Marco Arment
๐ค SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
And it's going to be a while before we catch up with that.
And why do we ever need to do that?
Why wouldn't we just always run it on the server?
Because local has advantages, obviously.
Like, you know, setting aside all the privacy and other stuff like that, being able to do stuff locally is advantageous for multiple reasons, which is why we never fully converted to thin clients where everything is in the data center.
And yet it was still a useful product for DJs, and you can't even say that about the Mac Pro.
Oh, 2019 was amazing.
What are you talking about?
A little bit over 10.
I think my 2008 Mac Pro was used for a little bit over 10 years.
Something like that.
I don't think everything you said supports that.
The 2019 was the last good Mac Pro, clearly.
I know it was a shame that it got Apple siliconed, but like when it was released, there was no Apple silicon.
So we can only, you know, even though Apple knew that it was coming, whatever, at 2019 Mac Pro was released, it was an amazing Mac Pro.
Now, granted, the price was higher.
As you noted, it was not as economical as it was, but I think that's as the 2008 one.
But I think that's just a sign of the times and that Apple realized we have to move up market because that's where...
That's where the people who are going to be able to afford this computer that we want to make exist, and the other users are better served by our lower-end stuff.