehow make them more qualified.
Maybe they gave a worse interview than the younger alternative?
Or maybe the company just wants to hire people who are looking to WORK and not someone looking for a paycheck to coast on til retirement.
Private companies need to be left the hell alone to do as they please. Why anyone would want to start a business in the US anymore is beyond me. Just not worth it.