bobolicious

...how many paying customers really want a post Jobs Apple annual 'forced march', along with the inevitable collateral challenges...?
...has a 'bicycle for the mind' become a tether to the wallet...?

modular again, meaning (it seems) a headless appliance we can swap monitors...?
while compelling on introduction in time may this seem yet another 'one trick pony'...?
by comparison I reference the 2011 mini with dual drive & ram slots and a dedicated gpu...
add an egpu to the 2011 concept in an M1 max and I'd tend to agree...
perhaps a mini max may answer such a call...?
'open the pod doors Hal'...  


...is Apple really listening...?

Is there more profit in this than the iMac... ?

'Apple doesn't possess that special key to read the data' ? (5:35)
I understood Apple has a key to every account: fixitalready.eff.org/apple/#/
www.reuters.com/article/us-apple-fbi-icloud-exclusive-idUSKBN1ZK1CT

email remains unencrypted per "iCloud does not encrypt data stored on IMAP mail servers." support.apple.com/en-us/HT202303
At last check Photos auto tags every image for search - where is a global off switch...?
Why are iCloud servers required to sync local hardware ?
Apple tech confirmed Apple Watch (with biometric data) requires iCloud to (function) sync... Is this 'privacy by design' (7:15)
Is S/MIME the only Apple independent (7:30) option and could this be more easily facilitated ?  www.mailbutler.io/email-tracking/
Why does remote wipe require 'Find My iPhone' location tracking to be enabled - quid pro quo 'by design'...?

Also there is the question of all the contact data & even profile photos that others put in the Contacts app without one's knowledge and is being synced remotely aka uploaded to Apple iCloud servers...?

www.forbes.com/sites/theopriestley/2015/08/24/did-apple-lie-about-your-privacy/?sh=73feef432b09
"It's clear that Apple doesn't want to get to know you to sell your data to third parties, but it doesn't mean it doesn't want to get to know you for their own purposes."
"Ultimately, over time, this device-based strategy will prove Apple's undoing as it eventually admits it does need your personal data. It has accessed your personal data. And has done all along."

appleinsider.com/articles/21/12/08/apple-reportedly-allowing-looser-adherence-to-ad-privacy-rules-requirements
www.thelavinagency.com/speakers/shoshana-zuboff
thebaffler.com/latest/capitalisms-new-clothes-morozov

"Apple CEO Tim Cook continues to pound the idea that Apple “believe[s] strongly that privacy is a basic human right.” Alphabet/Google claims similar high-mindedness. In an opinion piece posted on the same day, the Financial Times’s Brooke Masters notes that it is “risky to rely on [Apple’s or Alphabet’s] noblesse oblige,” citing Harvard law professor Shoshana Zuboff: “These commitments change with the market winds. The only thing that matters is law.” 247wallst.com/technology-3/2021/11/01/whats-up-with-apple-10-billion-for-privacy-ar-headset-coming-and-more/

Is there a lot to consider including care in interpreting the language used to describe 'policy' vs potential 'by design' that leaves reliance entirely on policy that is 'subject to change' or worse yet a hack...?

Would offering a remote user mac Apple Server Application (apps.apple.com/us/app/macos-server/id883878097?) to offer remote distributed in house sync (or even local direct connected device sync) be more private solutions for all concerned, not unlike the web itself that was designed to be 'distributed' and thus less vulnerable to attack or surveillance ?

Perhaps I am missing something...?

Well if one needs GPU performance - I am running into software for example that simply will not run (bricked) without a beefy GPU...

from the Macworld article:

  59,774   Apple M1 Max 32 core GPU
143,594  nVidia 3080 Ti

240% faster, presumably not 'within margin of error'

Even more pronounced seem the desktop options (AMD) with the relatively inexpensive nVidia 3060 outperforming passmark scores for many higher priced cards as well as having 12GB VRAM  www.bestbuy.com/site/evga-nvidia-geforce-rtx-3060-xc-gaming-12gb-gddr6-pci-express-4-0-graphics-card/6454329.p?skuId=6454329

I understood Apple is working on a 'boost' option which may help, and will presumably also ramp up the power and fan requirements...?