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  • Apple unveils 4.7-inch iPhone 8 & 5.5-inch iPhone 8 Plus, shipping Sept. 22 starting at $6...

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    If it was an upgrade year for me I'd be hard pressed to choose between the 8 Plus and the X. Although yet to see the X in person, obviously, the Plus form factor is really perfect for me so it would be hard to leave behind, and I'm really happy with TouchID. The 256gb 8+ is also cheaper than my 128gb 6S+ was on release. I'm actually really excited how next year's lineup will look and how the (few) extra features on the X will filter across the line.
    watto_cobra

  • Watch: Everything revealed in last week's iOS 11 GM leak

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    No thanks, I'll wait for the event.
    kevin keegilly33

  • Will the 'iPhone 8' cost $1200+? Apple has already been pushing flagship prices higher for...

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    Mike Wuerthele said:

    This is people not remembering that Macs used to cost $3000+ back in the 80's. Today's computers are 1000x more powerful for 1/10th the price.
    This. This is in part what the chart of macs on the previous page had in common. very expensive computers not produced in any great quantity -- but if you've got the money, you'll buy one.

    Macintosh IIfx -- $9900
    Original Powerbook 3500 (G3) - $6900
    Twentieth Anniversary Mac - $7499
    PowerMac Cube - $1800 for single processor, when dual G4 towers were less
    iMac Pro - $4499 and likely way, way up.

    Should the iPhone 8 be $1300, it's not atypical, nor even particularly crazy, given what Apple has done in the past for boutique Macs loaded with all the tech Apple could bring to bear.
    And don't forget RED's phone will be $1300 and $1600, so it's not like Apple is the first to go to these kind of price points.

    Frankly, i don't get that people don't get Gruber's argument about supply. It makes 100% sense.
    watto_cobratmay

  • High Sierra firmware suggests Secure Enclave, Intel 'Purley' chips coming to iMac Pro

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    ksec said:
    Purely? Xeon? Radeon Pro?

    I really wish Apple just give me a ProSumer iMac, Core i9, Normal Top range Radeon VEGA Graphics.

    The improved GPU in iMac is still not good enough. 

    And how about a new Design? I mean we could use a Thinner Bezel now. 
    Just go an eGPU with a regular 27" iMac. You'll also be able to upgrade the cards if you are that concerned with GPU performance.

    They won't change the design for the sake of change, but I wouldn't be surprised if in the second half of 2018 (or around a year after the iMac Pro is released) the space grey becomes an option for the non-Pro 27" at the very least, or a possibly tweak of the design.
    watto_cobrabaconstang

  • High Sierra firmware suggests Secure Enclave, Intel 'Purley' chips coming to iMac Pro

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    netrox said:
    aegean said:
    Can't wait to get mine. The only thing I am worrying about is 4TB SSD and how much it will add up.
    Ok, please explain to me why you want that much SSD storage. I am trying to see the rationale for that amount of storage since MacOSX and several professional applications don't take more than 400 GB of space and I always think it's a good idea to use external drives for data. I mean, if speed is a concern, get Thunderbolt 3 drives which can theoretically go up to 5 GB per second. The latest SSD doesn't even reach that speed yet as for as I know. 



    Have you seen the price of say a 2 disk TB3/USB-C storage container (with no disks)? I've looked and the price of half decent ones is more than a 1TB SSD. I currently have my Photo Archive on a Drobo. that is more than 3TB of data. I'm not saying that I want it all on an iMac local storage but moving to USB-C/TB3 at the moment is going to be a costly operation. I'm looking at a normal iMac at the moment but the storage transition is going to be a major operation. Having a big internal SSD (rotating rust is so 1990's) is one way to go.
    Time Machine backups are going to also need some serious storage. It all adds to the cost of moving forward with the technology.

    Better to have an external box with some form of redundancy, I think, for important data like a photo collection rather than maxing out the internal SSDs
    watto_cobrabaconstang