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Anyone else disappointed by the Mac Studio?
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I'm glad that it works for you, but for me, I expect Apple to maintain the high standards in physical design they've established. When Jony Ives left the company, Apple's worth fell by EIGHT BILLION DOLLARS. Yes, billion with a B. So I'm not alone in liking Apple for the hardware designs as well as their great software design and usability (which are also important).
Yep, you summed it up perfectly.
The hardware is fine for me. The OS still sucks -- there still seem to be memory leaks -- and the apps that I use (eg, Lightroom) are not yet optimised for the hardware. Similarly, despite the best efforts of the standardisation committees, the performance of peripherals is patchy. Makes you wonder at how well Microsoft does...
Since their market is so high that's basically couch change. And in any case the stock is FAR higher now then it was when he announced his departure. Not significant, IOW.
Ivy is the same guy who designed the round mouse, right there it says it all, form over function, the trash can MacPro again form over function.
If I want to look at a piece of Art I can go to any number of web sites and bring up works of art on my 80" TV and look at art. I computer is not a work of Art (yes some can look better than others, but looks are also in the eye of the beholder) it is tool just like a saw, hammer, chisel, etc. Also the fact that Apple stock fell when Ivy left the company does not relate to this discussion, who cares and Apple has more than made it up over the months and years after he left.
The vertical line marks the approximate announcement of Ive leaving. As you can see, that temporary drop was irrelevant, and Apple's value is fine with the new design team in charge. Regarding the design, I think Apple could have done something more interesting, but it looks good and is the "tall Mac mini" we were all expecting. It actually looks like a larger, but shorter Time Capsule which was a Johnny Ive design.
It will be interesting to see what the Mac Pro looks like.
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The G4 Cube was prone to overheating and the clear plastic had stress cracks and mold lines, but the design was a favorite of many.
Is this supposed to look like Mickey Mouse? What were the "designers" thinking! 🤣
I don‘t know if you’re being sarcastic, but it’s an industry standard C6 inlet, known as a “clover leaf” or “Mickey Mouse” https://www.interpower.com/ic/InfoPower/iec-60320-C5-C7-connectors-C6-C8-inlets.html
My only issue with the 2013 Mac Pro was not that it put form over function but rather there was no cMP alternative. Had Apple continued to offer an updated cMP (or the 2019 Mac Pro) in addition to the 2013 Mac Pro I don't think there would have been nearly as many objections to it.
I think the Mac Studio would suffer the same "fate" of the 2013 Mac Pro if the 2019 Mac Pro didn't exist and / or Apple wasn't planning to make, we assume, an expandable AS Mac Pro.
The Studio is absolutely gorgeous. It's the pinnacle of simplistic elegance. And it most certainly pushes boundaries. The Mac Mini was cool. The Studio is even cooler.
I recall the excitement I felt when I first saw the Studio. It was the Mac computer I always wanted.
The Cube was nothing less than hideous. The iMac G4 was not "cool". I thought of it as an April Fool's joke. It might have been better if it came with a big lamp shade.
And to compare it's looks to an iOS app? I have no idea what that even means.
The Studio reminds me of the Monolith from Arthur C. Clarke's 2001 Space Odyssey series - mysterious and powerful. That nondescript block of metal (and whatever the Monolith was made of) just says "try me"...
Ive made mistakes, but they were the honest mistakes of someone reaching for the stars instead of playing it safe.
Everything new is designed with him in mind.
Everything new is designed with him in mind.
I agree with you on the design piece of the Studio. Looks like a square brick, not a bad brick, but could have been much sleeker. I think the mini looks better and also looks better on a desk.
I wish Ives would have stayed with the company and they would continue their neat designs, along with performance. For the price of the Studio, I want both.
Well I own the Studio, and I really like the design. It is not as distinctive as my 17" lamp iMac was, but that was never really possible, was it?
I don't like the non-expandable storage, and I really wish they had implemented a fan curve that made sense. But the design is fine in my book. Borderline great. Not that I look at it much, you can barely see it on my cluttered desk. 😀
I don't like the non-expandable storage, and I really wish they had implemented a fan curve that made sense. But the design is fine in my book. Borderline great. Not that I look at it much, you can barely see it on my cluttered desk. 😀
not sure what you think would be optimized specifically for the Studio, Lightroom is for the most part single threaded. Since it's one of my primary apps for the Mac as well, it's why I'm just waiting on a new Mini rather than get a Studio, which I think would be more than I'd need.
More disappointed that it took until the release of the Mac Studio in order to be able to buy a new desktop machine that solidly scored higher in Metal benchmarks than a 2018 Mac Mini with a eGPU.
I think that's a good thing. The mysteriousness of what it is simply adds to its elegance.
iMac G4 was the same. I know the XDR display uses the same cable as well.
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I‘m glad you find the Studio elegant, for me it’s more of a repulsive reaction vs one of mystery or curiosity.