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Mac Pro Cheese Grater refer to a series of mocking comparisons between the 2019 Apple Mac Pro and a common, household cheesegrater, criticizing the design of the computer.

Origin

On June 3rd, 2019 Apple announced the release of the 2019 Mac Pro, a new high-performance computer, at the 2019 Apple Worldwide Developers Conference. The computer comes housed inside a silver, rectangular box with round grates on the side to allow for airflow (clip below).

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Following the announcement, people on social media began joking about the design of the computer, comparing it to a cheese grater. The tech website Gizmodo tweeted, ^[1] "The Mac Pro cheese grater is back (and it looks powerful as hell)." The tweet received more than 2,000 likes and 500 retweets in 24 hours (shown below, left). Twitter^[2] user @briantong tweeted, "Mac Pro? Or Cheese Grater?" The tweet received more than 6,000 retweets and 1,000 likes in 24 hours (shown below, center). Twitter^[3] user @thebluehalf tweeted a photograph of an iPad next to a cheese grater with the caption "Here's my new iMac pro." The tweet received more than 10,000 likes and 1,700 retweets in 24 hours (shown below, right).

That day, Twitter^[4] published Moments page about the response to the computer.

That day, Redditor ^[5] livesucks posted a variation of the You Guys Act Like You're Better Than Me using the cheese grater comparison. The post received more than 63,000 points (94% upvoted) and 980 comments in 24 hours (shown below).

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