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Re:iMac Pro 18-core Follow Up Review by jcadam on Saturday February 03, 2018 @08:26PM (#16300720)
Yea, you know, if I'm doing work that requires 18+ cores of CPU and gobs of RAM, I'm going to pack that beast into a rack (bet I could build a sweet epyc based system with more capability for less than $10k) and connect to it from a laptop/small desktop.

Besides, that thing is going to get hot, and Apple doesn't exactly have the best track record when it comes to thermal design (see: apple ///)

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Re:iMac Pro 18-core Follow Up Review by scarface74 on Saturday February 03, 2018 @09:40PM (#16300980)
Really the Apple /// a computer that came out in 1980? Is that what you are going to base your doubts on the thermal design of the iMac?
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Re:iMac Pro 18-core Follow Up Review by jcadam on Sunday February 04, 2018 @08:24AM (#16302642)
It was the start of Apple's long tradition of form over function.
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Re:iMac Pro 18-core Follow Up Review by scarface74 on Sunday February 04, 2018 @12:54PM (#16303817)
How has Apple survived over 40 years if it were just about form over function while most of its contemporaries over the years have disappeared?
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Re:iMac Pro 18-core Follow Up Review by cmrdporcupine on Monday February 05, 2018 @11:00AM (#16309576)
Arguably it's not the same Apple. I don't see a lot of continuity in approach between the company that brought us the Apple IIe and the company that makes the iPhone.
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Re:iMac Pro 18-core Follow Up Review by scarface74 on Sunday February 11, 2018 @05:02PM (#16355084)
Both the company that brought the Apple //e and the company that brought the world the iPhone had Steve Jobs in charge and very much went for vertical integration.
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Re:iMac Pro 18-core Follow Up Review by mgkimsal on Saturday February 03, 2018 @11:05PM (#16301260)
could have looked at the more recent thermal paste gpu issues with mbp 2011 (which i was hit by) or the similar imac problems in 2012(?)
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