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  • Mac Pro in danger after fumbled Apple Silicon launch

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    JamesCude said:
    It's a relic from another era. Mac Studio covers 98% of the use-cases and sorry but the remaining folks who "need" these really don't- they just need to update how they handle I/O and seek more efficient processing. 
    Um no, Thunderbolt does not have enough bandwidth for 8K video it has to be done via PCI-E.

    All the people panning these machines expected their idea of a workstation. This was never on the cards what was on the cards is what we got a very niche machine to host AVID HDX cards for ProTools and SDI video I/O cards for Resolve/Premier/Final Cut.
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  • Apple threatens to kill iMessage & FaceTime in UK if controversial law passes

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    darkvader said:
    I'm assuming they'd still work if you use a VPN to appear out of the country to Apple servers.

    I expect Signal would still just work, I can't imagine they'd go to any actual effort to break it, they'd just not "officially" support UK users.
    They would be removed from the UK version of the App Store and as they are mostly indexed by telephone number they would disable any account that used a UK phone number.

    While you may be able to do some workarounds the loss of critical mass and the fact you'd only be able to communicate with existing international users makes it not worth it.

    Sadly I expect the current government in the UK thinks that Apple/Meta and Signal are bluffing, they aren't they are deadly serious and the UK is a small enough market they can that walk away from it.
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  • Apple Silicon Mac Pro debut finally ends transition away from Intel processors

    chelgrianchelgrian
    This machine only exists to service a small segment of the market which needs Avid HDX cards and Blackmagic Decklink or AJA Kona SDI video io cards.

    If you don't have either of those needs then the Mac Studio is Apple's solution.

    They could have completely abandoned that but chose to make a machine that they will probably make a loss on developing to service it.
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  • Survey says 80% of Mac developers will integrate ChatGPT soon

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    Translation 60% of developers want to do underhand things that they are prevented from doing by App Store rules.

    I doubt that Apple will allow 3rd party stores world wide they will only do it in jurisdictions where they are compelled to. Thus some developers will not jump ship because the cost of supporting multiple stores will outweigh the increased revenue.
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  • iPhone 15 to require certified accessories for full access to USB-C

    chelgrianchelgrian
    The MFI program never went away for example the reason a YubiKey 5ci works fully on an iPhone but not an iPad is because in order to do some of what it does it needs to be MFI certified. However currently MFI is not defined at all over USB-C currently thus those features do not work on iPads.
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