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Aside from the questionable industrial design, I think this is very close to what Apple really needed to do. Pro users don't just want modularity/expandability,
by rarecoil 7y ago
Aside from the questionable industrial design, I think this is very close to what Apple really needed to do. Pro users don't just want modularity/expandability, they actively need it. While CPU performance has kind of stagnated, GPU design is still evolving and those that use them heavily swap them out often. I'm happy to see something resembling a "real" pro device for creative use. They have clearly rethought the thermal design a bit as well, and this feels like the true successor to the old Mac Pro towers.
I'm sure it will be exceedingly expensive, but IMO it is a bit of a return to old form. Now we can finally forget about the trash can.
- reallydude 7y ago> I think this is very close to what Apple really needed to do. Nope. It's jewelry for people who don't know anything about computers. Corporate aren't as naive in costing, so there's no traction there either. 800$ of hardware with a bunch of custom expansion slots. SSD is probably soldered on to the case or motherboard. It looks like a cheese grater. GL with that dead body.