no more bootcamp?
Windows 8 is arm compatible there should be no issue running boot camp.
no more bootcamp?
You do realise that ARM isn't Apple's own chips, they are a British company who Apple have worked closely with for a number of years and at one point had a share in them but don't at the moment. And before anyone says it, they Apple won't be able to buy out ARM.
WRONG!
The only reason Apple hasn't updated the Mac Pro is because there isn't a solid enough platform yet to replace the current Mac Pro line. Wait until the next Intel workstation chipset (and compatible CPU) which fully support 6+ cores with USB 3 and Thunderbolt - then you'll see the new Mac Pro.
Windows 8 is arm compatible there should be no issue running boot camp.
Intel already has Xeon motherboards out that support 8 cores per chip, upwards of 16 cores in a dual CPU configuration. Such as the HP Z820, which offers everything you've listed and more, and is readily available for around the same price as the Pro.
Then buy an external or get a PC.
For computers but Apple's largest money maker runs ARM chips so even if their Macs stopped selling as much because of a move away from Intel they'd still be fine.
I know this is unlikely, but maybe Apple can work one on one with intel and ARM to develop a chip that has the performances of an intel chip, the efficiency of an ARM architecture, and the ability to run the programs of both......if any company in the world could do it, it would be Apple. I believe that if a chip that was the best of both worlds it would be a huge hit, plus it would give ARm an edge in the PC industry, and intel an edge in the mobile industry. I know its optimistic but i would gladly be the one to work to lead the charge should the capabilities be given to me.
... It also makes sense if they keep pushing OSX closer to iOS...
That HP is considerably more expensive, a single 8 core version starts at $4.999 with 4GB ram and no graphics card.
That HP is considerably more expensive, a single 8 core version starts at $4.999 with 4GB ram and no graphics card.
and then...
"Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together... mass hysteria!"
I'm looking at the spec sheet right now. $3999 for a Quatro 4000 2GB workstation card, 8GB, and a 4 core CPU.
But you are right, a similarly speced Mac Pro costs $3799, and gets you a dualie 12 core setup with 12GB ram. The only downside is the graphics card, a Radeon HD 5770. Not bad, but it's a desktop rev, not a workstation card.
Those who don't know history are doomed to repeat it...
Does everyone at Apple have amnesia?
From sku-creep, to the iOSication of MacOS X (reminds me of At Ease).. to custom processors for their computers... The 90s seem to be back...That's not a good thing by the way..
Sadly, the vast majority at the top of Apple now, don't remember Apple back then, don't remember the mistakes... they seem to feel indestructible and infallible..
This will end badly..
Yes, but that is with a 4 core CPU, but you went on about 8 and 16 cores which would be an upgrade, but is also considerably more expensive.
APPLE could be going down because..
the original apple i knew, was interested in making the BEST computers, and the BEST devices.
if ARM can't compete with intel, then apple's new direction is clear and matching their other aggressive moves:
go for volume, not for the best product. that is.. as far as computers are concerned, maybe best mobile computers.
apple has alienated their original market: professionals, creatives, power users.
since apple became a mobile device company, its been more about selling the most, the numbers. sure, when it comes to MACS they dont show presentations in their past talking about how many macs they were selling, because they always said - we dont intend to sell the most computers, but the best ones.
things have changed..
ios is seeping into OS X (which i dont mind), Apple has tasted what LOTS OF MONEY TASTES LIKE. and they like it. ALOT. so much, that they want their macs to sell as much as their mobile iDevices. and guess what? Mountain lion and macs are selling more than they used since they began focusing their target market as consumers, and less pro. mountain lion doesn't try to sell to professionals, but consumers.
apple, are now prioritising what wins the most market, not what makes the best computers anymore. and if they choose arm, and its not better than intel, then apple will have shown their new colours loud and clear. and it wont be the original 6 apple colors that they used to 'bleed'.
Apple will either do one of two things:
transition 4: intel to - something else.. arm?
or..
they will gently introduce their future direction in one product, and as already pointed out by some here - they will 'test' this new direction with probably the macbook air. or some new line of device.
if it sells well, then they will bring that direction to their other products. thats what apple does best. it started with no cd drive in the macbook air, then to macbook pros, then to imacs.
and the same happened with iPhone touch screens, then to iPods,, then tablets arrived.
and flash storage.. same thing.
Way to pick the one thats priced the worse. Two spots over this one is in the same series for less with the 8 core as well, 16gb of ram for less money.
Yes, but there were no ARM Instruction Sets then. I see this differently.