cy_starkman

given the leap out of the gate when google first released the pixel phones, this seems a very slight upgrade. are they not interested?

quite a long time ago, a mac was more expense but that is a old and not dead trope.

i am the kind of buyer who spends 6 months studying 4k monitors before buying one. i consider each variant of mac, pitting them against each other before deciding; i really really want to buy a microsoft surface device, cause i don’t care about the OS, i can use any OS just fine and i just can’t justify it.

macs are not more expense, there is no brain washing required. i think there is more brain washing required for a dell, because the value equation is flaky, or a samsung galaxy because it will not last 5 generations and so the daily distributed cost is actually way higher than the 11pro in my hand or the 6s before it.

the 11pro is around $1.30 a day vs a galaxyS10 is over $2.00 a day, samsung is more expense.

i would not buy the MPro, it makes no sense for me but it is not expense - do i need error correcting memory, do i need a xeon, do i think xeons make any sense an editor - regardless that is what it has and that is what it costs whoever makes it.

leighc-sfo said:

But how will they charge me $11 for popcorn at home? I keep hearing they only make money from concession sales. 

that is not far from the truth unfortunately.

the rights holders for public theatrical release take between 75% and 100% of gross ticket sales.

MacPro said:

"Our theater business is mature,"   ... Or Adam Aron maybe you have an old and obsolete business model?

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/amc-theatres-swings-quarterly-loss-cites-industry-wide-softness-1209099

while i do not disagree, it is that their business model assumes people go out and socialise.

unfortunately our cultural model is one of isolationism. where we work, go to a gym with headphones on and then to our own iso-cube (which is a status symbol of being a successful adult) and text to others in our heads and trip out on what we think the reply means.

their failing business is a symptom of our failing society.

... worse, as my wife who is in indiana says, do i want to risk being shot to see a movie. she went to see Joker, there were armed police and patrol cars.

 very inviting.

@Maden is the only comment worth reading as the rest are uninformed.

Razr makes great eGPU enclosures AND laptops known for crazy fast desktop like internals. This is not anorexic macs, it is laptops in general.

I am excited about getting a TB3 equipped apple laptop, possibly even a 13” pro or low end 15” pro, instead of my usual cranked top end 15”. A Razr enclosure and a thumping Sapphire card will demolish the Vega20 for the same price as buying the 15” with Vega 20. Rivalling the new MacPro non dual chip GPU options for $$$$ of dollars cheaper.

The most exciting part is i can buy a new graphics card in 2-3yrs, or heck whenever the next big jump drops for 20% or less of the price of a new laptop. Let’s be clear, this will mean stomping the GPU of other’s MacPro setups for 5-10% of the cost.

This means a much faster return on investment for video editors, animators, graphics designers etc. paid for in one small job. Final Cut Pro just got Metal support and will use the eGPU.

As for NVidia, they knowingly screwed Apple with bad chips. I had one of the Macbook Pros with said GPU. Apple will not be going back and they do not have to, their own GPU is making waves now and AMD is coming into their own finally.

Apple Arcade - I am running it on my 4k Apple TV with A10x (at 1080p) and you know what, the games look and move great. My PS4 has better games no doubt, FFXV and HZD are visually way better than Oceanhorn 2 but that is more to do with style and studio budget i suspect. Apple drops an A14x in next year at the 1yr update to Apple Arcade... its going to be edgy stuff. TBH the best part of Apple Arcade is that i can use my PS4 controller, that more than any amount of GPU is the game changer, that has changed the game.