Rumors have been floating around that Apple may be pulling the plug on the Mac Pro. The universal opinion? This would be incredibly foolish. It's bad enough that Apple discontinued the XServe, but getting rid of the Mac Pro would completely alienate professionals. The iMac is powerful, but not as powerful as the Mac Pro, which is available with two 6 core processors, up to 64GB of ram, and terabytes of storage, as well as powerful graphics, a RAID card, and tons of expandability. The iMac couldn't compete with that for years, if ever.
That's why the Mac Pro is popular among professionals. If you have to deal with processor intensive tasks, huge files, animations, or videos processing, you want a very fast computer. The computer animation industry runs on Mac Pros. If you need a fast Mac, you get a Mac Pro, it's that simple.
Here's to hoping Apple doesn't ruin their reputation with professionals completely. The Mac Mini isn't a good enough replacement for the XServe, and the iMac isn't a powerful enough replacement for the Mac Pro. Don't read that the wrong way, the Mac Mini Server is great for consumers and small businesses, but it's not as useful in a large scale enterprise environment. And the iMac? It's great for most people. It's powerful, has great graphics, and great for everyday use and professional use. But for larger companies, the extra power of the Mac Pro is a must. via CultOfMac
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fawaid on Minggu, 27 September 2009
Mr. Bin has had time to wriggle in advertising Apple. I represent to your attention two amusing videoclips where Mr. Bin will please you with miracles of the plastics and an is more tremendous-live and ridiculous mimicry.
Resource LandlineTV represents a roller parodying advertising campaign Microsoft "Laptop Hunters". In a videoclip to the homeless by name of Frank offer one thousand dollars with a condition, that he will buy on them the laptop. While within the limits of this campaign, calling to prefer to PC computers Mac, there were three rollers, constructed on one scheme. Microsoft offers users the certain sum for purchase of the laptop of the dream. Those choose the device, proceeding from own requirements. It always appears PC.
As well as in "firm" trailer, Frank comes into shop Apple, but thin MacBook Air for 1700 dollars it appears the expensive, and the vagabond goes to other manufacturers. Finally he chooses PC which takes cover in the street.
Campaign Microsoft is the answer to a series of preview trailers Apple "Get a Mac", acting in film already throughout several years. Microsoft asserts, that in in their advertising ordinary people who do not know about the one who removes rollers act in film. Nevertheless, at attentive studying of rollers some observers have called these statements in question. They have identified the professional actress in one of participants of rollers.
For the last couple of days in a network there were two appreciable campaigns Apple which is under construction on use at once of two banners on one page.
Top horizontal and right vertical banners are connected among themselves by actions or images. One of such campaigns is a part well-known Get A Mac. John Hodzhman (PC) and Dzhastin Long (Mac) for the first time have decided to discuss a difference among themselves not in a roller, and on a banner. A discussion theme — simplicity of work. PC furnishes as the proof of the simplicity a new slogan: "it is simple, as 1-23". That all has earned, it is necessary to execute in certain sequence 23 points, among which 4 restarts and one final crossing of fingers. Separately it is necessary to note realisation — interaction of heroes of campaign with the site interface. The banner is placed on large sites, such as CNN, Yahoo! NYTimes, News, Wired. The second campaign is devoted online shop of appendices App Store. Later 9 months after opening, Apple with pride declare billion loadings with App Store and thanks users for attention. Two banners in this case are connected by means of flying "icons" of the appendices "loaded" in iPhone. The campaign slogan beats usual English expression "Thanks A Million". Apple expresses to the users whole "billion thanks".
The banner is placed on sites The Wall Street Journal, CNET and The New York Times.
Company Apple "has started" two new preview trailers in which follows own traditions of satire to Microsoft. In new advertising in style "I’m a Mac, I’m a PC" Apple derides the computer giant that that in the new advertising campaign meaningly tries not to use word Vista. Company Apple has started in a teleether two new advertising videoclips which are the answer to the massive advertising company, started by corporation Microsoft, writes AppleInsider.
In the first preview trailer the person naming "I’m a PC" sits at a desk and displays packs of banknotes in two different piles — the first on the advertising, the second — on correction of defects in Windows Vista. The Second glass several times less than the first.
In the second roller the person by name "I’m a PC" holds the big red button and each time when "I’m a Mac" tries to say word Vista in hands, presses the button therefore the unpleasant sound signal muffling the name of operational system is created — the same as on TV obscene expressions are muffled. Thus during pronunciation Windows the sound signal is not distributed. In the end of each roller there is a large image of computer Apple iMac which is offered to be bought. In both advertising still act in film John Hogman (John Hodgman) and Dzhastin Long (Justin Long). "Having started" two new preview trailers, Apple derides quite conscious decision Microsoft as seldom as possible to mention name Vista, using — "I’m a PC", that associates, first of all, with platform Windows as that. Besides, Apple parodies CEO Microsoft Steve Ballmer which speaks, what yes, really, in Windows Vista there were flaws, but now all of them are corrected, and money has gone for a new portion of advertising.
I will remind, that operational system Windows Vista has caused weight of criticism both from users, and from manufacturers of the personal computer. Finally, in Microsoft have come to conclusion (experiment Mojave), that the negative image of new operational system is formed by not so much users, how many mass media, and the role in discredit Vista advertising campaign Apple "I’m a Mac, I’m a PC" has played also. Additional advertising means have been allocated For rehabilitation of an image Windows Vista at a rate of $300 million From them any more less than $10 million has been directed on creation of new TV advertising: several rollers in which people of various trades and the social status speak in the chamber "I’m a PC". Among them comes across also itself Steve Ballmer.
Advertising with participation of characters "I’m a Mac" and "I’m a PC" has been started Apple in 2006 In them act in film John Hodgman (PC) and Justin Long (Mac).
Thus, the first appears as grown fat and clumsy office employee in the ordinary-looking suit, the second - the vigorous young man dressed in style casual.
Since then sales Apple go uphill and from time to time overtake growth of sales of computers as a whole all computers on the basis of operational system Microsoft, together taken. Whether is it a consequence of successful comparison of the platforms presented in advertising "I’m a Mac, I’m a PC", or brilliant marketing work of experts of the company, it is not known. One it is possible to tell precisely: for Microsoft the given advertising became a real headache.
Company Apple . On a choice it is offered two models. With one 4x processor Intel Xeon 3500 (Nehalem) with frequency of 2,66 GHz and with two chips Intel Xeon of 5500 2,26 GHz.
