Tim Cook needs to do the right thing and hold a VP accountable for this, as well as for the thermal throttling and T2 bugs, flex cable failure, iPad chassis deformation, AirPower vaporware, etc. Phil Schiller? Dan Riccio? John Ternus? Sounds like Apple needs Bob Mansfield to run the hardware division again.
"macOS Mojave will be available this fall as a free software update for Macs introduced in mid-2012 or later, plus 2010 and 2012 Mac Pro models with recommended Metal-capable graphics cards."
Looks like it's the end of the road for my 2010 Mac mini running High Sierra. So long as Photos and Photo Stream continue to work, I'm not complaining. It was a good run.
There will likely be hacks like DosDude's Sierra patch [1]. 7 years of updates is still quite a lot, and I'm sure your Mac Mini will still be useful past its 10th birthday.
Check ebay. I recently bought a 2013 Mac Pro off ebay for a good price. My 2009 Mac Pro was no longer supported. I figure the 2013s will probably have another 5 years after whatever new model they come out with next year.
Ya, I couldn't get it to work and I have more money than patience. I also didn't buy one when they first came out, so I was happy with my 4 years of holding off for a good price. Besides, new (to me) hardware always motivates me to build products. I'm working on an Azure app on a Windows 10 VM inside a macOS. :) I need to get around to learning how to work on C# apps in macOS rather than Visual Studio, but I haven't quite gotten around to it yet.
Either way, now I have a trashcan / hand warmer on my desk with a TB connected external drive cage with 2 mirror sets, and it makes me happy.
macOS/iCloud keychain does the job for me, but agreed that that user experience can be much better. If not a Safari password that's not setup for autofill, opening Keychain access, searching for the right credential, then authenticating to see the password gets tedious real fast. Same with being on iOS of opening Safari > Settings > Passwords, authenticating, and scrolling through a list of passwords to choose from with a final Copy/Paste action in the end. At the very least Apple should make credential management a lot more easier.
Not sure why it would need to be smaller, the Cheesegrater was exactly what I'd expect a Pro level machine to look like and I've never been an apple user, I just love that case.
It's a pro level desktop, size (within reason) constraints aren't really an issue.
I agree. Bringing back the old design would immediately solve a lot of problems, but Apple won't do that. Even with a new redesign, I assume the system will still be designed to accommodate standard-sized GPUs and other add-in cards, unless Apple is going to use custom packaging, which is doubtful. That's why I guessed that they could potentially make the new Mac Pro smaller and have it sit on a desk instead of the floor, etc. Instead of the current cylindrical Mac Pro, it would go back to something box-shaped.
I wouldn't mind a slightly smaller cheese grater truth be had. It's a heavy beast of a machine and takes up a fair bit of space. Although it doesn't really move much and I don't notice it too much sitting next to me. Top specs and upgradability are my top feature requests.
Lately, I've been thinking about how important or relevant industrial design is to something like the Mac Pro. Had Apple continued to use a tower form factor with yearly revisions, would we even be having this conversation? Faster CPUs, GPUs, storage, and the latest macOS. What more does the Pro need? My thesis is radical industrial design is non critical for a professional product as the Mac Pro.
If Santa Cruz had the will and might, what would stop it from becoming "New San Francisco"? Seems to me that creating a competing city is easier and quicker than reforming one.
1) Population - As of 2013 the U.S. Census Bureau estimated Santa Cruz's population at 62,864 [1], versus ~860,000, for San Francisco alone, as of 2015.[2]
2) Water - "The SCWD currently has four water supply sources: 1) surface water diversions from three creeks and one natural spring on the Santa Cruz Country Coast; 2) surface water diversions from San Lorenzo River; 3) surface water from Loch Lomond Reservoir; 4) groundwater extracted from the Purisima Formation by the Live Oak well system."[3] The recent drought represented a sobering reality for residents, regarding capacity of the existing system.
3) Geography - Perhaps someone more knowledgeable on this might weigh in, on this, but the area comprises a number of marine terraces; you go from ocean to hilly redwoods in about three miles, or less, with most people living primarily on the marine terrace plateaus. You could develop it, I guess (?)
It's a gem, for sure, and not saying it's impossible; I guess we'd have to define the characteristics of what a New SF would represent, for you. : o )
Water is the biggest limiting factor. The campus has plans to expand further into the redwoods and build additional student housing, but can't do so without an adequate water supply. Currently their plans would further endanger local fish e.g. the smelt.
Well, it's all built out and no existing property owner wants to have a 5-story monstrosity go up next door. The city is trying to prioritize condos and ADUs but that's a slow process.
Yes a five story "monstrosity" that will block out the sun permanently leaving the city in darkness. Geez. The fact that you frame necessary housing that way is the problem.
The "corridors program" is ramming severs 3-4 story high density housing projects along several of the main arterial roads in the city, mostly on the east side.
Those proposing them and voting to support them do not live in the impacted area and throw up their hands when residents complain -- "we need housing".
How do you define "might"? I mean, if you mean by that, the concentration of wealth, talent, and established industry players that San Francisco has, then, sure, if they had that, they could easily become the New San Francisco.
The question is how they would ever get the might?
> Seems to me that creating a competing city is easier and quicker than reforming one.
Santa Cruz is an existing city, and apparently one that you propose reforming into your ideal of what San Francisco should be. Why is that easier to reform that existing city than San Francisco?
While everyone's heard the minimum wage-automation argument many times over, wasn't POS kiosks the inevitable next step regardless of wages? Sheetz and Wawa have been doing this for decades in the Northeast US, so why hasn't McDonalds, Subway, Burger King, etc followed suit? Is it due to public pressure, and/or the cost of deploying infrastructure?
The equation is pretty direct. When the cost of an employee is greater than the value the employee brings to the organization, something has to change or else the organization goes out of business. I'm not familiar with Sheetz and Wawa, but maybe these companies felt that the novelty or accuracy of Kiosks brought additional customers in, justifying their expense even with a low labor cost. Other companies may not have felt so. But now that minimum wages are being pushed higher, these companies are going to re-evaluate the cost vs. value equation. When the local Dairy Queen in Fresno, is forced to pay a High School kid a rate of $31,000 a year to hand out soft-serve ice-cream cones, you can bet that the owner is looking at self-serve options...
Tax breaks in exchange for bringing jobs to a community? I'm sure government largess focuses into the equation. "Free market", haha. Programs originally meant to help people tying them to pyramid-construction projects.
Companies like them and Deloitte still offer traditional auditing and accounting services, but their cash cow is mostly in IT contracting for government and Fortune 500-type companies.
Not to mention that when it comes to accounting and fiscal advice, they're more tax avoidance companies than accounting companies.
Take away the big four, and I wonder if $tech_multinational would dare to play things like the double Irish for some time. Just as an example, have a closer look at EU commission president Juncker's activities in his former job in Luxemburg, and you'll see what I mean.
