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Apple Tells Reseller New Mac Pro Is Arriving in Spring 2013
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I'd be quite happy either way. The current enclosure is fantastic. I'm sure a refresh of the enclosure would have compromises: lack of optical drive for example.
Because they could have made the slight design change three years ago when the regulation was first published. Making the change so late that they'll actually lose sales for a couple of months doesn't make much sense.
I hoe this is a good refreshed update not just some small minor update that apple keep telling us that these minor updates are amazing when really there not e.g. introducing thunderbolt and just small tweaks. i would like to see maybe a redesign a slightly smaller mac pro perhaps
Why make it smaller? Its a chuffin workstation.
Aside from a minor re-design and updated parts I can't see what else can be done.
No I don't...might as well release one socket i7. Ivy-Bridge EX still brings more cores on the table then the 6 core Sandy Bridge EX processors.
I love this joke, honestly, I laughed so hard the first time I heard it (and I hope it's not true)
A complete redesign. It will only be 25mm thick, and will not have any optical bays or easily accessible ram. Aren't you excited !!!?
June, just like every year. But they don't announce new hardware there - that'll be all for OS X 10.9 and iOS 7.
I hope for a slightly smaller design height wise so it can fit in a rack like the HP Z series stuff.
They announce new hardware there all the time, and they've announced Mac Pros there before.
The Mac mini has no PCI slots. I'd like to see a tower that costs no more than $1500--consumer iMac level CPU, upgradable graphics card, expandability. I've given up on Apple ever doing this, so I just built a Hackintosh instead.
I'd like an updated TB display as well. Make it as thin or thinner than the iMac for consistency sake, replace USB 2 with USB 3. Maybe add SD card slot.
Specifically for the Mac Pro, I see it dumping the optical drive, gaining USB 3 & TB and newer CPU & GPU.
And for those people who have a 2010 MP, you may want to look at these 3rd party upgrades, http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/turnkey/MacPro/2010_Xeon_Processor
4. Integrated Graphics only. No dedicated GPU.
5. Will run iOS instead of OSX.
6. No more Optical drive.
Like 12 seconds after I buy a hackintosh! I'm not kidding!
Cancel the order, if not, return for a full refund while you still can.
I think most folks here would like a little more graphics power than the little old mini. Good little machines, but not what you'd class as an expandable, semi future proof computer.
I for one would like to be able to upgrade my graphics card after a couple of years, maybe even the hard drive too. That doesn't sound like the mini as it stands now.
Cheers,
Ray