XPost: comp.sys.mac.system, comp.sys.mac.misc   
   From: YourName@YourISP.com   
      
   On 2025-10-17 03:03:01 +0000, Smithwicks said:   
      
   > In article <10cptee$5hjc$1@dont-email.me>,   
   >  Your Name  wrote:   
   >>   
   >> Thanks to the braindead morons in the EU governments, European buyers   
   >> will have to dig deeper in the pockets to get a charger for the MacBook   
   >> Pro (it's uncertain yet if that means a lower price for the laptop   
   >> itself in Europe). Unfortunately, such idiocy will no doubt happen   
   >> everywhere eventually, just like it has for the iPhone and iPad.  :-\   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> Here's Everything Apple Announced Today   
   >> ---------------------------------------   
   >> We didn't get a second fall event this year, but Apple did   
   >> unveil updated products with a series of press releases that   
   >> went out today. The M5 chip made an appearance in new   
   >> MacBook Pro, Vision Pro, and iPad Pro models.   
      
   >>    
   >   
   > Still nothing on the Mac Pro, the red-headed stepchild of the M-series.   
   > Really it ought to be nothing but a PCI-compatable Mac Studio (and not   
   > really a huge selling point considering you can't use a GPU card on the   
   > SoC ARM architecture). Much as I love the cheese grater look I can't   
   > imagine it sticking around.   
      
   The so-called "Mac Pro" became a dead machine when Apple decided to   
   move to their own Apple Silicon M-series chips ... which itself was a   
   foregone conclusion when they use their own A-series chips in the   
   iPhone and iPad.   
      
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