Any chance of nnmp in 2018?

[v0lume4]

To mirror what a few of you has said -- I agree about Apple never admitting that they are wrong. It's really gotten under my skin lately. There is NOTHING wrong with listening to customers, admitting that you're wrong, and having a conversation with your users! I see companies do it all the time and it works out beautifully.

 

[PortableLover]

Yes. Steve Jobs definitely held his hands up a few times and admitted when they got it wrong. One of the occasions that springs to mind is the iCloud launch...

Also this video

'we dont offer stripped down products.'

 

[slughead]

Of course, Apple can still work out a deal to support OSX on select configurations of Z-series or Precision workstations.

I think this would be a brilliant maneuver. It used to be that Apple could convince its users that their hardware had the magical fairy dust on it that made it special, I think the reality distortion field dividend is pretty much extinguished by now. They might as well open it up to another manufacturer.

Likewise they can have HP /dell handle tech support. Haul your Z-series to the Apple store and hear a genius say "Oh I'm sorry sir, did you not notice there is no apple logo on this product? Can't help you. that's too bad."

 

[pat500000]

Can someone please explain to me what is difficult in assembling a Mac Pro? I see its value in the design and in the use of expensive components. But it has nowhere near the size, weight and power constraints that make the assembly of, say, an iPhone so difficult.

Just politics to save money. Now Apple is planning to get manufacturing jobs in India.

 

[Joe The Dragon]

If all these other much smaller tech companies are capable of putting together a computer which uses modern components, and Apple is somehow incapable because the only way they can envision it is to put it in a thermally and volumetrically restrictive enclosure, then frankly they deserve to lose the customer base they've managed to retain up to this point. It's just plain ignorance and stubbornness.

No one would begrudge them just holding their hands up and saying they made a mistake with the trashcan enclosure.. it wasn't the right kind of design, for the kind of horsepower they wanted to pack in there. Just go back to something more traditional and actually release some hardware that does what the customers actually want!!

Well for one thing apple did not want to have an voodoo like loop back cables to get TB linked to full size video cards in a full case.

Other systems have that as an add in TB card.

Or they did not want to have a very sized case to hide the loop back cables and have them outside.

for an idea on how that may look. http://www.taiganet.com/forum/index.php?topic=1575.0
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The MP6,1 isn't a bad system.

Apple should have marketed the trash can as a Mac Mini Pro, and done a major overhaul of the cheese grater chassis with the latest technology - like NVMe disks, 10 GbE, ...

Of course, Apple can still work out a deal to support OSX on select configurations of Z-series or Precision workstations.

There is hope for AMD ZEN with it having a lot of pci-e and no slow DMI link to stack stuff off of.

 

[OS6-OSX]

Now that MR articles talked about engineers either leaving....

Not just MR. Yesterday on 1070 KNX am radio in LA CA, Apple was mentioned pertaining to this and more. And of course the last thing said, "no comment from Apple!"

 

[pat500000]

Not just MR. Yesterday on 1070 KNX am radio in LA CA, Apple was mentioned pertaining to this and more. And of course the last thing said, "no comment from Apple!"

It got real! Lol