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Marco Arment

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
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Accidental Tech Podcast
685: The Ability to Be Hotter

And it's going to be a while before we catch up with that.

Accidental Tech Podcast
685: The Ability to Be Hotter

And why do we ever need to do that?

Accidental Tech Podcast
685: The Ability to Be Hotter

Why wouldn't we just always run it on the server?

Accidental Tech Podcast
685: The Ability to Be Hotter

Because local has advantages, obviously.

Accidental Tech Podcast
685: The Ability to Be Hotter

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.

Accidental Tech Podcast
685: The Ability to Be Hotter

And yet it was still a useful product for DJs, and you can't even say that about the Mac Pro.

Accidental Tech Podcast
685: The Ability to Be Hotter

Oh, 2019 was amazing.

Accidental Tech Podcast
685: The Ability to Be Hotter

What are you talking about?

Accidental Tech Podcast
685: The Ability to Be Hotter

A little bit over 10.

Accidental Tech Podcast
685: The Ability to Be Hotter

I think my 2008 Mac Pro was used for a little bit over 10 years.

Accidental Tech Podcast
685: The Ability to Be Hotter

Something like that.

Accidental Tech Podcast
685: The Ability to Be Hotter

I don't think everything you said supports that.

Accidental Tech Podcast
685: The Ability to Be Hotter

The 2019 was the last good Mac Pro, clearly.

Accidental Tech Podcast
685: The Ability to Be Hotter

I know it was a shame that it got Apple siliconed, but like when it was released, there was no Apple silicon.

Accidental Tech Podcast
685: The Ability to Be Hotter

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.

Accidental Tech Podcast
685: The Ability to Be Hotter

Now, granted, the price was higher.

Accidental Tech Podcast
685: The Ability to Be Hotter

As you noted, it was not as economical as it was, but I think that's as the 2008 one.

Accidental Tech Podcast
685: The Ability to Be Hotter

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...

Accidental Tech Podcast
685: The Ability to Be Hotter

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.