Chris Harlan
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[Brett Sherman] “[Chris Harlan] “disregard all other evidence to the contrary.”
When the alternative argument that Apple will definitely drop the Mac Pro is based on the fact that Apple makes too much money on other products, I’m not sure my hopes look all that delusional.
“On the face of it, the point you are making might seem obvious, but the reality behind it is probably quite different. The computer/ProApps forces are undoubtedly so internally impotent that all it would take to kill it is something as simple as enough people on the device side agreeing that the carbon footprint of the Mac Pro is unjustifiable. Recently, all Apple had to do was bring some fans into compliance to continue selling the Mac Pro in Europe, and instead decided to just shut it down. The only real reason to keep it alive at this point is PR, and even that is marginal, plus, they can probably get more value out of killing it for green purposes, than worrying about what some last century video folks think. It’s just not really there business anymore. Plus, the iMacs are zippy.
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[Bill Davis] “[John Pale] “No Steve Jobs to stand in the way now.”
Like he stood in the way of Apple’s success for all those earlier years?
“John was talking about licensing out the OS, which Jobs was strongly against. I’m guessing from your response that you hadn’t quite focused on that.
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[Marcus Moore] “‘m not sure how you read the email as cryptic.”
Oh yeah, my bad. “Something really great” offers such clarity. Why didn’t I see it before? Idiot me.
In the same email, I notice that he also referred to the minor pricing adjustment as “an update.” Woo-hoo!
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[Brett Sherman] “There is a hardware ecosystem to support software. Besides the fact that Tim Cook has said they are not abandoning the pro market.”
It blows my mind how much weight you guys put on a single cryptic email, and are able to disregard all other evidence to the contrary. It is pseudo-messianic, the faith some of you have.
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[Jeremy Garchow] “Hey, where have you been?
Good to virtually see you around these parts.
“Second that!
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[Walter Soyka] “I think you’re thinking of GEM — Graphical Environment Manager [link]. That takes me back!
“Dang. I remember GEM.
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That’s funny!
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[Oliver Peters] “Sounds like no new Mac Pro this year. Wonder if they are waiting for 20Gb/s Tbolt in 2014 from Intel?
“Hey, I took a look inside those HP Zs at NAB. They were pretty snazzy.
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[TImothy Auld] “I think it was the five seconds that sent me over the edge.”
Patience, man. Patience.
Personally, my guess is you fixed it by going fishing. It’s much easier on your equipment than kicking it.
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[Shawn Miller] “[Aindreas Gallagher] “Actually – to be fair – WinNT4? I loved that. Apps on that were nuclear tanks.”
LOL, right… WinNT 4 running dual CPUs and featuring preemptive multitasking… before preemptive multitasking was cool. There are days I still miss Windows 2000 too, stable, simple, flexible. 🙂
“YES. Solid stuff. Pretty much all the way through XP.