Hardly, been using Apple computers since I got my hands on an Apple ][ in 1977...
So if I had the hypothetical modular Mac Pro I posted about, that would automatically make all of my other computer equipment no longer usable...?
I suppose you were all doom and gloom, the sky is falling with the Motorola > PowerPC switch, or the PowerPC > Intel switch...?
Change is inevitable, any new product is a "new thing"...
You may have been a user since Apple ][ but when someone is using a computer for serious work and has an established workflow would like to have the same workflow with better performance, not a complete destruction and start all over again. Except if it is for home use, internet browsing or social media etc, if it is so, everything will work.
The user base is larger now than the he Motorola > PowerPC switch, or the PowerPC > Intel one, and got larger because of the benefits of the intel platform. Removing these benefits is a big step backwards, this is not progress.
Step by step changes are fine, like thunderbolt or USB etc, but huge ones like moving to ARM with no visible benefit for the end user is not.
And of course change is inevitable but not every new product is successful and not every change is welcome , take NeXT and the Cube or the handheld Newton or even the 6,1 etc as examples...
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Front ports are a very welcome thing...but i hope it will have ports on the back also
They are great, yes, but if this design is true they will have to provide in box an AppleStick™ to press the power button, just in case, because it may happen to have plugged cables to all the 4 front ports.
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I like the front ports. You’re right about that awkward logo on the monitor stand though!
Also, I’m so happy we’re seeing these “leaks” even if they’re fake. It’s so refreshing to see something! Finally! And at least it’s not the terrible stacking system that people won’t shut up about!
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If this is real though, I think I’d be happy. It’s not perfect like a modern cheesegrater would be, but it’s still something I could work with! Leaps and bounds better than the iMac Pro.
Give us hope!
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It is the other way around. Historical form over function is the momentum for flat.
https://www.viewsonic.com/library/entertainment/monitor-curvature-explained
Human eyes and lens have a curve to them. Matching that curve is a better fit for single stationary user. If talking about multiple people sharing a screen where most of the viewers are off center then, yes.
As for Apple going this route, that isn't likely any time soon. As long as their basic reference for a monitor is firmly grounded in being just a "hollowed out a bit" iMac they won't. The curved monitor has a disconnect with a relatively large , flat logic board (at least holding to the "thin edge" conceptualization they attached to the iMac. The back of an iMac is curved, but that isn't the curve the screen should be at. ) . Also the zero height adjustment is limited in design being driven by where the eyeballs actually are.
The other issue is that Apple has been using non-mainstream screens for the desktop. So that adds to costs. Throwing curve on top of that would be additional (e.g. curved high end backlight. Or trying to curve microLED when simply just play microLED is "hard enough". )
Yes, I do not disagree, but in practice I have heard many people complaining or avoiding these curved panels for certain tasks.
