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It's interesting now that they've solved the "thermal issues" of the traschcan shape via ARM XPUs, they gave up on it already. Not that I care strongly about t
by digisign 5y ago
It's interesting now that they've solved the "thermal issues" of the traschcan shape via ARM XPUs, they gave up on it already. Not that I care strongly about the particular design, but I find Apple's frequent flip-flopping disconcerting on some level. Now they've got a giant cheese-grater case that is obsolete for requirements.
You shouldn't have to plan your technology purchases on a decade-long timescale, just to avoid the duds, obsolete, and dead-end products. A big company should be a bit more disciplined imho.
- TillE 5y agoJust buy what you need when you need it. If you can't buy the hardware you need at an acceptable price, your real problem is that the software you need doesn't run on another platform. That's a much more solvable problem.
- digisign 5y agoThis doesn't quite address my statement. The problem was you couldn't buy a high end MBP without touchbar and defective keyboard, or a non-obsolete Mac Pro for years, at any price. Yes, use a PC was an answer to that for a lot of people.
- tinus_hn 5y agoThe problem is that you want to be in the ecosystem where there’s not a lot of choice, but do want to make the choices. It just doesn’t work like that.
- digisign 5y agoI don't think the requirements of working, fit for purpose hardware, updated semi-annually is significant burden for a technology company, post 2010. In fact it is about the minimum I'd ask for. They did make this bar with iphone, probably ipad for example.
- SxC97 5y agoCurrent rumors are that the upcoming Mac Pro will support add-in ram sticks and pcie cards so that form factor is not necessarily obsolete yet. I will find it disappointing though if the new Mac Pro doesn't have an option for a lower end cpu (like an M1 Pro) and consequently a lower price tag.
- digisign 5y agoRight, I mean a "giant expandable box" never goes out of style on some level. But it simply no longer needs to be quite that big now that cooling requirements are a fraction of what they used to be. Maybe they'll take it down a bit, hopefully keeping the same size of most internal components to minimize churn.