| ▲ | pjmlp 12 hours 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. |
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| ▲ | Amorymeltzer 11 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| For 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>. |
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| ▲ | nosrepa 11 hours ago | parent [-] | | And I still don't get it. | | |
| ▲ | Amorymeltzer 11 hours ago | parent [-] | | Siracusa—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 7 hours ago | parent [-] | | Ages 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 6 hours ago | parent [-] | | > 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. |
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| ▲ | badc0ffee 10 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Apple still sells a workstation-type machine: the Mac Studio. |
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| ▲ | pjmlp 3 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | No 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 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | It'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. | | |
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| ▲ | wpm 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | It's not at all a workstation type machine. It's a Mac Mini with bigger SoCs and better cooling. | |
| ▲ | bigyabai 9 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | What is this, a workstation for ants? | | |
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