Apple Offers Minor Processor Bump to Mac Pro Line, No Thunderbolt

MacRumors · Jun 11, 2012, 02:27 PM

Apple has quietly upgraded the Mac Pro with minor processor bumps and an increase in the standard RAM to 6GB in the least expensive configuration. The update does not include the much-anticipated addition of the Thunderbolt I/O system.

Reports The Verge:

Quote:

Unfortunately, it's not much of an upgrade: you can simply get a pair of six-core 3.06GHz Intel Xeon X5675 processors rather than 2.93GHz ones we just mentioned. The base model will start at $2,499 for a single quad-core Intel Xeon W3565 processor at 3.2GHz, with an optional upgrade to a six-core chip, you can spend $3,799 to get a dual-processor configuration with a pair of the Westmere-EP based 2.4GHz E5645 chips, and upgrade to the aforementioned X5675 for an unspecified amount. Everything else stays the same, it seems.

The new Mac Pro's are now available on the Apple Online Store.

Article Link: Apple Offers Minor Processor Bump to Mac Pro Line, No Thunderbolt

Simplicated · Jun 11, 2012, 02:29 PM

Not even Thunderbolt. Speaks volumes of how much attention Apple pays to the pro market.

jayhawk11 · Jun 11, 2012, 02:29 PM

Stunned. Apple, if you're going to discontinue the Mac Pro, just do it. Don't piss on our shoes and tell us it's rain.

ValSalva · Jun 11, 2012, 02:30 PM

This is a joke. A cruel joke.

star-affinity · Jun 11, 2012, 02:30 PM

…joke. :|

vmachiel · Jun 11, 2012, 02:31 PM

No way.. Just no way Apple is doing this!!
Mac Pro is dead, they don't care anymore

ckelley · Jun 11, 2012, 02:31 PM

This is a huge disappointment. I'm not one for dramatics, but it really is a shame that this is all that they could do for the Mac Pro, considering what they just did for the MacBook Pros.

They could have also upgraded the graphics options as well at the very least, the 5770's are very old compared to the 6870 I'm running in a Hackintosh and 7000-series chips that AMD is shipping now.

Rychy · Jun 11, 2012, 02:31 PM

This feels like a slap in the face ...

iindigo · Jun 11, 2012, 02:31 PM

Looks like my next Mac desktop will be a hackintosh.

x13gamer · Jun 11, 2012, 02:31 PM

Updated, change Buyer's Guide BUY NOW.

LimeiBook86 · Jun 11, 2012, 02:32 PM

Why even bother?? No recent CPUs, GPUs, USB 3.0 or Thunderbolt!

Unless they're sitting on a new re-design of the Mac Pro to come out soon, I don't understand it. But if you had a new one on the slate, why update it at all?

Apple Key · Jun 11, 2012, 02:32 PM

This means one of two things. Apple is going to discontinue them in the future. Or they are working on a major redesign that just wasn't ready yet. Hopefully it's the latter.

GBrooks · Jun 11, 2012, 02:33 PM

I'm stunned....

slightly · Jun 11, 2012, 02:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by x13gamer

Updated, change Buyer's Guide BUY NOW.

No, I'm pretty sure "Don't buy" still applies.

Matt

Hastings101 · Jun 11, 2012, 02:33 PM

They were too busy designing that awful Maps app to upgrade the Mac Pros.

BornAgainMac · Jun 11, 2012, 02:33 PM

Apple seems to want to the Mac Pro to fail hard this year.

nickjf20 · Jun 11, 2012, 02:33 PM

Hackintosh it is then

mrxak · Jun 11, 2012, 02:34 PM

Absolutely flabbergasted.

sn1p3r845 · Jun 11, 2012, 02:35 PM

Why would they even bother with this update? Waste of resources, and where's the 8 core?

nagromme · Jun 11, 2012, 02:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Simplicated

Not even Thunderbolt. Speaks volumes of how much attention Apple pays to the pro market.

Agreed—or at least, how much Apple believes the pro market is going to be focused on towers in future.

Still doesn’t mean a “real” Mac Pro isn’t coming someday. You can dream

But we now know it won’t be soon. (As many have said, if something else were just around the corner, why bother with this?)

Mr-Stabby · Jun 11, 2012, 02:35 PM

Do you know what, that minor processor bump is actually more of a slap in the face than just dropping the product entirely. If they are working on a brand new model, i wish they'd just say something. Jesus. This secrecy ********* works for some products, but not for the Mac Pro.

Wild-Bill · Jun 11, 2012, 02:36 PM

Hackint0sh here I come.

What a huge slap in the face. I have the urge to beat Tim Cook about the head with the Radeon 5770 that comes with the "new" Mac Pro.

F OFF,

BC2009 · Jun 11, 2012, 02:37 PM

If there was a time and place to announce an updated Mac Pro it was WWDC. Only other place I could have imagined was to the video editor's conference (can't remember the name of it). This is simply disappointing. I was not in the market for one of these, but how could you not bring these up to Thunderbolt and USB 3.0? How could you not update the CPU's and graphics cards. The real pros need these machines updated -- you cannot ignore the pro market and leave that to somebody else.

ablasiman · Jun 11, 2012, 02:37 PM

I've been waiting for an iMac upgrade, and nothing! I'm wondering if Apple will quietly update them as well? Seem unlikely since they probably would have done it by now when they silently updated the Mac Pro. Not happy.

Sad day for people waiting on the Mac Pro. Hardly a pro machine with no Thunderbolt or USB3. What a joke.

ronm99 · Jun 11, 2012, 02:37 PM

Barely an update at all. What a joke. They didn't even bother with Thunderbolt or USB3.0.

Its like they wanted to kill it, but couldn't pull the trigger, so they just added what they could without having to do any work.

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star-affinity macrumors regular Join Date: Nov 2007	This is a… …joke. :\|
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Jun 11, 2012, 02:31 PM	#6
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Jun 11, 2012, 02:31 PM	#7
ckelley macrumors regular Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Austin, TX	This is a huge disappointment. I'm not one for dramatics, but it really is a shame that this is all that they could do for the Mac Pro, considering what they just did for the MacBook Pros. They could have also upgraded the graphics options as well at the very least, the 5770's are very old compared to the 6870 I'm running in a Hackintosh and 7000-series chips that AMD is shipping now.
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Jun 11, 2012, 02:31 PM	#8
Rychy macrumors 6502 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Washington	This feels like a slap in the face ... __________________ Mac Pro: 2.8 Octo, Radeon 5770, 6GB RAM l iPad: 32GB l iPhone 4S: 16GB Consoles: PS3, PSP
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LimeiBook86 macrumors 604 Join Date: May 2002 Location: Hanging around in NJ with his cutie. :)	Why even bother?? No recent CPUs, GPUs, USB 3.0 or Thunderbolt! Unless they're sitting on a new re-design of the Mac Pro to come out soon, I don't understand it. But if you had a new one on the slate, why update it at all? __________________ My 'How to Draw Fun Animals' iBook is now on iTunes "Just you try and stop me..." My Site Thrift Fails Tech Blog
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Jun 11, 2012, 02:33 PM	#13
GBrooks macrumors member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: London, UK	I'm stunned....
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Hastings101 macrumors 65816 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Sunflower State	They were too busy designing that awful Maps app to upgrade the Mac Pros. __________________ My dog is better than your dog.
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BornAgainMac macrumors 601 Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Florida Resident	Apple seems to want to the Mac Pro to fail hard this year.
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mrxak macrumors 6502a Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Drifting through space in a broken escape pod	Absolutely flabbergasted. __________________ Phones Will Kill You
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Jun 11, 2012, 02:35 PM	#19
sn1p3r845 macrumors member Join Date: Feb 2012	Why would they even bother with this update? Waste of resources, and where's the 8 core?
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Jun 11, 2012, 02:35 PM	#21
Mr-Stabby macrumors Demi-God Join Date: Sep 2004	Do you know what, that minor processor bump is actually more of a slap in the face than just dropping the product entirely. If they are working on a brand new model, i wish they'd just say something. Jesus. This secrecy ********* works for some products, but not for the Mac Pro.
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Jun 11, 2012, 02:36 PM	#22
Wild-Bill macrumors 68020 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: ?	What an INSULT Hackint0sh here I come. What a huge slap in the face. I have the urge to beat Tim Cook about the head with the Radeon 5770 that comes with the "new" Mac Pro. F OFF, __________________ --> WWDC 2012 ...... the day the Mac Pro DIED. <-- http://www.apple.com/feedback/macpro.html
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Jun 11, 2012, 02:37 PM	#23
BC2009 macrumors 68000 Join Date: Jul 2009	If there was a time and place to announce an updated Mac Pro it was WWDC. Only other place I could have imagined was to the video editor's conference (can't remember the name of it). This is simply disappointing. I was not in the market for one of these, but how could you not bring these up to Thunderbolt and USB 3.0? How could you not update the CPU's and graphics cards. The real pros need these machines updated -- you cannot ignore the pro market and leave that to somebody else.
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Jun 11, 2012, 02:37 PM	#24
ablasiman macrumors newbie Join Date: Jun 2012	iMacs? I've been waiting for an iMac upgrade, and nothing! I'm wondering if Apple will quietly update them as well? Seem unlikely since they probably would have done it by now when they silently updated the Mac Pro. Not happy. Sad day for people waiting on the Mac Pro. Hardly a pro machine with no Thunderbolt or USB3. What a joke.
	11

Jun 11, 2012, 02:37 PM	#25
ronm99 macrumors member Join Date: Jan 2012	Say what? Barely an update at all. What a joke. They didn't even bother with Thunderbolt or USB3.0. Its like they wanted to kill it, but couldn't pull the trigger, so they just added what they could without having to do any work.
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