AniMill

I think Apple is over-thinking the Mac Pro. The niche user-group (not small, just specialized) doesn’t need the fastest data lane interconnects, they want lots of them allowing for PCIE technology to be added to their beasts. Yes they want fast machines, killer fast, but real modularity is king. Don’t try to maximize the Mx to permit crazy fast interconnections at the loss of lanes, open it up to lots of lanes.

The Mac Studio is the perfect DCC machine, so don’t mess with it (except add some pizzaz please). Let the king of Macs have the modifiable tower, with ooodles of expansion and RAM slots even if it costs a few TB/s in interconnect bandwidth.

Just ship the damned thing!

9secondkox2 said:

JamesCude said:

The Mac Pro becomes even more of a niche product with the Mac Studio out there. The Studio offers more than enough power for most use cases and the need for PCI cards is rarer than ever. 

Too bad- it’s awesome to have gobs of power but with the insane efficiency of Apple Silicon it’s no longer necessary. You can have your cake and eat it already.

The nfortunatelyhe Ultra in the Studio is handicapped due to design flaw. So it doesn’t live up to anywhere near its potential. 

An M2 Ultra is likely too hot to makes sense. So it waits for M3. Should get a revision or 2 prior to launch of big screen iMac and Mac Pro. 

What design flaw? I own one and it’s been a reliable beast for Redshift and C4D, but Adobe products just don’t feel snappy with it. Please link so I can research. 👍

For me the item of most interest will be a new Mx Mac Pro. The Mac Studio feels exactly like the iMac Pro - a stopgap until the 2019 Mac Pro was released. And actually I loved my iMac Pro for its gorgeous 5K display and stellar performance. No, it wasn’t the fastest computer available, but it was a great compromise. The Mac Studio Ultra sorta feels the same - but it IS a spectacularly fast computer. Still, I wouldn’t be surprised if both the Mac Studio and Studio Display just went *POOF!* when the Mac Pro ships with its Studio XDR 8K (perhaps).

“I think it's easy to imagine how ads would show up in space when you have AR glasses on," said Himel. "Our ability to track conversions, which is where there has been a lot of focus as a company, should also be close to 100 percent.”

“Track Conversions” Big YIKES! Yes this is exactly what I’d love to have, glasses that throw random ads in front of me as I’m driving. Anyone here see the Furturama episode: Attack of the Killer Ap? Yeah - this.

I know many people rely upon the power of the iPhone 14 Pro for great cinematography and photography, and perhaps some power-hungry games. But personally I rarely touch the power of my iPhone 13 mini - and it’s quite powerful. I’m happy that Apple keeps pushing the envelope because they feel the competitive push from Samsung and others, but benchmarking for our phones is purely for ARMchair Quarterbacks.