3 ms·

It's more like complaining that the software your mechanic uses to tune your McLaren F1 only runs on specific hardware. [1] In this case the required platform i

It's more like complaining that the software your mechanic uses to tune your McLaren F1 only runs on specific hardware. [1] In this case the required platform is a lot easier to come by - there might be one shop in the world whose fleet includes Mac Pros but no MBPs; I can't imagine there are two - but the point remains that exotic hardware tends to come with exotic support and tooling requirements more or less as a matter of course. Why not complain instead about the totally needless complexity of the Mac Pro case and its spacecraft-grade CNC manufacture? Slow, wasteful, expensive - and for what? Nothing in the world I can see, save to satisfy Jony Ive's apparent thing for metal with lots of tiny regular holes in it. I'm not here to kinkshame, but I'm glad dude has finally found a different venue for it. [1] https://jalopnik.com/this-ancient-laptop-is-the-only-key-to-the-most-valuabl-1773662267 https://jalopnik.com/this-ancient-laptop-is-the-only-key-to-...

hnlmorg 6y ago
I don't think it helps to conflate a common consumer hardware with purpose built professional racing cars. At most, the kind of car we'd be looking at would be an Audi or BMW and they have pretty standard ports and desktop software for tuning the in car firmware. The reason it's standard and widely available is because while their cars are premium end, they're still widely bought and widely driven so those respective car manufacturers need to make maintenance accessible. Apple, on the other hand, are part of an increasing new trend where manufacturers intentionally remove the ability for 3rd parties to maintain their own hardware. So Apple (and others who pull the similar stunts) should absolutely be called up on this unethical practice.
Kwpolska 6y ago
You don’t need a MacBook for this process to work, you can use a second Mac Pro just fine (the ergonomics of moving around a 18 kg box aside). But if you own only one Mac (and it doesn’t have to be the Pro tower, similar steps apply to other Macs when they get bricked [1]), you need to find somoene else with a recent(-ish) Mac or go to an Apple Store. [1]: https://support.apple.com/guide/apple-configurator-2/revive-or-restore-an-intel-based-mac-apdebea5be51/mac https://support.apple.com/guide/apple-configurator-2/revive-...

hnlmorg 6y ago

I don't think it helps to conflate a common consumer hardware with purpose built professional racing cars. At most, the kind of car we'd be looking at would be an Audi or BMW and they have pretty standard ports and desktop software for tuning the in car firmware. The reason it's standard and widely available is because while their cars are premium end, they're still widely bought and widely driven so those respective car manufacturers need to make maintenance accessible. Apple, on the other hand, are part of an increasing new trend where manufacturers intentionally remove the ability for 3rd parties to maintain their own hardware. So Apple (and others who pull the similar stunts) should absolutely be called up on this unethical practice.

Kwpolska 6y ago

You don’t need a MacBook for this process to work, you can use a second Mac Pro just fine (the ergonomics of moving around a 18 kg box aside). But if you own only one Mac (and it doesn’t have to be the Pro tower, similar steps apply to other Macs when they get bricked [1]), you need to find somoene else with a recent(-ish) Mac or go to an Apple Store. [1]: https://support.apple.com/guide/apple-configurator-2/revive-or-restore-an-intel-based-mac-apdebea5be51/mac https://support.apple.com/guide/apple-configurator-2/revive-...