Apple updates iMac and Mac Pro computers
It's not all good news this, sorry to have to break that to you early on. Apple have updated their iMac and Mac Pro computers for 2010 / 2011 and they have an impressive specification and an equally impressive price tag. But it also looks like there's a catch.
The new Mac Pros have six and 12-core monster Intel Xeon processors which is impressive, they also some with solid state hard disks and Apple say they'll outperform the previous Mac Pros by up to 50%
So what's the problem? I can't help but think that Apple are painting themselves, rather badly, into a corner. The quad core Mac Pro will retail for about $2,499 and have 3Gb of RAM and some other stuff. It's slow RAM though compared with some modern PCs and, dare I say this, what I bought for my own new PC only last month that's double the speed and produced a machine about $1,000 cheaper for a similar spec and double the RAM.
It gets worse with the new 8 and 12 core Macs as upping the standard RAM to 6Gb and charging a whopping $3,499 for the privilege leaves the computer sitting in a place where it's not properly prepared for the role it has to undertake.
You see, to get the best out of six, eight and twelve core processors these days, in fact to even get the spare cores working, you need to be doing some very serious work such as video editing, CAD or designing the next generation of fighter aircraft. What Apple have done though with pairing this processor with only 6Gb of RAM, and fairly slow RAM at that, is make it unsuitable for that role at the list price but also vastly overpowered for anything else. If you want one of these mothers you're simply going to have to buy an upgrade and that's just stealth pricing in my view.
The news for the new Core i3 iMacs is much rosier with the 21½" and 27" models coming with 3.06GHZ and 3.2GHz processors respectively and faster memory, running at 1333MHz. Yet these models are a snip at only $1,199 and $1,699 respectively. They'll look brilliant on your desk, do everything they're designed and suited for brilliantly and have quality and appropriate components through and through.
This means these iMacs will, unlike the Mac Pro and the new Mac Mini compete far more effectively with their PC cousins and should be very successful as a result.
Martin, I would appreciate that you do not censor this post, as it’s informative writing.
Onur, there is a misleading statement “[…] GIFs are animated images …”. No, obviously you don’t seem to have take much notice of what you were told back in March regarding; Graphics Interchange Format (GIF).
For example, https://www.ghacks.net/2023/03/31/whats-gif-explanation-and-how-to-use-it/#comment-4562919 (if you had read my replies within that thread, you might have learnt something useful). I even mentioned, “GIF intrinsically supports animated images (GIF89a)”.
You linked to said article, [Related: …] within this article, but have somehow failed to take onboard what support you were given by several more knowledgeable people.
If you used AI to help write this article, it has failed miserably.
AI is stupid, and it will not get any better if we really know how this all works. Prove me wrong.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IYl1sTIOHI
Martin, [#comment-4569908] is only meant to be in: [https://www.ghacks.net/2023/07/09/how-to-send-gifs-on-iphone-two-different-ways/]. Whereas it appears duplicated in several recent random low-quality non relevant articles.
Obviously it [#comment-4569908] was posted: 9 July 2023. Long before this thread even existed… your database is falling over. Those comments are supposed to have unique ID values. It shouldn’t be possible to duplicate the post ID, if the database had referential integrity.
Don’t tell me!
Ghacks wants the state to step in for STATE-MANDATED associations to save jobs!!!
Bring in the dictatorship!!!
And screw Rreedom of Association – too radical for Ghacks maybe
GateKeeper ?
That’s called “appointing” businesses to do the state’s dirty work!!!!!
But the article says itself that those appointed were not happy – implying they had not choice!!!!!!
@The Dark Lady,
@KeZa,
@Database failure,
@Howard Pearce,
@Howard Allan Pearce,
Note: I replaced the quoted URI scheme: https:// with “>>” and posted.
The current ghacks.net is owned by “Softonic International S.A.” (sold by Martin in October 2019), and due to the fate of M&A, ghacks.net has changed in quality.
>> ghacks.net/2023/09/02/microsoft-is-removing-wordpad-from-windows/#comment-4573130
Many Authors of bloggers and advertisers certified by Softonic have joined the site, and the site is full of articles aimed at advertising and clickbait.
>> ghacks.net/2023/08/31/in-windows-11-the-line-between-legitimate-and-adware-becomes-increasingly-blurred/#comment-4573117
As it stands, except for articles by Martin Brinkmann, Mike Turcotte, and Ashwin, they are low quality, unhelpful, and even vicious. It is better not to read those articles.
How to display only articles by a specific author:
Added line to My filters in uBlock Origin: ghacks.net##.hentry,.home-posts,.home-category-post:not(:has-text(/Martin Brinkmann|Mike Turcotte|Ashwin/))
>> ghacks.net/2023/09/01/windows-11-development-overview-of-the-august-2023-changes/#comment-4573033
By the way, if you use an RSS reader, you can track exactly where your comments are (I’m an iPad user, so I use “Feedly Classic”, but for Windows I prefer the desktop app “RSS Guard”).
RSS Guard: Feed reader which supports RSS/ATOM/JSON and many web-based feed services.
>> github.com/martinrotter/rssguard#readme
We all live in digital surveillance glass houses under scrutiny of evil people because of people like Musk. It’s only fair that he takes his turn.
“Operating systems will be required to let the user choose the browser, virtual assistant and search engine of their choice. Microsoft cannot force users to use Bing or Edge. Apple will have to open up its iOS operating system to allow third-party app stores, aka allow sideloading of apps. Google, on the other hand, will need to provide users with the ability to uninstall preloaded apps (bloatware) from Android devices. Online services will need to allow users to unsubscribe from their platform easily. Gatekeepers need to provide interoperability with third-parties that offer similar services.”
Wonderful ! Let’s hope they’ll comply with that law more than they are doing with the GDPR.