darkvader

ericthehalfbee said:

I didn't know that online forums were comprised of only the 1%.

Funny that the Mac Pro is an extremely small seller, yet everyone and their dog seems to be using one (and therefore, have the "right" to complain incessantly about it).

Sounds kind of similar to the people who always preface their $hit posts with "I own several Apple products but...."

It wasn't a small seller until the trash can came out.

I'm typing this on a Mac Pro right now.  It's not a cylinder.  I've only installed or worked on a few trash cans, I can almost count the number of them I've touched on fingers and toes.  The cheesegrater?  No idea.  High hundreds?  Low thousands?  I'm not sure.  Personally?  I only own three.  Now that's nothing like MacBook Pros, I've got five within my current line of sight, but when I complain about something Apple has done wrong, I know a little something about it.  That little pic beside my username, with the Apple ][, couple Disk ][ drives, and Monitor II?  Yeah, I have one of those, it still works, I've been doing this for a while.

The last trash can Pro I installed was last year.  It was a compromised install from the start, I'd much rather have used a 2016 XServe, but that doesn't exactly exist.  It's in a rack, it replaced a dying 2008 cheesegrater that was there because the old location where it was originally installed didn't have a rack, this one does.

Look, there are pretty much two groups of people who post on these boards, the "Apple can do no wrong" types, and those of us who actually have work to do and need the appropriate hardware to do it.  The trash can Pro is designed to be pretty.  Whether it is or not is a matter of opinion.  But what isn't a matter of opinion is that it's an inherently compromised design.  It's unarguable that a small cylinder form factor picked looks over capabilities, it has one SSD slot vs the 6 internal drive bays of the cheesegrater (2 optical, 4 HDD bays).  It has one CPU socket, vs the two in the cheesegrater.  And it has two graphics boards, but they aren't upgradeable, for most of my purposes I only need one, and I could put four in a cheesegrater if I did need to.  I don't need a bunch of external drive boxes cluttering up my desk, I don't need a bunch more cables making the rack even more complicated.  It's compromise, and for most of us, it was the wrong one.

Yeah, sometimes we're not happy with what Apple does.  Yeah, macOS is still FAR better than anything out of MicroSloth, so we still use hardware that isn't ideal for the purpose.  And yes, we want Apple to get on the ball and ship better stuff.

Thin isn't what everybody needs in a laptop.  And cylindrical is not what almost anybody needs or wants in a powerhouse workstation or server.

That's why we complain.  We know Apple is capable of better.  They've done better before.

danceswithlysol said:

thewhitefalcon said:

Is there any evidence the Surface Studio is selling? 

I don't have any sales numbers because where I live (Canada) you can't even buy them yet - only pre-order.  That said, it looks like a wonderful device, a fantastic display. Really, the "ultimate" Surface Studio would be for them to remove the computer bits, and for it to only be a display.  And then you plug it into a PC if your choice.  Then, you can build a monumentally powerful computer that isn't as thermally constrained, and that you can upgrade from time to time.

Maybe even write the necessary drivers for macOS.  For example, when developing iOS apps, wouldn't it be nice if you could use your fingers and have the iOS Simulator accept touch input?  I know I would love that!  Pen input too!  You could debug your Apple Pencil specific code on your Mac!

Seriously, I wish Cupertino would fire up their photocopiers.  If Apple could make the iMac more like the Surface Studio, it would be a better product.

While the Surface is a horrible piece of garbage just like everything else out of MicroSloth, what you want is already here, and has been for years.

You want a Wacom Cintiq.  http://www.wacom.com/en-us/products/pen-displays

There you go, hook it up to whatever Mac you want, available now.

You know what was a really good music app?

The iPod app in iOS 4.  It was great!  You had everything organized in ways that make sense.  Right at the bottom, buttons for your playlists, or sort by artists, songs, or even show videos.  It was all right there, easy to use.

I had forgotten how good it was until I had to power up an old iPhone 3gs the other day.  Wow!  The user interface is beautiful compared to what we've got now!

If we could have that user interface, that iPod app, with modern hardware and capabilities?  That would be amazing.  Somebody at Apple needs to take Jony Ive, smack him in the head a few times, and then never let him touch anything to do with software ever again.

boltsfan17 said:

macseeker said:

A dumb question:  What is the durability of the OLED screens?  Versus regular screens?  Thank you.

LCD screens are more durable than OLED.

Which is why a premium model should have LCD, not OLED.

I really hope the rumors aren't true, both on the absurdly high price and on it being OLED.

Even if I had their app on my phone (um, no) there's no way I'd give Facebook my location.

So, if you haven't done it already, now is the perfect time to go to Settings, Privacy, Location Services, Facebook, and set Location Services to Never.