I am trying to search through here to find prototypes and pictures of possible case re-designs. How about we use this thread entirely for that, as a lot of people i would assume really are interested in how this babys going to look. post your pictures!
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2009 Mac Pro Case Design
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How about we use mine? 
All prototypes in the thread are linked to in the first post.
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/635530/
Also, the general consensus is: Why the crap does it NEED a redesign? What is wrong with the current model?
And, in addition: What the crap would it be redesigned TO?
All prototypes in the thread are linked to in the first post.https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/635530/
Also, the general consensus is: Why the crap does it NEED a redesign? What is wrong with the current model?
And, in addition: What the crap would it be redesigned TO?
What, are you kidding?
How about being able to use all the SATA ports the mb has and install more than 4 hard disks in a workstation class machine to start.
that alone is enough for a redesign (at least internally) - we need to be able to put 6-8 drives into the machine.
Aesthetically, I'm happy with it.
Gizmodo just posted this concept mock-up
They won't use slot-loading drives in the Mac Pro cause everyone will have a b!tch about there Blu-ray drives not working.
Bring on the eSATA though!
Well like it or not, if the Mac Mini is also updated with aluminium and black the the Mac Pro will be the only machine that isn't in the entire range. So I would fully expect the case to be redesigned in some way. Not sure if you need 8 HDD's though, I mean you can get 2 TB drives now.
It's not the size of drive storage, it's RAID ability - this is supposed to be a workstation!
I too am liking that mockup. eSATA is definitely needed as well as more FW800 ports.
Yes we need to do this so we can fry all the internal components in our machines. If you are using that many drives you might want to start thinking about and external solution.
I think there are better ways to save space, than using slot-burners. Full-size optical drives sure are big, but there'd need to be significant redesign of the inside, to warrant such a drastic, space-saving venture.
Personally, I still believe Apple have yet to beat the design of my lovely Power Mac G4, which first appeared on the G3, I think.
Fry?
8 drives at 4-5 watts = 40 watts of heat. How much does a single processor or even better a high end GPU put out.....
External solution = more space and more noise. no reason we shouldn't be able to get more drives.
A little more room internally wouldn't hurt. It could certainly use additional HDD sleds, and the Xeon 5500 Series parts would need to have the internals redesigned for it to fit anyway. It happens to help with cooling as well, so this would be a good time to do it.
And it wouldn't have to be enormous to accommodate all of this.
Except MOSR says the handles are gone. Long live the handles!
They also say that it will be Beckton, that memory will be FORCED into triad installations, that OS X will get SLI, that there will be two 32x PCIe 2.0 double-wide slots, and four more single wide slots.
Who will you believe: us pessimists who have been shown to be right (and even too optimistic occasionally) or the insane optimists who have their website automatically refresh every thirty seconds to get more ads?
I figure if there were a real leak, it would be all over the place, although there are probably a few bits of truth or at least background in a lot of these rumors. Maybe they'll give apple some new ideas.
That's just what we need...
Base models that cost $5,000... RAM upgrades that cost a minimum of $500 for three gigabytes at the start...
Let's hope that Apple only reads macosrumors to laugh until they can't breathe like I do.