Not sure what you expected in an update MacBook Pro as you didn't specify. I thought the best part of the event was the software demos. Real energy there, whereas the rest was rather lacklustre.
My own view is that the iMac has reached end of life status. I suspect that it will get a silent update before too long but it will be minimal. Microsoft's Surface Studio looks like a reference design. Benedict Evans suggested that it was aimed at market of no more than 7m users - pretty niche in the market today. And it has missed the point that many pro media people want portability these days. Look at Microsoft's Surface Book ads for this case. The MacBook Pro, the 15 inch one primarily, seems much more in tune with media pros need for portability - taking the software where it needs to be rather than being deskbound. From early reaction I suggest the FCPX market really like this device and the LG monitors. And this is probably true of photographers as well. Graphic designers maybe not so much. And at the top end the prices for MacBook Pro plus LG monitor don't look to far away from one another. I'd also give the Mac Pro EOL status. Apple's market research has probably concluded that just like the Xserve there is not a big enough market for static powerhouses linked to server farms. Wasn't the nod on Raid boxes with the MacBook Pro a pointer? I also think Apple made clear that it isn't going to produce its own branded monitor. I'd expect the Mac mini to also get the silent update treatment. I use mine as a home server and you don't need much more than a connectors refresh for it to do this job quite adequately. Thinking differently, the new 4 quadrants that Jobs used to simplify Apple's current strategy can possibly be seen as; Wearables - Watch, iPhone Everyday work - iPads Professional usage - MacBook Pros Cloud services - media streaming (Apple TV is just an enabler), augmented information bank, storage The 'Apple Car' is an outlier - maybe relevant but looks like it has changed direction away from a product and more towards a framework in the same way that Apple has created frameworks for Health and Home to suck producers/consumers into the Apple ecosystem? How does any of this affect me? Not much at all. I'm keeping my late-2008 MacBook Pro running macos Sierra until the refresh of the iPad line. Not so sure about the home server as I currently have 10TB of storage online. If Apple drops its iCloud storage prices then I might rethink the whole idea - possibly in conjunction with a RAID type of solution. Regards, Tony Sent from my iPad >>> >>>> On 27 Oct 2016, at 21:48, mac98aop <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Just wondering if anyone else has seen the latest news from Apple and >>>> feels rather underwhelmed? >>>> >>>> It just seems really strange that the MacBook Pro has been so poorly >>>> updated? The Touch Bar thing seems like nothing more than a gimmick, and >>>> for 'pro' users, lifting hands to the top of the keyboard to use >>>> navigation tools just seems annoying (I'm happy to be proved wrong with a >>>> proper test). >>>> >>>> But the iMac? Mac mini (for entry level users and server setup) the Mac >>>> Pro? >>>> >>>> The lineup seems odd with snazzy MacBook (seems gimmicky) MacBook Air now >>>> only 13" and seeming very dated, and these new MBPro's which seem anything >>>> but Pro, save for the price. >>>> >>>> Is it just me? Has Apple Inc (ie, no longer Apple Computer Inc) become a >>>> phone and tablet company? It's desktop lineup is lack lustre I feel... >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "Sussex Mac User Group" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to [email protected]. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/smug. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> >> -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/smug. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
