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Now everyone that needs classical workstations can finally move on into Linux or Windows workloads. Believe t-shirts at WWDC were not enough. Thus the worksta
by pjmlp 8mo ago
Now everyone that needs classical workstations can finally move on into Linux or Windows workloads.
Believe t-shirts at WWDC were not enough.
Thus the workstation market joins OS X Server.
- Amorymeltzer 8mo agoFor those who don't know what the t-shirt reference is, it's a creation by John Siracusa/The Accidental Tech Podcast: <https://cottonbureau.com/p/4RUVDA/shirt/mac-pro-believe-dark https://cottonbureau.com/p/4RUVDA/shirt/mac-pro-believe-dark>.
- nosrepa 8mo agoAnd I still don't get it.
- Amorymeltzer 8mo agoSiracusa—probably best known here for doing fabulous OS X reviews for Ars—is a co-host of ATP. He is also known is such circles for having Mac Pros, and using them for a long time (sometimes by choice, sometimes by circumstance). He thinks Apple should make a Mac Pro, not necessarily because it's a big seller, but because he thinks Apple should make a "best computer," much in the same way car companies might make a car that will never sell but pushes engineers, etc. They made a shirt. It was fun.
- WillAdams 8mo agoAges ago, when new Mac hardware came out, I'd amuse myself by putting together an "ultimate Mac workstation" in the configurator --- once upon a time, one could hit 6 figures pretty easily --- these days, well I panic bought a duplicate computer because I was worried a chipped/cracked display was going to make it unusable (turns out a screen protector has worked thus far). I agree with the reasoning, and would like to see Apple continue to make aspirational hardware, but maybe the mainstream stuff is good enough?
- bombcar 8mo ago> maybe the mainstream stuff is good enough? Even Siracusa admits that - he's found it hard to articulate what a true "Mac Pro" would do that you can't do with other things. Back in the heyday of the $100k Mac Pro you could certainly imagine it doing things that wouldn't be easily done by anything under $50k, and it would look good doing it.
- testing22321 8mo agoWhenever this comes up, someone chimes in to say they’re working a some big Hollywood blockbuster, and the production company bought maxed out Max Pros because they are better and faster than anything else.
- badc0ffee 8mo agoApple still sells a workstation-type machine: the Mac Studio.
- bigyabai 8mo agoWhat is this, a workstation for ants?
- badc0ffee 8mo agoIt's a pizza box, for a 6" pizza.
- wpm 8mo agoIt's not at all a workstation type machine. It's a Mac Mini with bigger SoCs and better cooling.
- pjmlp 8mo agoNo it isn't, it is a mini where you can add audio cards, which is basically the only extensions it has available. Hardly workstation class.
- badc0ffee 8mo agoIt's certainly beefier than a Mini - 6 TB5 ports (which can drive 6 PCIe 5.0 x4 slots in an enclosure if you want), M3 Ultra, up to 256GB RAM.
- pjmlp 8mo agoThe detail you are missing is that one has to buy an additional enclosure and the set of PCI cards is actually limited, hardly workstation class. This is a workstation, https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/desktop-computers/precision-7960-tower-workstation/spd/precision-t7960-workstation/xctopt7960us_vp?redirectTo=SOC https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/desktop-computers/precision-...
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