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  • First look: Benchmarks put Apple's entry-level $4999 iMac Pro to the test

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    macplusplus said:
    wizard69 said:
    The thermal throttling is a huge problem in a professional machine.   Sadly AI is seeing throttling in extremely light usage imagine how much you would loose over 8 hours.

    Frankly this is not unexpected!   Apples history with the word "pro" and cramming hot parts into a tight enclosure isnt good.  Every day im becoming more and more convinced that Apple just doesnt understand the "PRO" market.  
    Hot parts in a tight enclosure hold less heat. There is a reason Apple choose aluminum for enclosure: to dissipate heat faster. This is also the reason Apple makes iMacs and Macbooks thinner. That thinness serves to dissipate heat by natural means. The thinnest Retina Macbook is one of the first fanless computers.
    That is a very warped way to look at it.   For one unless parts are in direct contact with the aluminum the air barrier creates a high resistance path to that aluminum.    Like wise for any heat sinks mounted on a device the higher you air stream velocity needs to be to remove the same amount of heat.   The only time a tight enclosure  works to an advantage is when air flow can be piped precisely over the various heat sinks in the system.   This is why servers can actually work well as the air flow is highly managed to cool the important parts of the machine.
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  • First look: Benchmarks put Apple's entry-level $4999 iMac Pro to the test

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    The thermal throttling is a huge problem in a professional machine.   Sadly AI is seeing throttling in extremely light usage imagine how much you would loose over 8 hours. 

    Frankly this is not unexpected!   Apples history with the word "pro" and cramming hot parts into a tight enclosure isnt good.  Every day im becoming more and more convinced that Apple just doesnt understand the "PRO" market.   

    As a point of record i was looking at a iPad Pro in a store yesterday.    Nice device but there is nothing about it that stands out as being pro.   I do believe that common sense has left the building at Apple and has been replaced by marketing morons that likely have never engaged in professional work.  Sad.  
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  • Apple's non-invasive glucose reader for Apple Watch may be 'years away'

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    zoetmb said:
    sandor said:
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    NY1822 said:
    I'll place my bets on Apple vs "Industry Experts"...
    you obviously don't work in the medical world & have to deal with the FDA processes.

    I doubt work in that field either...You don't know anymore than they do. 
    almost 20 years now, on the clinical side, not the vendor side, but i work closely with the development processes of dozens of medical devices.
    I have had to write IRB protocols for non-approved devices & we have been a clinical site for FDA data gathering pre-approval as well.
    we can wait 12-18 months for software algorithms to make their way through the FDA, hardware can be years in the testing & approval phases.
    Why would a non-invasive (and from the little biology I know, I don't see how it could be) device require FDA approval, especially over the next few years as the current administration attempts to deregulate everything.  How would it be any different than a blood pressure gauge?  I don't think my gauge is FDA approved.   And unless there's a way to measure blood glucose via saliva, I don't see how it could ever be non-invasive anyway.  Of course there probably would be a way for a device to track the results from urine test strips, but it's the strip that's already doing all the work.  Unless they expect us to urinate on our phones or watches. 

    I didn't know until now that Jobs also had diabetes.   It certainly wasn't a weight issue and from what we supposedly know about Jobs, he probably didn't eat processed foods with high sugar and fat content, although I think there was some anecdote about him demanding an ice-cream soda in a restaurant that didn't ordinarily serve them.  
    In answer to your question people can die as a result of inaccurate blood sugar reading.    Imagine taking an insulin injection for a reading of  300 when the real value is 80.    

    As an aside ive been working in the regulated world since 1984.   Just about every FDA regulation has resulted from somethng bad happening in the past.   It isnt wise to resist the regulation as liability is massive. 
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  • Apple's recent software problems are bad, but shouldn't lead to knee-jerk personnel decisi...

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    Frankly the recent problems should surprise nobody.   For the last few years OS ipdates have been shipped to meet marketing event deadlines and as such quality has suffered significantly. 

    Frankly it is long past time for heads to roll at Apple but i dont think it is the software groups that have a problem.    Rather marketing needs to go.   More importantly Apple needs to focus on continous improvement to its products be they software or hardware.   It does little good to bundle a bunch of half tested features and ship them at a marketing party.   
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  • Apple aims to debut TV slate in 2019, sans any HBO-style risque content

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    qwwera said:
    Oh boy. Sans risqué subject matter?

    Oh boy. 

    Good luck with that.
    It is the new liberalism, censor everything to avoid offending anybody.
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