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  • First look: Apple's powerful iMac Pro

    wozwozwozwoz
    One pro feature that is very welcome in the iMac Pro is Apple's support for 10Gb ethernet built-in. Look forwards to seeing that built-in on future models and an excellent complement to Thunderbolt 3!
    tallest skilxzu

  • First look: Apple's powerful iMac Pro

    wozwozwozwoz
    mr o said:
    What is the point of an iMac Pro if you can soon have a modular Mac Pro?

    It feels like a knee-jerk reaction to the Microsoft Surface Studio.

    >:x
    It sounds to me like Apple decided (about 12 months ago) that they were going to drop the Mac Pro, simplify their line-up and make this new iMac Pro to look after the professional market. That is why we have this announcement - it is what they were going to do.

    THEN they got all this feedback about 3 months ago - rightly so - that that is NOT what the professional market wants ... the iMac Pro is confused as a Pro machine - ill-suited to managing heat demands, and the 12 / 18 multi-core models slower than standard iMac models for most users.

    So, what we have today is the announcement NOW of what Apple intended to do ... and in a few months, in 2018, thanks to the user protests an backlash, we will have the real new Mac Pro that caters to the full professional market. Happy to have both available!  
    xzu

  • Apple slips wireless Magic Keyboard with Numeric Keypad onto online store [u]

    wozwozwozwoz
    I would avoid bluetooth devices (like wireless mice and keyboards) --- they needlessly radiate your body, when a clean simple wired version eliminates that health issue, and doesn't require the nuisance of charging etc. The Bluetooth gives me a headache, so I try to avoid using them in fixed work/home environments.
    nomadmac

  • Apple phasing out iPad mini in light of low sales, Plus-sized iPhones - report

    wozwozwozwoz
    That would be another dumb decision by post-Steve Apple. As other have commented, sales are down not due to the plus size phone but due to the lack of updates to the mini ... not to mention the high pricing, and thick form factor that has not been updated for more than 2 years.
    GeorgeBMacavon b7

  • All-new Mac Pro with modular design, Apple-branded pro displays coming in 2018

    wozwozwozwoz
    I am delighted that Apple will be making an Apple monitor again ... hopefully in different sizes for different customers ... because it is an essential component of the Apple ecosystem and the Apple user experience, particularly for mini and Pro users. 

    Unlike some others posting here, I will be disappointed to see us lose the Mac Pro R2D2 design, but then I was a fan (and still am) of the Cube!!  Minimalism + power FTW. The reference to thermal limits is interesting ... it suggests a desire for far more intensive GPUs that might get much hotter, exceeding the capacity of the Mac Pro to cool it. Having said that, I revel in the R2D2s fantastically quiet performance, and this is, for me (and I suspect was for Steve Jobs too), an essential and important component of the Apple computer experience. 

    Looking forwards to what the future might hold :)
    CurtisHightwatto_cobradysamoria