That has to be the worst. How could Apple have not brought that in a year or two ago. I find it so embarrassing. How can my gaming PC's have lots of Sata3 and it's nowhere near the price of a Mac Pro.
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Rumor Suggests Replacement for Mac Pro Due in April or May
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That has to be the worst. How could Apple have not brought that in a year or two ago. I find it so embarrassing. How can my gaming PC's have lots of Sata3 and it's nowhere near the price of a Mac Pro.
Yeah, hence my "If they have to choose one" clause. I really doubt its an either/or prospect, but if it is and they go with TB...that's a bad sign.
They wouldn't have to because Thunderbolt is available as a data only connectivity standard.
would prefer a faster MacPro with Thunderbolt port, and perhaps smaller form factor. not that heavy. 10Gb gigabit Ethernet, dual ports. Also bundle with the Thunderbolt docking would be great. The station system from caldigit.com or sonnet one. such as
http://www.thunderbolt4mac.com/caldigit/thunderbolt-station/ is to add more ports to the Macs.
http://www.caldigit.com/thunderboltstation/ only costs 199.
http://www.thunderbolt4mac.com/caldigit/thunderbolt-station/ is to add more ports to the Macs.
http://www.caldigit.com/thunderboltstation/ only costs 199.
Yup I'm praying. If it ends up being a sweet machine, it would be great to run it as a home server and then I can remote into it from Macbook Air to get the perfect combination of power and portability.
folks have been saying this since at least last year.
Thing is, I don't think such a technical hurdle will get in the way of Apple + Intel if they decide they need to implement TB with discrete GPU on a PCIe card.
Of course Intel would love everyone to only use their graphic solutions (and stop spending money on anything by Nvidia and AMD). But they also love to showcase their technology with partners like Apple.
That said, with Apples current obssesion with form over function and ever smaller form factors, I wouldn't be surprised to see a high performance integrated GPU on the MB with some kind of CPU style cooling solution.
Maybe they will leave a few PCIe x8 and x4 slots for expansion, but no dedicated graphics slot.
However that would kind of go against the GPGPU trend that we have been hearing about for a couple years now. I know my C4D users can't shut up about it.
Soon you can have the GPU over Thunderbolt - as well as your boot drive, media drive, and Time Machine backup.
Way down the road, it will all be integrated into one neat box called a computer.
Then they will break it up again... but not until ports become fast enough!
It's an exciting time.
I guess we missed the April deadline, and soon May will be over...?
I can not believe they are stringing their customers along and have really been since 2010, C'Mon bring out a new MP guys, we are all waiting for one, and I refuse to buy a current model or refurb because it is a waste of money.
I can not believe they are stringing their customers along and have really been since 2010, C'Mon bring out a new MP guys, we are all waiting for one, and I refuse to buy a current model or refurb because it is a waste of money.
The beginning of the news story says it all. I don't think anyone considered April or May a "deadline" based on this story.
I was going to say that "we're running out of time on this rumour". Now I don't need to....
Didn't Mr. Cook basically negate this rumor by saying Apple wasn't releasing anything new until fall? Seems like a idiotic thing for Apple to lump all new releases into the last two quarters of the year, but that's what I understood him to say. They did this last year and the stock has already suffered, but maybe that's just my take
He didn't say that, he said there would be "really great stuff" coming in the fall. That's vague, some people have interpreted it as nothing new until fall. I think it's more likely we'll see spec bumps on products before then, just not any new product lines or new form factors until fall and beyond. And I think he realizes that even a major update to the MP wouldn't be particularly newsworthy, it may happen in the next few months (although based on Intel's schedule, later may be more likely) but isn't something they're going to hype.
I heard from an unproven, unreliable source that Apple will be releasing something in the next undetermined length of time. It may or may not be a Mac Pro. It may be an ice cream maker, or a hot dog roasting stick with biometric security protection.
And this is considered "news"... ?
And this is considered "news"... ?
Revolutionary Fan Blades?
Aren't ALL fan blades "revolutionary"
Remembering the days when my G5 cheesegrater could turn a stack of papers in my office into a whirlwind of confetti-- Full WIND-TUNNEL mode.
It will feature all new and revolutionary fan blades that meet European regulations.
Aren't ALL fan blades "revolutionary"
Remembering the days when my G5 cheesegrater could turn a stack of papers in my office into a whirlwind of confetti-- Full WIND-TUNNEL mode.