[Leica] Tina's computer concerns

[mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)]

Appears the new Mac pro is a for sure deal as its now being shown on the
main apple site.
http://www.apple.com/mac-pro/

Take the shell off though and it still looks like a vacuum cleaner of the
future. R2D2.
I'd kill for one.

It takes up no desktop space is there are tiny fans which  make it levitate
a full two inches above your analog desktop.
You can store pens and pencils underneath it but they have to be heavy or
they blow away.
The fans next year will be replaced by anti gravity units. The plans of
which were found in the secret archives of Apple. With a recipe for Apple
Cobbler.


On 6/10/13 11:21 PM, "Lawrence Zeitlin" <LRZeitlin at aol.com> wrote:

> Still raining. Flooding expected.
> 
> Tina don't be concerned about what you read on the internet about a yet
> to be released computer. It's like the Leica Mini M speculation.
> 
> Apple operates under the assumption that its computers are essentially
> closed systems. Each is a complete package containing everything
> necessary for the computing experience. Sure, the computers can be
> modified and upgraded but it is difficult. This has been the case since
> the original 128 Mac in 1984. Good current examples are the Air Macs,
> the iMac, the Mac Mini, all iPods, the iPhones, and the iPads. These
> are basically consumer items. If you want a better, faster, computer,
> just buy a new one. The old ones will keep functioning on legacy
> software for quite a while. I have 30 year old Macs that still work
> fine for e-mail and word processing except that they won't run
> Photoshop or the latest operating system. There are exceptions. Mac
> Pros of recent years have large cases that will accommodate multiple
> drives and replaceable circuit boards. The MacBook Pros internals are
> accessible as well. I have upgraded mine with a one terabyte disc drive
> and 8 gigabytes of memory.
> 
> However within a month or so of introduction of each new system after
> market suppliers augment Apple's closed system concept. Indeed, this
> may be part of Apple's plan. While it is hard to get inside an Apple
> computer, connecting external peripherals is very easy. Apple was one
> of the first to offer USB, Firewire, and Thunderbolt ports, several of
> which offered connection at internal bus speeds. Each Apple computer
> comes with built in wi-fi and Bluetooth and is capable of setting up a
> LAN with no additional equipment. The disc drive of any Apple computer
> can be read by another Apple computer. The computers can communicate
> with Time Machine discs wirelessly. I suspect that within a month of
> the release of the new Mac Pro, after market suppliers will provide a
> nicely styled box containing high capacity disc drives and a bay for
> installing additional equipment.
> 
> It is nice to be able to unplug and get rid of equipment that you no
> longer use instead of having to rip it out of the main unit. I have a
> junk box full of obsolete gear, 3.5" floppy dirves, CD drives, numeric
> pads, tape drives, and Zip drives (remember those?) that are obsolete.
> I regret the passing of the Super Drive though. I like to watch DVD
> movies on my laptop when I travel.
> 
> By the way, I'm not a flack for Apple. I was head of my university's
> computer committee for several years and we critically evaluated all
> the suppliers. We are located in the middle of IBM country. IBM
> provided a subsidy of $1500 for each graduate student to buy a computer
> expecting, of course, that they would buy IBM PCs. Over 70% bought
> Apple laptops. The next year IBM sold their laptop business to Lenovo.
> Incidentally, my next door neighbor;s son, head of the Microsoft
> Windows division for several years, bought his folks a Macintosh.
> Enough said.
> 
> Larry Z
> 
> 
> 
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