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  • hans_glib0

    "The current Mac Pro, as we’ve said a few times, was constrained thermally"

    as an ex-owner of a cube (built on exactly the same lines), this is why i steered well clear of the trashcan.

    once bitten, etc

    • I haven't had any issues with heat, and we have about a dozen of them here.zarkonite
    • I think Schiller was referring to single, big beefy GPUs creating a lot of heat?monospaced
  • kona5

    Apple pushes the reset button on the Mac Pro

    https://techcrunch.com/2017/04/0…

    I don't know about you but I find it comforting this guys' working on my new machine.

    We need a new Mac Pro
    "Hold my Beer"


    • Innovation never sleepsutopian
    • is apple trashing the mac pro?_niko
    • It took them this long to figure out they made a mistake?err
    • 'In addition, they’ll be releasing a new external display'

      YES!
      Continuity
    • Sounds like they are reacting to the threat of many mac "pros" making jump to windows as they feel apple no longer cares about them....dee-dubs
    • I think it's mostly about the industry in general, which has relied on Macs for this kind of stuff for years, and hasn't had a reliable update in a long time.monospaced
    • Oooh, a nice bit if kit he's working on there.
      Bodes well for you lot missing your old cheese grater Macs...
      detritus
    • only one usb D plug though. sorry, your brand new USB C dongle isn't not working anymoreGeorgesII
    • too late, when my mac pro dies i'm switching back to PC after 20 yearsmoldero
  • fruitsalad0

    Apple recently updated Logic Pro towards a flat (ableton inspired) look:

    and yet, still in 2017 offer up these glorious examples of ugly GUI:

    Shame, Apple, shame on you.

    • Wow, first world problems and all that?Ianbolton
    • It's a general improvement to the interface - reskinning all the plugins will come with time. None of it looks like Ableton though which is ugly also.fadein11
    • yep the logic instruments have always had the most bizarre look and feel. i suppose it isn't worth apple's time to rengineer it all tho. users are used to the whans_glib
    • ay it lookshans_glib
    • also - some of the synths and other plugins are things they have bought and bundled with Logic - so not all their fault.fadein11
    • Logic with take you from A-B but imagination will take you everywhere, mate!Ianbolton
    • just would be nice if they could at least reskin them.fruitsalad
    • looks like old winamp skinsmoldero
    • Long live the Logic Big Box! I still have mine!prophetone
    • These ui beauties were ahead of time and space back then... but yeah, time to rework theseprophetone
    • Just looks like every other music app apart from Ableton which is ugly as fuck (even if flat design man)fadein11
    • EXS24 has looked like that since 2001, at least. Perhaps longer. The other two look fine though. I like the beveled look on pluginssection_014
  • pango2

    iPad doesn't come with calculator? Wtf is this?!? What doesn't have calculator now a day?!? Even microwave has camera! Even my watch has calculator!

    This will be the end of apple!!

    • Just get SoulverESKEMA
    • But yeah it's a bit ridiculous..ESKEMA
    • takes you 30 seconds to download an appinv
    • Lolz; just got an iPad again and no calculator, weather, stocks, etc.

      Bizarre.
      ideaist
    • No weather? What!?!?pango
    • no screen on new one apparently - will be all touch - images and sound.fadein11
    • you sure it's not an andriod?fruitsalad
    • You can do it with the search field like with Spotlight on MacOS.

      https://appadvice.co…
      evilpeacock
    • Steve Jobs didn't like the way the calculator app looked on the bigger screen so he killed it.fooler
    • Calculators are for the mentally weak, you should be able to do the calculation yourself -- Steveyuekit
    • This does not help me break away from stereotypes...
      I need calculator!
      pango
    • all this mayhem about a calculatorsureshot
    • Apple lost their edge with that calculator!!!pango
    • 'Even microwave has camera'face_melter
    • lol face - I enjoyed that also Pango.fadein11
    • There are hundreds of calculator apps for iPad.monospaced
    • jesus guys just listen to monodoesnotexist
    • Next thing u know they be taking the clock away "But you can just download a clock". I know But when I spent 600+dollars I expect it to come with a damn clock!pango
    • It never sleeps...utopian
    • reminds me of: everyones has pony. even sister had pony.SimonFFM
  • utopian-2

    Apple's new $5 billion campus has more space for parking than offices

    Apple's new $5 billion campus has more space for parking than offices

    • Innovation never sleeps.utopian
    • as required by law...
      14,000 offices and 11,000 parking spots, all covered by solar panels ... what is your problem with this?
      monospaced
    • I'm sure if they didn't provide enough parking in your mind you'd be shitting on them too about being unfair to employeesmonospaced
    • Didn't they build housing too? Apple's never cared about the environ, but you'd think the housing would eliminate the need for so much parking.formed
    • Apples never cared about the environment? I believe this building sets some new environmentally friendly standards does it not?monospaced
    • And why would you expect employees to move to work, just to avoid a commute? Not sure it makes sense to be employer and landlord. That's weird.monospaced
    • that would be too much like China and Foxonn lol.fadein11
    • To park their Apple car?pango
    • Every new office building is built to LEED or other standards. Of course people move for work, that's silly to even say. Apple makes disposable "things".formed
    • New housing standards are reducing parking ratios dramatically (some as low as .5 spaces/bedroom), if Apple wanted to they could do that too.formed
    • but it's ok, mono, I know Apple is saving the world all the time ;-)formed
    • where are the suicide nets?PonyBoy
    • Chinapango
    • Not sure why you would expect Apple to build housing only for its employees. That's ridiculous and unheard of.monospaced
    • utopian never sleeps!
      when it comes to apple bashing :D
      ernexbcn
    • Facebook are building housing for their employees - Gehry is on board and gladly taking all that FB fat cash for his usual wank.face_melter
    • Why wouldn't an employer build housing? It would be stupid not to when you build an entire campus.formed
    • you want to live at work?ernexbcn
    • An employer might not build housing because they aren't in the business of rentals and home real estate, maybe?monospaced
    • I mean seriously, is that what's got your panties in a twist, that they didn't build housing for employees to offset the parking spaces?monospaced
  • Gnash4

    Just had a great experience with apple support.

    My 4 year old, 15in Macbook Pro's video card died yesterday. A known problem that Apple had a program to fix for free but it unfortunately expired this past december.

    Support guy on the phone didn't have the power to do anything and upgraded the call to his superior without my asking him to do so.

    couple of minutes later they approved the free fix and are replacing the logic board with a brand new one.

    Both guys did their best to be helpful. and no push back from either of them.

    • Sonava... they would replace mine...pango
    • *Wouldntpango
    • They will thomonospaced
    • They told me no.
      Ok I'm gonna keep bugging them till I'm blocked.
      pango
    • pango, you stupid twat, why don't you send your macbook directly to mono???GeorgesII
    • what are you talking about G?monospaced
    • Pango, yours died while the program was still active. Not sure why they would'tGnash
    • Unless the serial number didn't match the machines affected by the glitchGnash
    • They told me 3 conditions needed to be met: On the list of affected machines, Purchased with 4 years, claim submitted before the end of the program-4 mnths agoGnash
    • I bought mine 4 years and 1 month ago, was late 4 months on the program, but at least it was on the list.Gnash
    • If your MPB was on the list I really don't see a reason why they would say, no.Gnash
  • face_melter4

    I have to say, after using one for a bit, the 7 is a neat wee thing. The home button, with that there new haptic thingamajig is cool and the 3D Touch shit on the screen is uniquely satisfying - pressing down on the screen to get that 'click' is wild.

    The black one looks like a foxy slab of anonymous Gibsonesque electronics and their best design since the all-black original 5.

    • < music/beat apps are ace. Pressure increases the volume and holding down with various instruments creates a click track.face_melter
  • Bennn5

    oh Apple...

    ''$5,660 Mac Pro Crushed in Photoshop Test by $1,530 PC''

    link: https://petapixel.com/2017/04/08…

    Drop every Apple products you have and you'll save tons of money in the future.

    Adobe CC and Chrome are exactly the same on PC and Apple, you won't be lost.

    • I'd build a hackintosh before going to back to Windows thanksernexbcn
    • 98% of the time in Chrome or Adobe, you'll be 2% of the time in Windows. Wich is really good now btw. I know, it's hard to change old habits.Bennn
    • I prefer spending 2,000$ on a PC than 5,000$ on a Mac knowing that the PC is more powerful at more than half the price. Thats why I switched a few years ago nowBennn
    • ^^^ Good luck finding graphics cards. I'd love to put a 1070 in mine, but there's no drivers.section_014
    • The Mac Pro is from 2013.monospaced
    • section_014 pascal drivers are coming: https://blogs.nvidia…mekk
    • ^^^ ohhh, nice. About time.section_014
    • History repeats — benchmark tests like this have always existed and have rarely had Apple on top.evilpeacock
    • Mostly I was suprised AMD's new chip is so great. It's been Intel on top for a long time now.evilpeacock
    • @mekk that is awesome news I'll get on my hackintosh build plansernexbcn
    • still looks like vaders ashtray and that rockssince1979
    • wait until it is released :)mekk
    • This performance test is pretty much the same performance test that's always existed... mac FBs just refuse to believe their 'pretty' boxes are that shitty.PonyBoy
    • Mac FBs are the main ones complaining about the Mac Pro, which caused Apple to apologize and promise a new machine, actually.monospaced
    • Yet for years said FB's have snubbed PCs even though the SAME PERFORMANCE TEST has existed. Acceptance is a positive step though, mono. <3PonyBoy
    • They snubbed PCs because dudes who spent weeks building ugly massive loud fast computers, tinkering with them, just to run Windows, were total losers.monospaced
    • there were always pros and cons of each, but people didn't buy macs because they were the fastest, and I thought everyone knew thatmonospaced
    • people who build machines cheap are total losers, huh? could you be any more of a snob? And no... most mac FBs are too hung up on looks to give a shit...PonyBoy
    • ... about the guts of their computer as long as they thought looked slick sitting in front it.PonyBoy
    • It was a joke! There was a difference though and that's what I'm pointing out. Get it? ;)monospaced
  • ernexbcn2

    Really great news, Pascal drivers for macOS this month

    https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/20…

    hat tip to mekk

    • I'm reading the drivers are out and people have them working alright on 1050s, 1060s etc.ernexbcn
  • utopian-1

    Three new iPhones are coming but the best may be delayed

    http://www.cnbc.com/2017/04/18/t…

    • *automated consumer electronics manufacturing on an enormous, industrial, scale goes wild*face_melter
  • utopian-1

    A Foxconn purchase of Toshiba’s chip business would be great for Apple, but bad for Japan

    https://qz.com/962123/why-apple-…

  • fourth3

    I just got an AirPort Extreme. I unboxed it, set it up a network, updated the firmware on it. I connected a hard drive to it. Then I took my old airport express and hooked it up to my old stereo and usb printer on the other side of my office.

    20 minutes later I'm printing wirelessly, air playing tunes to my stereo and have a NAS drive. Fucking A

    • cool you got a router with usb ports. mind blowndeathboy
    • I thought they killed the AirPort lineupernexbcn
    • Welcome to 2017!fyoucher1
    • I've the same type of setup, can even sign in to the NAS drive using BackToMac when not at home, its great!OctopiStimuli
    • I'm sad that they killed that line of products. I've been using them happily for yearsGnash
    • although, I wish the airport utility was a bit more robust.Gnash
    • Yeah its a bummer gnash, love them, I've mine running wired and wireless throughout the house, just works. Wonder if this means they will kill off airplay next?OctopiStimuli
    • I will check out backtomac, will be a good way to offload some client files that I don't touch. also sad its just USB2 portfourth
  • i_monk4

    The 10th Anniversary iPhone Sounds Like a Samsung Clone

    http://gizmodo.com/the-10th-anni…

    According to Mark Gurman at Bloomberg, a traditionally reliable source for iPhone news, Apple’s tenth anniversary iPhone is shaping up to be the company’s most ambitious phone yet. The phone will be a nearly bezel-free slab of glass and stainless steel (or possibly aluminum), the home button will be dead, and a gorgeous OLED display will be the focal point.

    If you’re having a sense of deja vu, that’s because the Galaxy S8 had the exact same series of redesigns from the previous iteration when Samsung announced it last month. While Apple has been popularly viewed as the big smartphone innovator, this year it’s undoubtedly chasing Samsung.

    • 혁신은 결코 잠들지 않는다.i_monk
    • Apple beget Samsung beget LG beget HTC etc. etc.face_melter
    • It hasn't been the innovator in years. They really might as well just lease the S8, Samsung is already making the screens.formed
    • This is exactly what Samsung wants people to think, and why they throw absolutely every single piece of new technology at the wall to see what sticks.inteliboy
    • well inteliboy, one of the project I will launch later this year is based solely on the capacity of BLE 5.0. some people do use that technology to move forward.GeorgesII
    • As nice as Samsung hardware is, software lets it down badly. I powered up my S7 Edge recently and the stutter was all too apparent. iPhones glide in comparison.face_melter
    • We've reached peak phone - every one has everything. I went back to iPhone because I was tired of Android and the way this 7 works is amazingly smooth.face_melter
    • Being "smooth" or "gliding" or whatever is fine, but I can't stand the iPhone UI at a more fundamental level.i_monk
    • Yawn, who cares? Like face_melter says, we're at the peak. All phones are almost exactly the same as one and other.section_014
    • @i_monk iPhone ui can't stand you either so theredoesnotexist
    • A new rectangleBennn
    • Carriers need to stop thnking they can make software. We should be able to delete everything on every phone.formed
  • OctopiStimuli0

    Anybody know of a way of stopping compilation albums showing up in the artist albums field? Its annoying as!

    https://www.dropbox.com/work?pre…

  • HAYZ1LLLA0

    If you are thinking of updating to OSX 10.12.4.

    Be aware USB headphones won't work anymore. Audio driver issue apparently. I rely on Sype/Zoom calls everyday so don't know what to do right now. Cunts.

  • Bennn-1

    I think this :

    ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

    pretty sums up Apple these days.

    • now this... I can agree w/bennny :)PonyBoy
    • *high fiving PonyBoyBennn
  • omg0


  • lvl_130

    anyone have experience with the macbook pro touch bar and adobe products? does it work well, or is it still just as gimmicky as what it seemed when announced?
    https://blogs.adobe.com/photosho…

    • Seems entirely redundant for those of us with years and years and years of muscle-memory for shortcuts.face_melter
    • it allows you to measure how high your adobe CC whining levels have reached.fadein11
    • I've haven't even seen one of the new MBPs in the wild, but after seeing that blog post I can say I'd probably use it to modify tools with left handmonospaced
    • @mono-yeah that is what i was thinking. up until i saw the photoshop integration i wasn't really sold on it. if adobe integrates all their programs into this...lvl_13
    • it could end up being quite useful. especially if it's not connected to an external monitor where you have space for all tool panels open.lvl_13
    • For me it's slower. Adobe have implemented it poorly - though maybe it's customisable? Not sure, haven't checked.inteliboy
    • ie. If you select a paintbrush, it'd be cool to just have brush size & softness dials instantly appear - though no, it comes up with an expandable sub-menu.inteliboy
    • So for now it remains a gimmick. None of my music DAWs use it yet either.inteliboy
  • omg-4

    Apple police aims to enforce a "no tipping" policy within social network apps.


    https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-t…

    • not exactly true ... they're just trying to collect the typical 30% they usually get for in-app purchasesmonospaced
  • ok_not_ok5