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OutdoorAppDeveloper said:

 The Xeon's one big feature is that you can run several of them on one motherboard.

Actually the really big feature of the Xeons is ECC RAM.  Which Threadripper also has.  It's past time for an AMD Mac!  Or Intel to end the artificial segmentation with ECC RAM.  It should be criminal to offer non-ECC RAM in a modern computer - there's zero excuse.  

RIP, Steve.  I hope the Mac survives his passing but it's looking less and less like what made the Mac special for me is slowly being stripped out

We need the next Steve Jobs to pick up and carry things forward instead of repacking what we already have.

Soli said:
I see no way to rule that out. Ultimately I think it comes to whether Apple feels the platform will be successful with only App Store apps or not. This has worked great for iOS, but can this work for a desktop OS going forward?

My guess is that it won't be, but I also wouldn't be surprised if they did. 

The Mac App Store is a complete disaster.  The whole "we don't allow demos" thing is nuts with apps now having "free" versions where extra functionality is unlocked through in app purchases.  Really?  Someone at Apple just needs to grow a pair and get over the whole "no demo" thing.  The market is obviously working around them.  The whole lack of upgrades is also still a fiasco, with crude missing tools to link developers to their customers.  I could see these being issues early in the store's debut but it's been a long time since the stores were launched.  That such basic things haven't been resolved by now are just unbelievable - it makes me wonder what the hell is going on and if anyone is actually tending to the Mac App Store anyway. 

I have zero interest in any version of macOS where the only way to get applications is through the App Store. 

The restrictions around the sandbox are noble, but they need to at least allow the option for developers to get out of them.  Many of my favorite apps aren't in the App Store because the way sandboxing works they can't work.  And a few apps I use like 1Password that are now App Store only are annoying with the things like helper apps they have to resort to in order to work with the current limitations of sandboxing.  As a user that really ticks me off.  

I wouldn't be surprised if they tried to use a new chip as an excuse to go App Store only.  I won't be buying any of those boxes until others verify I can still do what I need to do on my Mac.  

StrangeDays said:
You mean like the entirely brand new iMac Pro released just this past winter?

That still thermal throttles because for some reason Apple thinks people care about thin on a desktop - even for "Pro" computers?!?

Ugh.  The Mac as a platform hardware wise is the weakest it's ever been.  I keep hoping my existing Mac's don't crap out on me until some laptops with keyboards that survive a sneeze appear and a real desktop computer appears.  

I just hope they don't make the panels in China.  Keep the tech out of those IP thieves hands!