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designr said:

What is particularly sad about it is how over-produced and perfectly scripted and choreographed these are. They feel inhuman, inauthentic, and insincere. They are attempting to evoke a Steve Jobs vibe with an abundance of superfluous adjectives (as if that's what Steve was about). It all feels so artificial. It's like going to Disney's EPCOT Center's World Showcase and thinking that you really traveled the world to those countries. It looks (sorta) real but there's this uneasy, sanitized vibe of superficiality.

Apple needs a new vibe with these. Something not Steve™ and something not this.

Apple, get back to being human and real.

P.S. I do think these recorded "events" are a symptom of Apple's hyper-conservative nature. They want control over every tiny detail of their image in a way that leads to crap like this. They want it scripted and controlled and polished in a way that feels not quite human.

riclf said:

These Studio boxes look like power houses. In fact, why do you suppose there will be a Mac Pro? What can it have that a Studio Ultra wouldn't... except personal expansions via expansion cards. And how many of us are doing that these days?

Fidonet127 said:

charlesn said:

jkmutah said:

Fidonet127 said:

When has there been WWDC main keynote longer than two hours? I don't think so. They will not announce all those Macs at WWDC, unless they are revolutionary. They maybe release them the same day, but not announce them. This is a developer's conference, not a hardware conference.

Someone says this every year and someone else discredits this statement every year.  Hardware has been announced SEVERAL times at WWDC.  Why do people keep saying this?

Exactly. Not to mention that we already know Apple will announce and showcase its VR headset at WWDC, one of its biggest (and riskiest) HARDWARE launches in the history of the company. So much for "not a hardware conference." 

Not what I said. Why would the Air for example be announced at WWDC? What feature is so good as to be announced at WWDC?

nubus said:

The design of Studio is indeed uninspired and bland. It has the connectors the mini should have but besides that... nothing. It is a non-design. We don't need Ive back - butterfly keyboards, the Trash Can Pro that couldn't be upgraded, and a mouse that can't be used while charging... but we need more than Studio.

Why the trade-in? Could it be the Mac Pro at WWDC? Will it continue "upgrade = replace entire computer" or will memory, graphics or the motherboard once again be upgradeable? And will we get the option of nano textured ceramic ultra pro wheels at less than $4k  - 1 long week to WWDC.