Funny, because I was one of those working poor until I started making more money. I'm pretty sure you're wrong; I don't smoke, I don't use drugs, I don't have tattoos or piercings, I don't gamble, and my drinking is limited to one or two drinks per week (if any at all). When I was making less than $16k/yr and supporting my partner, there weren't hundreds of dollars every month for me to waste; what's changed is that I make almost as much in a month as I used to make in a year.
iOS has always required explicit permission for apps to access the contact list
So has Android.
and you would be here complaining about that
Hey now, that's a hefty assumption based on... what, exactly? It's not like I was complaining in the first place, merely stating a fact. I use both Android and iOS, I'm intimately familiar with both platforms, and I don't pick favorites as they both have their place; I also have no illusions that one is better, overall, than the other. Again, they both have their place.
I hope all these high horses trample you.
You're such a nice guy, I wish you nothing but the best in life.
Those who avoid that fate still tend to know of at least one other person in their circles who had that happen to them, or started getting text message spam from someone they know who when asked about it said they didn't send that but everyone in their contacts is also complaining to them.
I know two people who've had this happen. Both iPhone users. Get off your fucking high horse.
Another issue, even for those who do have encrypted system drives, is that the cache is world read/writeable. Anyone else with an account on your machine can read that cache, so even an encrypted system drive doesn't help if you have multiple users or the guest account is enabled (and we've seen bugs in the past that allowed it to be enabled without signing in to an admin account, so don't trust that disabling it is enough).
Just double checked ATLAS. My US based techID shows the 2017 iMac pro certification available to take. My Canadian based techID does not have that course available.
Of course, the other incidents I am aware of took place in the US at Apple stores where there was an iMac Pro certified genius available but they simply could not order parts. They ended up replacing both machines in those instances; one after a failed repair attempt involving a power drill. I'll come back and post a link to more info on that one if I happen across it again, but I'm not spending time on this to convince people who simply don't want to see the truth -- it's really no skin off my back if you believe Apple gear is somehow better than any other overpriced commodity poorly-engineered laptop you can buy from anyone else.
Plus, fuck, you expect me to trust some semi-anonymous commenter who claims to be an AASP over someone who's put themselves out there and faces actual liability for their comments if they slander a company? If Linus was making shit up, Apple would have sued him into oblivion by now.
Sent from my 2016 MacBook Pro, complete with intermittent keyboard failure just out of warranty.
You haven't looked very hard, then. I'm not going to waste my time doing your homework for you, because your delusions prevent my efforts from having any effect, but there have been at least two other high profile incidents involving iMac Pro machines Apple could not repair properly; and no, I don't waste my time looking for these, they're headline news that comes across my inbox passively.
Considering that even Apple can't repair them right now, and the storage is paired to the logic board, I'm gonna say it's a pretty big weenie computer for anyone who needs a reliable machine. There's more to reliability than simply trusting it won't fail; they aren't perfect, and if you happen to have the one that fails and even ghe manufacturer can't fix it, you're kind if fucked into buying another $5000 machine and you'd better hope your backups are current and actually recoverable.
Sorry but no, until Apple can repair them, the iMac Pro is a joke.
The complaint was that it has not been revamped and still sells at the same price while the value of the hardware has decreased severely in that time. A price drop would suffice to make pablo_max happy, I suspect.
It's not so much about you wanting to upgrade or not, it's about new users wanting to buy in or not... or when your hardware fails, which it will eventually.
You can buy a few monitors to leave on the various desks you'd use something like this on. Much cheaper than entire workstations at each location and you always have your data with you.
Something about the size of a dollar bill would be too thin for the ports; it's considerably larger than even a band of bills. Perhaps some of us feel we shouldn't need $300 in adapters and dongles and docks to make our $3000 machines as useful as their $300 PC counterparts. Progress usually means being able to do more with a single item, not less.
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Funny, because I was one of those working poor until I started making more money. I'm pretty sure you're wrong; I don't smoke, I don't use drugs, I don't have tattoos or piercings, I don't gamble, and my drinking is limited to one or two drinks per week (if any at all). When I was making less than $16k/yr and supporting my partner, there weren't hundreds of dollars every month for me to waste; what's changed is that I make almost as much in a month as I used to make in a year.
Care to cite an example?
iOS has always required explicit permission for apps to access the contact list
So has Android.
and you would be here complaining about that
Hey now, that's a hefty assumption based on... what, exactly? It's not like I was complaining in the first place, merely stating a fact. I use both Android and iOS, I'm intimately familiar with both platforms, and I don't pick favorites as they both have their place; I also have no illusions that one is better, overall, than the other. Again, they both have their place.
I hope all these high horses trample you.
You're such a nice guy, I wish you nothing but the best in life.
Those who avoid that fate still tend to know of at least one other person in their circles who had that happen to them, or started getting text message spam from someone they know who when asked about it said they didn't send that but everyone in their contacts is also complaining to them.
I know two people who've had this happen. Both iPhone users. Get off your fucking high horse.
Or multiple users. The cache is world read/writeable.
Another issue, even for those who do have encrypted system drives, is that the cache is world read/writeable. Anyone else with an account on your machine can read that cache, so even an encrypted system drive doesn't help if you have multiple users or the guest account is enabled (and we've seen bugs in the past that allowed it to be enabled without signing in to an admin account, so don't trust that disabling it is enough).
Just double checked ATLAS. My US based techID shows the 2017 iMac pro certification available to take. My Canadian based techID does not have that course available.
Of course, the other incidents I am aware of took place in the US at Apple stores where there was an iMac Pro certified genius available but they simply could not order parts. They ended up replacing both machines in those instances; one after a failed repair attempt involving a power drill. I'll come back and post a link to more info on that one if I happen across it again, but I'm not spending time on this to convince people who simply don't want to see the truth -- it's really no skin off my back if you believe Apple gear is somehow better than any other overpriced commodity poorly-engineered laptop you can buy from anyone else.
Plus, fuck, you expect me to trust some semi-anonymous commenter who claims to be an AASP over someone who's put themselves out there and faces actual liability for their comments if they slander a company? If Linus was making shit up, Apple would have sued him into oblivion by now.
Sent from my 2016 MacBook Pro, complete with intermittent keyboard failure just out of warranty.
I guess the only way to find out first-hand is to buy one, break it, and take it to Apple for repair. I don't have that in my budget; do you?
You haven't looked very hard, then. I'm not going to waste my time doing your homework for you, because your delusions prevent my efforts from having any effect, but there have been at least two other high profile incidents involving iMac Pro machines Apple could not repair properly; and no, I don't waste my time looking for these, they're headline news that comes across my inbox passively.
Considering that even Apple can't repair them right now, and the storage is paired to the logic board, I'm gonna say it's a pretty big weenie computer for anyone who needs a reliable machine. There's more to reliability than simply trusting it won't fail; they aren't perfect, and if you happen to have the one that fails and even ghe manufacturer can't fix it, you're kind if fucked into buying another $5000 machine and you'd better hope your backups are current and actually recoverable.
Sorry but no, until Apple can repair them, the iMac Pro is a joke.
Nope. iPad.
But the Genius Bar might have access to parts by then! Yay! Repairs!
It means it's not the right tool for the job he is trying to do.
In other words, it's about as useless to him as a screwdriver is to a guy who has a box of nails.
The complaint was that it has not been revamped and still sells at the same price while the value of the hardware has decreased severely in that time. A price drop would suffice to make pablo_max happy, I suspect.
No one demanding it from Dell or HP either...
...because Dell and HP are already providing it.
I would fucking jump with joy.
Yes. It was PC tech in 2015.
The 2012 Mac Mini could, as well. 2013 and onward, not so much.
Indeed. In this case, GrayShift is the cat.
It's not so much about you wanting to upgrade or not, it's about new users wanting to buy in or not... or when your hardware fails, which it will eventually.
“Everyone who has done fiber to the home has given up because it costs way too much money and takes way too much time.”
When did CenturyLink give it up? They just installed my GPON gateway last month. Fiber straight through my wall.
You can buy a few monitors to leave on the various desks you'd use something like this on. Much cheaper than entire workstations at each location and you always have your data with you.
We're gonna have to agree to disagree, then, I guess.
Yes, this might be better than 1990's laptops, but that doesn't mean it isn't a huge step back from 2014.
Something about the size of a dollar bill would be too thin for the ports; it's considerably larger than even a band of bills. Perhaps some of us feel we shouldn't need $300 in adapters and dongles and docks to make our $3000 machines as useful as their $300 PC counterparts. Progress usually means being able to do more with a single item, not less.