Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jolly Roger Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system,alt.comp.freeware,alt.hacker,alt.privacy.anon-server,comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: "Unhackable" Apple Confirms Malware-Infected Apps Found And Removed From Its Chinese App Store Date: 5 Oct 2015 00:41:49 GMT Lines: 50 Message-ID: References: <86549329f10d815d2e5922dee68cf94a@anemone.mooo.com> <210920151816339085%nospam@nospam.invalid> <210920151849448520%nospam@nospam.invalid> <041020151828504734%nospam@nospam.invalid> <041020151852561506%nospam@nospam.invalid> <041020151911207774%nospam@nospam.invalid> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net FzBJSKEWm3q7PsnRRbOwXgA7jRFxFh9P6+oY9GhtEtIxcQXmI0 Cancel-Lock: sha1:O309nFECNS/s0WOhB/SdHgufosY= sha1:8HKLVh/XlOkqMxk6HZx8m/m3ELY= User-Agent: NewsTap/5.0 (iPhone/iPod Touch) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:81485 alt.comp.freeware:244647 alt.hacker:8532 alt.privacy.anon-server:45691 comp.os.linux.advocacy:324290 nom de plume wrote: > On 2015-10-04, nospam wrote: >> actually, the mac pro costs quite a bit less ($2000, see below) and >> most people don't upgrade anyway. > > Spoken like someone who drank the marketing materials and asked for > seconds. It's true. Apparently you only accept the truth when its convenient for you. Yet you accuse him of drinking the cool-aid? Lame. >> users prefer that it's whisper quiet and also its smallness and >> portability. an entire workstation can fit in a backpack. > > What users are these? I see lots of people using them. I own a Mac Pro tower myself. > Has Apple even broken out the number of buyers for this unit? I think > not. I'd guess the reason why is the number is so small it simply > doesn't look good in the financial results. They make the unit, and it's > attractive, but functional, not so much. You're being ridiculous. They are highly functional and run rings around many desktop PCs. > What would you even run on it? iMovie Pro? Pages doesn't exactly > scream for multiple cores and dual video cards. Most of Adobe's code > core doesn't take advantage of all the cores either. Bullshit. I have owned Adobe products for a long time and they absolutely do take advantage of multiple cores! > Kind of a machine > without a purpose really. Apple should stick to making consumer products > like iPhones and iPads, where greater than 80% of the revenue comes > from. > > Real computing is best left to that which can scale efficiently. You're full of shit. Apple's computer sales have outperformed the rest of the industry for decades! The rest of the industry has been shrinking for a long time. Clearly they serve a purpose for many, many people. Get real. You are trolling hard. -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR