Apple has slowly but surely locked down everything Mac related, even RAM, hard drives, etc. Whether it's the iMacs, Macbooks, etc.
The writing has been on the wall, and here's the epitome of it in the new Mac Pro.
They've turned a computer that's geared to professionals and enthusiast who don't need the frills and "WOW FACTOR" of the casual consumer market into the ultimate dog and pony show.
Sure, it's an engineering marvel, it's beautiful, etc but that doesn't really change the fact that internal expansion, upgradability, and probably repariability is over.
Enjoy that beautiful little thing as it's surrounded by huge, expensive, and loud thunderbolt RAID drives and a lot of other external **** that should be hidden neatly in the Mac Pro.
It wouldn't be so bad if they continued to offer a traditional desktop, just as they did with the Cube, but they know nobody would pick the lesser powered, less expandable version for the sake of "Oh it looks nice".
I think they'll use this as the reasoning to axe the Pro. The sales will probably be sort of weak and they'll say "We think the market is no longer there for high powered desktop PCs, people want all in ones, buy the iMac"
Do yourself a favor and build a hackintosh, it's easier then ever.
The writing has been on the wall, and here's the epitome of it in the new Mac Pro.
They've turned a computer that's geared to professionals and enthusiast who don't need the frills and "WOW FACTOR" of the casual consumer market into the ultimate dog and pony show.
Sure, it's an engineering marvel, it's beautiful, etc but that doesn't really change the fact that internal expansion, upgradability, and probably repariability is over.
Enjoy that beautiful little thing as it's surrounded by huge, expensive, and loud thunderbolt RAID drives and a lot of other external **** that should be hidden neatly in the Mac Pro.
It wouldn't be so bad if they continued to offer a traditional desktop, just as they did with the Cube, but they know nobody would pick the lesser powered, less expandable version for the sake of "Oh it looks nice".
I think they'll use this as the reasoning to axe the Pro. The sales will probably be sort of weak and they'll say "We think the market is no longer there for high powered desktop PCs, people want all in ones, buy the iMac"
Do yourself a favor and build a hackintosh, it's easier then ever.