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The man who considered killing the Mac Pro Date: August 11, 2013 10:21AM |
Steve Jobs.
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The man with the Halo Effect proves that he did not understand the Halo Effect (of hardware). I pretty much new this was the case because my favorite computer was the PowerCenter Pro, a slightly below premium machine, but still very high performance, that could be upgraded in dozens of ways. My opinion is that Apple never made anything in the class of the PowerCenter Pro.
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The man with the Halo Effect proves that he did not understand the Halo Effect (of hardware). I pretty much new this was the case because my favorite computer was the PowerCenter Pro, a slightly below premium machine, but still very high performance, that could be upgraded in dozens of ways. My opinion is that Apple never made anything in the class of the PowerCenter Pro.
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Re: The man who considered killing the Mac Pro Date: August 11, 2013 05:18PM |
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The important thing that's missing is "when", it mentions "back in the days when iMac had established itself as a global bestseller". Was that during 1998-2000 when the G3 iMac was doing well? Or was it closer to 2008 when Apple stopped having a booth at NAB which was always packed promoting their Pro Apps and hardware.
Doesn't sound like this was specifically the Mac Pro - just the "pro" target audience to begin with. No Mac Pro was around in 1998-2000, so it wouldn't be in reference to that timeframe... if we were actually talking about the Mac Pro.
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Re: The man who considered killing the Mac Pro Date: August 11, 2013 06:42PM |
Another vote for the PowerCenter Pro, not quite as big and beefy as the PowerTower Pro, but that was part of its charm... even got a few of 'em w/ "silent upgrades", before Apple's silent upgrades became popular. Though since Apple eventually took over Power Computing before killing it shortly thereafter, were those Power machines sorta technically Apple's? 
AGP and other faster buses really eventually put the pro in "Pro" machines. It will interesting to see how much halo effect the new Mac Pro's will generate... I'm thinking it'll start slow, then snowball into mid-numbing monumental proportions.
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AGP and other faster buses really eventually put the pro in "Pro" machines. It will interesting to see how much halo effect the new Mac Pro's will generate... I'm thinking it'll start slow, then snowball into mid-numbing monumental proportions.Sometimes it is what it is...
and then there's times when it's really better.
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Re: The man who considered killing the Mac Pro Date: August 11, 2013 06:59PM |
There were probably a bunch of ideas that Jobs considered but never implemented.
The issue Apple faces is the iOS wave may not always be super strong and the aura of creating on a Mac is what sustain the company in the lean years. I hope they haven;t forgotten that.
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The issue Apple faces is the iOS wave may not always be super strong and the aura of creating on a Mac is what sustain the company in the lean years. I hope they haven;t forgotten that.
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...changed his mind... Date: August 11, 2013 07:46PM |
...and doom was averted. Apple still remained beleaguered.
I remember a tech writer who was at one time a former Apple employee who stated that she personally knew of several products that were ready for production but were cancelled at the last minute by Steve. She didn't say why, just that he decided not to go ahead.
I tend to believe that he constantly thought about what was best for the company when making such decisions.
Or that somebody really ticked him off. Maybe.
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I remember a tech writer who was at one time a former Apple employee who stated that she personally knew of several products that were ready for production but were cancelled at the last minute by Steve. She didn't say why, just that he decided not to go ahead.
I tend to believe that he constantly thought about what was best for the company when making such decisions.
Or that somebody really ticked him off. Maybe.
I am that Masked Man.
All you can do, is all you can do.
There’s trouble — it's time to play the sound of my people.
Your boos mean nothing to me, I've seen what you cheer for.
Insisting on your rights without acknowledging your responsibilities isn’t freedom, it’s adolescence.
I've been to the edge of the map, and there be monsters.
We are a government of laws, not men.
Everybody counts or nobody counts.
When a good man is hurt,
all who would be called good
must suffer with him.
You and I have memories longer than the road that stretches out ahead.
There is no safety for honest men except
by believing all possible evil of evil men.
We don’t do focus groups. They just ensure that you don’t offend anyone, and produce bland inoffensive products. —Sir Jonathan Ive
An armed society is a polite society.
And hope is a lousy defense.
You make me pull, I'll put you down.
I *love* SIGs. It's Glocks I hate.
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