MacPro

It doesn't have to be your car for this to be the future of Apple Car, it could simply be the Apple Car you utilize at any given moment, in other words, an Apple Car on call when needed.  If Apple retained ownership, the Apple Car is simply another part of the eco system's services.

currentinterest said:

I have used it since it was released with none of the problems described. I find it an absolute delight. 

Same here on a variety of Macs.  I made Bootable backups using Carbon Copy Cloner of every Mac (Thank you Mike Bombich for being up to the task as always, even with a bootable Big Sur ability in the latest beta).  Of course, had I not had backups all hell would have broken loose I am sure.

lordjohnwhorfin said:

MacPro said:

The main issue I see is the isolation, from watching a movie alone to the inability to work on a joint project.  I have to believe the 'loneliness' aspect will be addressed.  I assume Apple plans to include a collaborative environment in future updates.

Maybe you should not assume it’s not shipping with it.

from the Verge review

tyler82 said:

How many years until Apple actually has decent AI though? They're not really a leader right now. I'd wait until then to buy a current computer that could actually take advantage of AI advancements.

Too many folks limit the meaning of AI to LLMs and chatbots, where Apple may not have a significant presence (despite being the first). Apple already uses AI in many areas, and there are many more areas where AI will be used going forward.  IMHO, it is 'hold on to your seat time.'  I am definitely holding on to my AAPL shares.

As an aside, talking about AI in general, I was playing with an audio AI yesterday and was able to split apart an 8-Track 1" reel to reel multitrack recording I made of a band 40 years ago that was mixed down to a half-track Revox Tape machine and had echo and reverb. I had digitized this decades ago as soon as the tech was possible, so all I had was a single stereo digital file.  I was able to remove echo and reverb, then separate the instruments and vocals and remix in Logic Pro.  This using an M2 Mac Studio Ultra that performed the entire operation in under a minute.  

It was mind boggling. I can well imagine on an M4, Logic having this ability built in.  What a time we live in!

I'd love to see the results of a hearing test on this guy; I am a few years younger than him and a one-time Hi-Fi nut, and believe me, bitching on about hi-fidelity is a joke when you lose high frequencies with age.

I go with the 'Let's drop him' suggested by Nunnyobizz.  Literally and metaphorically.  Thankfully, YouTube has the 'don't recommend' option.  What a moron.

How about an all-in-one, see-through iMac?  Oh, wait ...

The last Sonoma update fixed Desktop Remote on my M2 Mac Studio Ultra, it had not worked since the previous update.

gatorguy said:

So in the opinion of commenters so far:
No one is the least bit concerned as long as their data isn't being used for ad targeting. Anything else is fair use? 

What nefarious other uses are you suggesting there could be?  Just curious.  To me, traffic is a good example of benign data collection by Apple, and this is 100% anonymous.  Apple can report traffic jams, for example. However, not long ago, Google would alert my real estate daughter if someone was crossing on the ferry to Martha's Vineyard and had Googled multi-million dollar properties.  She was then provided with their details.  This all paid for, of course.  That's quite a difference.  This seems to have been stopped by Apple, where iPhones are concerned, and not too many Android users are in that category, so she, for one, misses this 'service' .

Blizzard said:

omasou said:

This somehow has to stop.

Countries with their fines and individuals w/their class action suits are using Apple as their personal trust account to withdraws funds.]

This lawsuit was due to Cook purposely lying about the sale slowdown in China to investors, you can't do that.

BS