sevenfeet

I’m old enough to remember Photoshop 1.0 on the 68000 Macs. Architecture transitions predate PowerPC-Intel.

ppietra said:

sevenfeet said:

ppietra said:

"with the complaint addressing alleged misappropriation of trade secrets that were then sold to an unnamed publication in exchange for favorable coverage of a startup."

This almost certainly means that he didn’t leak to a rumour blog!! Probably leaked to someone at a big financial Journal.

Unlikely. The big financial papers (WSJ, Bloomberg, Forbes) have strict policies against paying for a story. That easily gets a reporter fired, not to mention pay-for-play on a story.

More questions than answers right now.

No one was paid, he asked for news coverage for a startup, for which a rumor blog doesn’t make sense since it wouldn’t reach the necessary audience!
Considering that WSJ, Bloomberg, etc, have been responsible for many Apple rumours in the last few years...

I agree but payment in this case was the information in exchange for good coverage for his new business. “Pay for play”. That gets you fired in the news business.

ppietra said:

"with the complaint addressing alleged misappropriation of trade secrets that were then sold to an unnamed publication in exchange for favorable coverage of a startup."

This almost certainly means that he didn’t leak to a rumour blog!! Probably leaked to someone at a big financial Journal.

Unlikely. The big financial papers (WSJ, Bloomberg, Forbes) have strict policies against paying for a story. That easily gets a reporter fired, not to mention pay-for-play on a story.

More questions than answers right now.

macgui said:

sevenfeet said:

Right now, the only IMac Pro model still being sold is the base model (10 core) for $5000. And I imagine most buyers added options when this machine was in its prime.  But considering how the landscape has changed, wouldn’t you rather have a Pro Display XDR for $6000 and a fully loaded Mac Mini for $1700 more?

Yeah, no. Not that I'd rather have a $5000 iMac Pro, but I want a Mac with a better GPU than what minis' currently offer. Though I will say that your suggested alternative allows to swap out the M1 mini for an M1X/Y/2 whatever while keeping a stellar monitor.

But for many of us mere mortals, a simple 5K iMac display is very nice. One of those in M1 cloth would be huge. Though it's out of the realm of my consideration, I'm anxious to see what the new iMac Pro will entail and whether or not it will be cheaper than this last line of iMPs.

My point is that enough Youtubers have made videos basically saying that the Mac Mini is good enough for many doing 4k workflows. If it enough for the Hollywood Red Camera crowd? Maybe not. But the Mini has already fired a warning shot to everyone saying “hey, if we can do this for $699, imagine what a real pro machine is going to do, and in a chassis that you probably won’t hear the fan”.

Somebody earlier said that it’s highly unusual for Apple to literally say “buy this machine while you still can”. I think it’s a tacit acknowledgment to the corporate buyers who normally get this machine that if it’s still a standard in your shop and you need one, get it now before we close it out.

As for me, I’ve been seriously tempted by the current Mini to retire two 2008 Mac Pros still working in my home but I think I’ll hold out for the M1X for a few reasons (more cores, hopefully 10 gb Ethernet).

Right now, the only IMac Pro model still being sold is the base model (10 core) for $5000. And I imagine most buyers added options when this machine was in its prime.  But considering how the landscape has changed, wouldn’t you rather have a Pro Display XDR for $6000 and a fully loaded Mac Mini for $1700 more?