Apple To Discontinue Mac Pro In EU Over Safety Regulations

jones_supa writes "Apple has been forced to remove the Mac Pro from sale in the European Union after an amendment to a safety regulation left the machines non-compliant. The updated electronics safety standard IEC 60950-1 increases requirements around electrical port protection (PDF) and the fan guards in the system. Apple does not plan to modify their machines and will simply pull them from market in the EU. Apple wishes to warn customers and partners about the change so that they would have sufficient time to order Mac Pro units and meet any needs prior to 1 March, when the amendment comes into effect."

Comments

Re:Unlikely to be discontinued altogether

[drinkypoo]

Why would they be silent? Nothing else Dyson makes is.

We already have quiet fans with high-tech blades and fluid or maglev bearings, and we also have liquid cooling. So we already have quiet to silent cooling. There's also the option to have devices which consume so little power that they can run without active cooling.

Re:No programmers, no apps.

[drinkypoo]

Don't you need a Mac to program for iOS?

You do, but you can do it on a mini, or if that goes away, on an imac.

I don't think Apple laptops are going anywhere. They might add touch to them though. It would help them keep up with the PC, which is finally heading that direction. To the haters, there's no reason not to have touch, as long as you don't deprecate the touchpad. Of course, Apple has already demonstrated their disregard for touchpad users by reversing the scrolling direction in an update without prior notice... At least they actually gave you a config option for that.