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sflocal said:

I've got into quite a few debates on other forums about this exact subject.  Even though I put the same value in a iHater's opinion as I do to a pile of dog crap on the sidewalk, even I was a bit surprised that when faced with facts right in front of their faces about the iMac Pro's pricing being equivalent to a WinTel workstation, they flat out refused to accept it, borderline more like just looking the other way and ignoring it.

So I just accepted these iHaters and trolls that have zero interest in the truth.  It's simply blind hatred of Apple, nothing more.  No reason to even try discussing the subject on any sort of intelligent level.

These are solid machines, and Apple will sell a ridiculous amount of them for sure.  Will I have no "need" for a machine like this, I'm seriously considering one because of the "want" factor.  My current 18-month old 5K iMac runs flawlessly and I've been incredibly happy with it.  I depend on it to generate revenue so in the end, it's a tax write-off for me.  I've built countless PC-rigs over the decades, went Apple back in 2008 and never looked back.  As a software-engineer, I AM a "professional" user (in my field) as are many others in other fields.  The iMac Pro not being user-friendly for upgrading parts years down the road is irrelevant and unnecessary for most users of this machine.  It's a tool, and when no longer useful years down the road, one buys another one.  It's how it works.

Stop applying DIY'er and tinkering logic to a workstation.  You are not the typical workstation user and you embarrass yourself when you think you're in that crowd. The 1990's and 2000's left long ago.

The_Martini_Cat said:

I am really not that interested in hearing speed comparisons between Microsoft's not-released laptop and last year's iPads.  To express my dissatisfaction, I am not going to read any rumor sites until June 5.  Farewell, my friends, a bientôt, and auf wiedersehen (to the "re-seeing" when we meet again).  And of course Cheers! 🍸

Sláinte mhaith, my friend. The rumour-mongers and grub-pedlars have business enough without the likes of us.

StrangeDays said:

or it may not.

seriously, whats up w/ the tech press meme of propping up iphone-killers? every quarter theres some "new challenger!". so far there hasnt been an iPhone killer, in ten years, so why dont we wait and see what is released (and doesnt explode) before rehashing this narrative?

Metriacanthosaurus said:

levi said:

So in short, the phone is rumored to have a radical redesign and many new features, but isn't expected to be a radical redesign or include many new features...

I think it is entirely safe to say that the phone will have a radical redesign and many new features, and the fraudulent tech media will do its duty in reporting it as NOT a radical redesign and NOT new features.

...following which, the product will sell very well anyway, suggesting that media hocus-pocus isn't fooling anyone — either because consumers see through it or because their passion drowns it out.

Despite everything, the tech punditry continue to play the same hand. Why? Are they compensated by competitors? Are they fearful of being reviled as fanboys? Are they blinded by resentment? Or do readership analytics favour negative reporting? Damn, deception and bias seem to be everywhere.