https://www.macrumors.com/2019/01/28/2013-mac-pro-postponed-us-screw-shortage/

I guess you could say Apple was…screwed.

Also: “The report reveals an interesting anecdote about the latest Mac Pro. In late 2012…”  Yes, we’re still talking about the “top-end” Mac being sold in 2019.

Made another step in the jump to 10Gb Ethernet today. Now I’ve got 2 of 3 servers on 10Gb and both desktop Macs on it too. Getting 8-9Gb/sec throughput, even without jumbo frames.

(Yellow is 10Gb, purple is 1Gb.)

Had a great week in Phoenix for #AMS2019. EIPT had a lot of great content this year, and kudos to everyone who volunteered to cover gov employees who couldn’t make it (NOAA/NWS, you were missed).

See you next year for #AMS100!

My Core i7 Mac mini arrived yesterday. First impressions…

It gets hot. I’ve started calling it the hotplate.

The fan moves a lot of air. The airflow is louder than a Mac Pro.

The GPU is keeping up with dual 4K displays, so far.

It’s quick, really quick.

This is how you go from an average Monday evening to a complete disaster in less than two seconds. Took an hour and a half to clean up the shards of glass that flew up to 15′ away when the lid I was holding burst.

Seems like many are looking forward to having A-series CPUs in Macs. The speed and power consumption benefits would be significant. However, it comes at the expense of compatibility with other x86 OSes and virtualization. For many, that’s a real inconvenience. #NeverForgetSoftPC