{"id":16799,"date":"2017-01-04T14:55:40","date_gmt":"2017-01-04T19:55:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=16799"},"modified":"2017-01-11T10:18:37","modified_gmt":"2017-01-11T15:18:37","slug":"getting-a-new-2013-mac-pro-in-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/04\/getting-a-new-2013-mac-pro-in-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting a New 2013 Mac Pro in 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chris Adamson<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Waiting isn’t really an option, with my 2008 machine not supported by Sierra.<\/p>\n

I think my needs, for development and especially for video work (Motion and Wirecast, mainly) are best served by the Mac Pro. Even the pathetic, three-year-old Mac Pro, because what I want is lots of cores, silent operation, and expandability of RAM and storage, something the iMac and MacBook Pro can’t offer.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

If Marco’s right, then the choice is either today’s Mac Pro, or no Mac Pro.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

I’m honestly not sure Apple is even a consumer electronics company anymore. I’m starting to think they’re more a fashion and luxury goods company instead. […] The whole reason I bought AAPL in the first place was from reading Motley Fool back in the day (on AOL even! yes, I’m old!), whose emphasis on buying single stocks came from knowing what a company did and how it could be profitable doing that. I understood Apple in the 90s and believed that if they kept doing the right thing, they would succeed. They did, and I was rewarded handsomely for believing in them. But now, what the heck am I supposed to think when they’re maybe making a car, or making $300 coffee table books to celebrate how great they are? This makes no damn sense to me, so it’s time for me to be out.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I’m always amazed at just how small the Mac Pro looks in photos.<\/p>\n

Previously: How Apple Alienated Mac Loyalists<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

Update (2017-01-11): See also: The Talk Show<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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