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- Motherboard
- MSI Z270 Gaming Pro Carbon
- CPU
- i5-7600
- Graphics
- RX 570
- Mobile Phone
Wow! This has such a different feel and many more unknowns than the switch from PPC to Intel X86. This is a much more complex transition than anything done successfully before in the PC world. Here are a few thoughts...
From my perspective:
Apple seems to be completely abandoning the enthusiast and tinkerer market. I bought a Power Mac G4 Cube in 2001 (and loved it by the way). I used that computer daily until 2011, along the way upgrading the RAM, hard drive, graphics card and PROCESSOR. I also had a 2009 Mac Mini for a second system, and bought a 2011 Mac Mini when the Cube bit the dust. Is built my first Hackintosh less than a year later, because I really liked upgrading and tinkering with the Cube. I will build another Hackintosh probably later this year. Even though I don't always have time to do as much tinkering as I would like, it is just so much fun that I will be sad to see it go away. I have 2 other computers running Windows and I will probably transition to that OS when I can no longer build my own Mac. I have waited since 2001 for Apple to release another upgradable midrange headless Mac, but it seems they are no longer interested in this at all. They just like control too much - especially Tim Cook. It really does seem that Tim Cook represents the choice of a sickly Steve Jobs at the end of his time here when a desire to CONTOL something was paramount as his life and illness was rapidly spinning completely out of anyone's control.
From Apple's perspective???
Apple has a HUGE (I REALLY MEAN HUGE) user base built with the iPhone. Many with the iPhone would never even consider using an Android, and most of these are YOUNG, ages 12-30. Because of things like iChat, there are entire high schools (and colleges?) [I'm speaking of the USA here] where almost all the students have iPhones because it is the only way they can connect with their friends. This is the future of the brand and of computing. That group is also generally more affluent because they can already afford an iPhone. As much as we may not like it, MANY young people today really wish they had a computer that works like their iPhone including the touch interface. They sometimes have difficulty transitioning to a mouse and keyboard because they have grown up with a touch interface. As it sits, many iPhone users still use Windows, and this may be Apple trying to give them a reason to change to the Mac.
Final thoughts:
Perhaps Apple will release Apple Silicon AXX based motherboards for enthusiasts to build with. Well, one can dream anyway.
From my perspective:
Apple seems to be completely abandoning the enthusiast and tinkerer market. I bought a Power Mac G4 Cube in 2001 (and loved it by the way). I used that computer daily until 2011, along the way upgrading the RAM, hard drive, graphics card and PROCESSOR. I also had a 2009 Mac Mini for a second system, and bought a 2011 Mac Mini when the Cube bit the dust. Is built my first Hackintosh less than a year later, because I really liked upgrading and tinkering with the Cube. I will build another Hackintosh probably later this year. Even though I don't always have time to do as much tinkering as I would like, it is just so much fun that I will be sad to see it go away. I have 2 other computers running Windows and I will probably transition to that OS when I can no longer build my own Mac. I have waited since 2001 for Apple to release another upgradable midrange headless Mac, but it seems they are no longer interested in this at all. They just like control too much - especially Tim Cook. It really does seem that Tim Cook represents the choice of a sickly Steve Jobs at the end of his time here when a desire to CONTOL something was paramount as his life and illness was rapidly spinning completely out of anyone's control.
From Apple's perspective???
Apple has a HUGE (I REALLY MEAN HUGE) user base built with the iPhone. Many with the iPhone would never even consider using an Android, and most of these are YOUNG, ages 12-30. Because of things like iChat, there are entire high schools (and colleges?) [I'm speaking of the USA here] where almost all the students have iPhones because it is the only way they can connect with their friends. This is the future of the brand and of computing. That group is also generally more affluent because they can already afford an iPhone. As much as we may not like it, MANY young people today really wish they had a computer that works like their iPhone including the touch interface. They sometimes have difficulty transitioning to a mouse and keyboard because they have grown up with a touch interface. As it sits, many iPhone users still use Windows, and this may be Apple trying to give them a reason to change to the Mac.
Final thoughts:
Perhaps Apple will release Apple Silicon AXX based motherboards for enthusiasts to build with. Well, one can dream anyway.
