Re:Video Pros Moving from Mac to Windows for High-End GPUs
by konradb on Friday February 24, 2017 @05:46AM
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This might be all completely true but doesn't regard mindshare or loyalty. Apple has historically had a fanatical fan base, and should be spending a small fraction of their huge cash reserves to make sure they keep a fanatical fan base.
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Re:Video Pros Moving from Mac to Windows for High-End GPUs
by ansible on Friday February 24, 2017 @10:51AM
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Yes, Apple could license their operating system to just one high-tier desktop hardware company, and ensure that the power users will stay in the Apple ecosystem.
Somebody who will sell a high-end desktop system with: dual-socket Xeons, gobs of ECC memory, lots of storage, multiple 16x PCIe slots, and a very limited selection of high-end graphics cards.
That would satisfy the power users, and wouldn't cost them anything.
Re:Video Pros Moving from Mac to Windows for High-End GPUs
by mrweasel on Friday February 24, 2017 @01:42PM
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They would pay the same price Microsoft does to support random hardware. More importantly, it also wouldn't gain much. As others pointed out, the high-end workstation is barely a business for Apple.
Sure they are losing customer, but compared to the hoards of students buying Apple laptops or iPhone customers, it not really an issue.