蘋果公司承認Mac Pro的設計是一場失敗的賭博

Apple has acknowledged that the design of its standalone desktop computer, the Mac Pro, restricted its ability to update the model.

近日，蘋果公司承認，其獨立式桌面電腦Mac Pro的設計限制了該產品的更新換代。

The firm has announced a limited refresh of the machine, the first time it has upgraded its innards since 2013.

該公司於日前發佈了該機型一次改動不大的更新，這是自2013年以來第一次升級內部結構。

But it said it would not be able to release a "new model" until an unspecified point after 2017. The tech firm had faced criticism that it was not addressing the needs of its professional users.

但蘋果公司表示，他們不會在2017年的某一天發佈新款Mac Pro。這家科技公司也因此受到了很多指責，因爲現在的電腦版本並不能解決那些專業用戶的需求。

It released a new line-up of MacBook-Pro-branded laptops in October, but was attacked for not including more powerful graphics cards in them and for removing several of the ports found in earlier models.

蘋果公司在去年10月份的時候發佈了一系列名爲“MacBook-Pro”的筆記本電腦，但是因其沒有更加先進的顯卡，並且移去了一些原有接口，從而飽受人們的詬病。

I think it was simply untenable for Apple to continue to remain silent on the Mac Pro front, commented the tech blogger John Gruber.

科技博客作者約翰·格魯伯評論稱：“我認爲蘋果一味地在Mac Pro的陣線上無所作爲，這是岌岌可危的。”