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So what happens when someone mistakes the Mac Pro for a trashcan?
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Do people at your office throw garbage at your monitor? It has a trash can icon on it by default.
You could ask some D-Link router owners if they are having that problem. D-link has routers that look just like the nMP and they're almost the same size. They've been around for a little while. They had the nMP case design first.
I must be really bored to respond to this...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA2RY0X68287
You would have to be pretty special to mistake it for a trashcan and those people should be fired immediately. Your question is stupid.
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Yes, because smoking in the office is totally "in" right now and won't result in disciplinary action.
This computer is the size of half a 2-liter soda bottle.
What kind of trash can do you think it is? A trash can for ants?
(Also this is a troll thread I wish I had started)
What kind of trash can do you think it is? A trash can for ants?
(Also this is a troll thread I wish I had started)
I have all this stuff connected to my Mac Pro.
The new paradigm won't make it any messier.
It will get messier unless all of your drive bays and PCIe slots are empty (save for one boot drive and one GPU).
I admit there are probably many MP users like that, but looking at your sweet setup I am skeptical that yours would be empty inside!
I dunno.
Maybe the garbage will hover in the centre of the jet stream like so:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZz06t9hq60
-SC
Maybe the garbage will hover in the centre of the jet stream like so:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZz06t9hq60
-SC
there was a 'whats in your pci' thread the other day and most everyone's were either empty or had a 2nd gpu & usb3 connected..
i think you can scratch the pci slots from your list.
Why? You've just said that some do use them...
And do you believe mac rumors is representative of all mac pro use case?
yeah.. they use them in order to put things in there that are standard on the new mac..
and actually, i think mac rumors is an over representation of all mac pro use cases.. people that get gadgety and geekbenchy tend to collect in places like this.
so i'd say even less mac pro users are using their pci and hard drive bays than what's being represented here.
Lol, yeah, you are such an expert on what people should be using again. What did you say your field of work was? Something about skateboard i think?
i'm not saying anything about what i think people should be using.. i'm saying what people are using.. hardly anybody, it seems, is using pci for things that aren't going to be in the computer itself.. that's what i was saying.
right. why?
I have noticed that a couple of the most fervent nMP acolytes are typing from a 2006 MP which they have naturally upgraded the GPU on since NOBODY would want to use a 7 year old GPU. Insisting that PCIE slots aren't needed and completely overrated. Meanwhile using the ability to keep their 2006 relevant by using the very thing they claim isn't needed.
In short, they are benefiting from the VERY behavior that Apple is stomping out with the Mac-Ina-Can. Suggesting that others should worship/buy a machine that will be completely without use or value in 5 years doesn't sit well with me in these circumstances.
Sort of like suggesting that everyone should get a Prius to save the world's oil while driving an Escalade because the kids like watching DVDs in the back seat.
"I'll buy and get value from something that makes sense for me, but you all should buy this other thing due to this list of reasons I keep reciting"
The Mac Pro has held it's value quite well precisely because you could upgrade pieces. There are still folks getting work done on 2006 MPs, who have taken advantage of the PCIE slots to modernize.
How many of the 2006 iMacs are still used for anything but kid's room web surfer? Not many, I'd guess. They came with a ATI X1600, sort of a watered down X1900 from MP. So, even if they haven't burned up, those GPUs are ANCIENT with no OpenCl even dreamt of back then. (3 generations BEFORE OpenCl support)
In short, Tuxon86, you won't get to the end of a circular argument of this sort. I have found the "ignore" list helpful.
Putting people you don't agree with on ignore instead of trying to understand them and determine for yourself if their explanation fits or not isn't the smartest thing to do. It might even be bad netiquette. It's certainly rude as previously stated by more than one mod here, to advertise doing so or recommend that others do so (publicly).
What some may not understand is that this is not an argument of any kind and there is no end to it. Nothing we say will change anything. We were shown the basic specs and design concept by Apple. All there is to it is to understand their logic. People who understand it and try explaining it seem to be getting jacketed as fanboys, fervent, kool-aid drinkers, and what not but I don't see it like that.
If someone explains the logic to me I'm grateful for then I will know if it fits my intensions or if I can wrap my intensions around the new design. And isn't that what most of this MacRumors site is all about in the first place? Announcing slash explaining the tech and assisting others on how best to make use of it. Folks who are divisive to that goal aren't helping. It just turns this place into a zoo. I think most sites call that trolling if I'm not mistaken.
It doesn't matter what we think Apple should or shouldn't do. Beyond voicing our hopes (usually in vane) and outside of sending Apple feature requests, it's just not constructive to attack people who are trying to help - either generally as a group or the individuals who spend their valuable time trying to assist. And when someone asks about what the situation is and they're only told what it's not then how is that useful? When helpful people see that happening I think it's wonderful that they jump in and explain what the situation actually is.
I personally don't really see any place on community sites like these for someone continually arguing that tires should be square when we have the facts and they clearly show that the tires we have available to us are indeed round. Please, if you think they should be square either go buy from a company who makes square ones or formally address the round tire manufacturer and beg/petition/demand them to produce square ones. Raising a ruckus with the end users who are trying to help does nothing but raises a ruckus. Please stop. Join us as a helpful part of our not-for-profit community instead!
What some may not understand is that this is not an argument of any kind and there is no end to it. Nothing we say will change anything. We were shown the basic specs and design concept by Apple. All there is to it is to understand their logic. People who understand it and try explaining it seem to be getting jacketed as fanboys, fervent, kool-aid drinkers, and what not but I don't see it like that.
If someone explains the logic to me I'm grateful for then I will know if it fits my intensions or if I can wrap my intensions around the new design. And isn't that what most of this MacRumors site is all about in the first place? Announcing slash explaining the tech and assisting others on how best to make use of it. Folks who are divisive to that goal aren't helping. It just turns this place into a zoo. I think most sites call that trolling if I'm not mistaken.
It doesn't matter what we think Apple should or shouldn't do. Beyond voicing our hopes (usually in vane) and outside of sending Apple feature requests, it's just not constructive to attack people who are trying to help - either generally as a group or the individuals who spend their valuable time trying to assist. And when someone asks about what the situation is and they're only told what it's not then how is that useful? When helpful people see that happening I think it's wonderful that they jump in and explain what the situation actually is.
I personally don't really see any place on community sites like these for someone continually arguing that tires should be square when we have the facts and they clearly show that the tires we have available to us are indeed round. Please, if you think they should be square either go buy from a company who makes square ones or formally address the round tire manufacturer and beg/petition/demand them to produce square ones. Raising a ruckus with the end users who are trying to help does nothing but raises a ruckus. Please stop. Join us as a helpful part of our not-for-profit community instead!
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desktop trashcans never make sense to me. They only would if they were slightly tilted. Almost trapezoid shaped. Angled so you can easily throw something in it while typing.
Good point.
Maybe if they sharpen the fan blades and add a slot feeder it could double as a shredder/confetti maker.
Maybe if they sharpen the fan blades and add a slot feeder it could double as a shredder/confetti maker.
if I were to buy one of the new Mac Pros, I'd definitely place it in the corner below my desk, so that exactly that wouldn't happen. But then I\m kind of obsessive about worst case scenarios.
edit: ah well, of course, you could also just place it atop your desk
edit: ah well, of course, you could also just place it atop your desk
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I've seen it in person, and it's a lot smaller than in the CG renders, it's not nearly big enough for someone to mistaken it as a bin.
And, actually, I think it's quite aesthetically pleasing, I thought it looked horrible from the pics, but in person, it's quite a beauty, definitely doesn't replace the current Mac Pro though.
And, actually, I think it's quite aesthetically pleasing, I thought it looked horrible from the pics, but in person, it's quite a beauty, definitely doesn't replace the current Mac Pro though.