Is it really terrible important with internal 3.5" bays in Mac Pro that wastes space that could be used for PCI slots, more RAM slots, and other I/O related stuff, shouldnt a Mac Pro be 100% focused on performance now that there is so many storage solutions available?
If Apple released one of those, I'd max that out in the BTO store, just to see the price. I've never seen that many zeroes.
I dont have any Mac Pro and i dont work in an environment that uses any Mac Pros so i have very little knownledge of how people uses their Mac Pro, with that said, i really want go get my hands on a new Mac Pro in 2013 but contrary to what i have seen on other wishlists, the only internal "storage" i would like to see is just 2,5" drives, enough to put 4 or 6 of them into the Mac Pro.
As for the 3.5", you guys that have wished for this, do you really need it internally in the Mac Pro? Doesnt any storage array work in your environment, like Drobo, Synology, Pegasus thunderbolt arrays, WD have some TB enclosures too, you could build your own storage array with FreeNAS, 14TB for less than 800USD or in a more professional environment: Equallogic or other SAN:s.
Is it really terrible important with internal 3.5" bays in Mac Pro that wastes space that could be used for PCI slots, more RAM slots, and other I/O related stuff, shouldnt a Mac Pro be 100% focused on performance now that there is so many storage solutions available?
Is it really terrible important with internal 3.5" bays in Mac Pro that wastes space that could be used for PCI slots, more RAM slots, and other I/O related stuff, shouldnt a Mac Pro be 100% focused on performance now that there is so many storage solutions available?
I need two GPU cards, a proprietary encoder card, and a blackmagic video display card. Minimum for me would be 4X PCIe 16 gen 3 slots. Minimum.
Wow what a shocker a MacBook Pro refresh in April. I should of waited to buy MacBook Pro this year, retina display, wirless ac chip for faster wifi, new intel chip is suppose be a lot better for battery life.
3.5" drives are bigger and generally faster than laptop ones, SSD aside.
If you've seen inside the current Pro the HDD's hardly waste space and there it already more than enough room for the PCI slots.
Any new Pro will be much faster and expandable than the current one and needs to be to set it apart from the top iMac's with i7 and Fusion.
The PowerMac's and Mac Pro's are beautifully designed. They make the most of the space, are extremely easy to open, remove drives and PCIe cards, even the processor(s) and RAM board slides right out. I've built many towers and even hackint0shes, but I have to give it to Ive, the Mac Pro is a very well thought out design, from the aluminum case to the interior guts. I'm curious as to how they could improve on the industrial design.
If you've seen inside the current Pro the HDD's hardly waste space and there it already more than enough room for the PCI slots.
I dont have any Mac Pro and i dont work in an environment that uses any Mac Pros so i have very little knownledge of how people uses their Mac Pro, with that said, i really want go get my hands on a new Mac Pro in 2013 but contrary to what i have seen on other wishlists, the only internal "storage" i would like to see is just 2,5" drives, enough to put 4 or 6 of them into the Mac Pro.
As for the 3.5", you guys that have wished for this, do you really need it internally in the Mac Pro? Doesnt any storage array work in your environment, like Drobo, Synology, Pegasus thunderbolt arrays, WD have some TB enclosures too, you could build your own storage array with FreeNAS, 14TB for less than 800USD or in a more professional environment: Equallogic or other SAN:s.
Is it really terrible important with internal 3.5" bays in Mac Pro that wastes space that could be used for PCI slots, more RAM slots, and other I/O related stuff, shouldnt a Mac Pro be 100% focused on performance now that there is so many storage solutions available?
Okay, you got me.
Please tell me what a GPU is.
I'm curious as to how they could improve on the industrial design.
I get optical interference patterns when looking at the array of small holes on the front of a Mac Pro, which I find it very uncomfortable. So I can see one thing I would like improved, but that might be just me.
Putting out a non-upgradable Mac Pro would be like putting out an iPhone that can't be carried around.
I really wish apple would make something like the iMac but without the screen.
Speaking of, I expect the optical audio ports to go away on the next Mac Pro.
I've never seen anyone use them. Not even for the heck of it.