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Apple SSD in Touch Bar-equipped MacBook Pro fixed to motherboard, not removable
I wouldn't trust internal 3rd party storage devices. Just buy the higher end SKU, get some networked attached storage, and buy Apple Care for some piece of mind.macxpress said:
I didn't know Pro meant removable storage? I wonder how many times someone has actually changed their storage later on?SpamSandwich said:This is Pro?
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Apple to adopt AMD's new Polaris graphics chips in upcoming Macs - report
In my office we've had two 15" MacBook Pros (2011) and a 27" iMac (also from 2011) die this year. All suffered from faulty AMD graphics chips. The MacBooks that have Intel Graphics or Nvidia graphics are sill working fine. I sincerely wish Apple would stop using AMD graphics, from my experience AMD degrades the useful life expectancy of Apple products. I'm not sure I will continue to recommend Apple devices if Tim Cook (and his brilliant calculating mind) keeps using CRAPPY AMD Products.
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Apple offers free repairs for 2013 Mac Pros with defective video cards
emig647 said:Using the point the iMac is faster than the Mac Pro -- It wasn't when the Mac Pro was introduced, nor is the newest iMac always faster than the 4 / 6 core machines all the time. It depends on the application(s). The Mac Pro was mainly built for video studios, rendering studios, sciences / mission critical studios, etc. Apps that use OpenCL, the Mac Pro will mop the floor with the current iMac. In addition, when talking parallel computing, the Mac Pro can still often come out ahead. In addition, comparing apples and oranges here. The Mac Pro can be considered more mission critical with the Xeon CPU and ECC RAM.
Apple has not abandoned the Pro market. Blanket statements do not help anyone. There are plenty of professionals that use these machines and Apples software to build films, production tv, education / science software, CI servers, and render intense models. Just because Intel has not had a valid CPU update, does not mean Apple has abandoned these machines. These machines do not sell in high numbers, nor are they meant to. They are meant for very specific audiences. When Intel stops playing around with energy efficient CPU architectures and goes back to server CPU updates, we'll get a refresh.
I will agree that the GPUs have fallen behind from where they should be, but I'm sure Apple will come up with an update this year. Especially now that Thunderbolt 3 is here and a single bus can support a 5K display.
Who are you trying to fool? Apple's love affair with defective AMD graphics has been plaguing the Mac community for years now. In our office MacBook Pros and iMacs with AMD graphics are all dying off. Add to that, the weak storage solutions that Apple has adopted for the Mac Pro and iMac line, and you discover that Apple is ACTIVELY driving away power users to the Windows platform. You can build an 8 core, 16 thread monster High End Desktop PC for half the price of a comparable Mac Pro. And if that PC has a video card problem, you can replace or upgrade the devices yourself. Plus, you can return to the happy days of expanding storage internally - the way God intended. Apple's Mac Pro is a worthless piece of trash, and the iMac line isn't far behind. Here's hoping Tim Cook wakes up before the Mac dies...they are already seeing sales drop off. That will continue if they insist on perusing their current dumb strategy. Even the MacBooks are starting to look bad now, with Dell shipping quad-core Core i7 (Skylake) laptops (XPS 15) with thunderbolt 3 over USB type-C ports. Apple just got passed by Dell! Tim Cook isn't looking so great these days. He's Apple's version of Steve Balmer. -
Official Apple images show new MacBook Pro with OLED 'Magic Toolbar,' Touch ID, new speaker design
I'm glad I didn't wait for this...
