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  • Apple debuts new $5999 Mac Pro with up to 28-core Xeon processors

    lkrupp said:
    icodewell said:
    PRO: the new Mac Pro is KILLER in every way

    CON: Apple has redefined what a "pro" user is by making a workstation specifically for organizations like Pixar. They left out pretty much every indie app developer, and that's a real shame. I still own a cheese grater Mac Pro. It was pricey but I could afford one. I can't afford this new one.
    Indie app developers don’t need this machine. A standard iMac, Mac Mini, or iMac Pro will do the job perfectly well. When it comes to pro audio and video, this machine is the beast it was meant to be.
    Developing for Apple means a very tiny selection of options. Certainly some of their other machines will suffice, but they still have no modular pro machine for an audience they once served. Likewise, Apple only has a single $5000 display with a separate $1000 stand. It's insane. And the sounds from the audience and speed at which they shifted to showing macOS is evidence that a majority of the dev community also feels left out. It's a shame.
    ElCapitandysamoria
  • Apple debuts new $5999 Mac Pro with up to 28-core Xeon processors

    icodewell said:
    PRO: the new Mac Pro is KILLER in every way

    CON: Apple has redefined what a "pro" user is by making a workstation specifically for organizations like Pixar. They left out pretty much every indie app developer, and that's a real shame. I still own a cheese grater Mac Pro. It was pricey but I could afford one. I can't afford this new one.
    The new Mac mini doesn’t work for indie developers?
    You assume that I'm implying that Indie app developers have no options from Apple. I didn't write that. I wrote that it's a shame that Apple left out so many legitimate pros with the new Mac Pro. At one time they had a modular pro machine on the low end that we could afford. That is no longer the case. If you can figure out how to add an I/O card to a Mac Mini let us all know.
    ElCapitandysamoria
  • Apple debuts new $5999 Mac Pro with up to 28-core Xeon processors

    PRO: the new Mac Pro is KILLER in every way

    CON: Apple has redefined what a "pro" user is by making a workstation specifically for organizations like Pixar. They left out pretty much every indie app developer, and that's a real shame. I still own a cheese grater Mac Pro. It was pricey but I could afford one. I can't afford this new one.
    dysamoria
  • Apple's project 'Marzipan' will let iOS apps run on the Mac in 2018 - report

    Great! Now the Appleinsider app can be rejected by the App Store review process for desktop as well!
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