Like it or not, it's time to say farewell to the iMac Pro

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If you've been eyeing a new iMac Pro, you should probably get your order in while you can. Apple announced that it's discontinuing the iMac Pro, which has always sat kind of awkwardly between the regular iMac and the Mac Pro. Nobody seems to be surprised by the move, but I know at least a handful of people who love their iMac Pros—and they're bummed that their current ones will likely be their last ones. Can you think of a product you loved that suddenly went away? Share 'em with me in this SaaSOps Community thread. What You Need To Know Today The iMac Pro Has Been Discontinued ArsTechnica | Apple will no longer sell the iMac Pro after current supplies run out, the company has confirmed. In the past few days, online Apple Store customers noticed that the iMac Pro's usual plethora of configuration options had been significantly stripped down. The online store also stated that the iMac Pro as offered would be available "while supplies last." The 2020 State of SaaSOps Report BetterCloud | To understand the real impact and implications of the SaaS revolution, we surveyed more than 670 IT operations and security professionals. Their feedback was enlightening. Explore the unique insights we uncovered and how they can help your business. Intel’s Thunderbolt Pushes Into Mainstream As Fast Alternative to USB CNET | Intel has hoped Thunderbolt, which debuted in 2011 on Apple's 2011 MacBook Pro, would become commonplace for computer users. To get a boost in adoption, Intel has built Thunderbolt into its newest Core processors, code-named Tiger Lake, which means laptop makers get Thunderbolt without having to pay extra for separate controller chips. Microsoft Exchange Zero-Day Attacks: 30,000 Servers Hit Already, Says Report ZDNet | Four previously unknown or 'zero-day' vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange Server are now being used in widespread attacks against thousands of organisations with potentially tens of thousands of organisations affected, according to security researchers. The bugs are being tracked as CVE-2021-26855, CVE-2021-26857, CVE-2021-26858, and CVE-2021-27065. Tips & Tricks for the Digital Workplace How to Insert an Image Inside of Text in Microsoft Word How-To Geek | You can fill text with a color, but the feature for filling text with an image was removed in Microsoft Word 2013. However, with a little workaround, you can still do this in Word for Microsoft 365. Here’s how. How to Use Headers and Footers in Microsoft Word Like a Pro MakeUseOf | Headers and footers are simple to use in Microsoft Word, but there is much more to them than catches the eye. Headers and footers are especially useful for including information that you want to display on every page, or specific pages. In this post, we'll show you how to use them in a document.

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