Adobe and Other Developers Are 'Incredibly Excited' About New Mac Pro

[MacRumors]

Apple today unveiled its long-awaited Mac Pro redesign at WWDC 2019. Following the keynote, Apple has published a press release highlighting positive feedback from pro app developers like Adobe, Pixar, and Autodesk.

Adobe is "incredibly excited" about the new Mac Pro, according to its vice president of 3D and immersive technologies Sebastien Deguy:

We're incredibly excited about the new Mac Pro, which represents a strong commitment from Apple towards creatives working in 3D. We've already started porting the Substance line of tools, as well as Dimension, to Apple's new graphic API Metal to fully take advantage of the immense power the new Mac Pro hardware offers and empower 3D creatives in unprecedented ways.

Pixar:

We are thrilled to announce full Metal support in Hydra in an upcoming release of USD toward the end of the year. Together with this new release, the new Mac Pro will dramatically accelerate the most demanding 3D graphics workflows thanks to an excellent combination of memory, bandwidth and computational performance. This new machine clearly shows Apple is delivering on the needs of professionals at high-end production facilities like Pixar.

Autodesk:

Autodesk is fully embracing the all-new Mac Pro and we are already working on optimized updates to AutoCAD, Maya, Fusion and Flame. This level of innovation, combined with next-generation graphics APIs, such as Metal, bring extremely high graphics performance and visual fidelity to our Design, Manufacturing and Creation products and enable us to bring greater value to our customers.

More quotes can be read on the Apple Newsroom.

Article Link: Adobe and Other Developers Are 'Incredibly Excited' About New Mac Pro

 

[MacSaves]

So far, I have yet to see any mention or acknowledgement that we can use Nvidia cards in the new Mac Pro. Until his happens, this machine will not sell well. I like the direction it's going, but when you tell your customers that you can't use the GPU you prefer, your customers become someone else's customers.

 

[ilikewhey]

I’m excited for how many cheese dish I can cover with this

 

[gugy]

I am excited too but the prices are really out of this world even for professionals. wow, what a shame.

 

[PastaPrimav]

I am excited too but the prices are really out of this world even for professionals. wow, what a shame.

No they're not. The base prices are absolutely in line with what anyone expects for that hardware, that longevity, and that display.

"Professional" has a wide range of definitions on Mac Rumorz dot com

 

[Janichsan]

I'm a bit sceptical if the thermal management is really good enough to effectively cool a number of dual GPU graphics cards, a multicore Xeon CPU, and a massive PSU. But we'll see.

At least the optional wheels make it the fastest road legal computer.

 

[ouimetnick]

No Phil Schiller to innovate “my ass”??

Hopefully this chassis and platform was designed to be supported unlike a trash can that could only thermally support the crap at the time. I never understood what was wrong with the old cheese grater design? Perhaps get rid of hard drive bays, remove the optical drives and make it a little smaller.

Oh, is that what they finally did? I’d would be a shame that this exact product (Mac Pro Late 2019) were to go until 2024 before they update it again.

 

[nt5672]

Finally got Ive out of performance product design. Good riddance.

 

[kis]

No they're not. The base prices are absolutely in line with what anyone expects for that hardware, that longevity, and that display.

"Professional" has a wide range of definitions on Mac Rumorz dot com

They’re not only in line - they’re very cheap compared what you’d pay for a comparable (of course there really isn’t anything comparable) Windows computer. These are not meant for hobbyist “graphics designers”, “video editors” and “app developers”. They’re true professional grade workstations meant to be invested in by companies that make a ton of money off these. And they’re highly scalable and upgradable, giving companies a high degree (as high as you can get from a computer, but still) if investment security for years.

 

[trusso]

As a "prosumer," it'll be years until I can afford one of these setups (if I stay with the Mac). Nevertheless, I'm at least happy to see Apple put the "pro" back in Mac Pro, even if the price is ludicrous.

Of course, now the price-gouging on the Mac mini and MacBook Pro seem tepid by comparison. Who knows, maybe that's part of Apple's play.

 

[d5aqoëp]

Is Nvidia excited?

 

[ilikewhey]

Is the cpu swappable? I can imagine getting baseline 8 core and swap out for 28 core cheaper than what apple charges

 

[jayducharme]

I was surprised how much its design reflects the old cheese-grater Mac Pro. Maybe there's no other efficient way of designing a pro machine, especially when add-on cards are all rectangular. The base price is about what I was expecting, except for the paltry default storage. It really should have 512 gb minimum. The crowd didn't seem all that thrilled with the price point. But they absolutely gasped when the price of the new monitor was revealed -- especially when it was announced that the monitor is just a screen; all mounting devices are extra.

 

[scrapesleon]

Of course everyone been saving for it

 

[iGobbleoff]

I think it’s a great homage to the old cheese grater but I can see it being locked down to Apple only parts, or something that doesn’t give it too much of an upgrade path. I’d love to think I can afford it, but can’t justify the prices.

 

[FamVR]

I guess that we won't get that new Tesla model 3 this year... but a new Mac Pro plus a couple of Pro Displays.

You can't change/upgrade the T2 protected SSD so you better get the 4TB

 

[PastaPrimav]

As a "prosumer," it'll be years until I can afford one of these setups (if I stay with the Mac). Nevertheless, I'm at least happy to see Apple put the "pro" back in Mac Pro, even if the price is ludicrous.

Of course, now the price-gouging on the Mac mini and MacBook Pro seem tepid by comparison. Who knows, maybe that's part of Apple's play.

I can see this Mac lasting me 10 years or more. Even at 11k for a base model and display, it would be a steal to get that much use out of it.

 

[Val-kyrie]

Won’t the eGPUs pay a performance penalty like current eGPUs?

 

[aaronhead14]

Awesome. So pumped for this Mac Pro!

 

[Val-kyrie]

I was surprised how much its design reflects the old cheese-grater Mac Pro. Maybe there's no other efficient way of designing a pro machine, especially when add-on cards are all rectangular. The base price is about what I was expecting, except for the paltry default storage. It really should have 512 gb minimum. The crowd didn't seem all that thrilled with the price point. But they absolutely gasped when the price of the new monitor was revealed -- especially when it was announced that the monitor is just a screen; all mounting devices are extra.

The crowd gasped when the stand was revealed to cost ONLY $999

 

[Omega Mac]

To put an end to the stand price shock meme once and for all - why not check out the prices a bunch of tiny metal spinning tops are being hawked for over at https://foreverspin.com/cart



You’ll soon re-evaluate or maybe better recalibrate your incredulity of a metal stand that at least solves a real world problem by way of functional utility!

 

[oneMadRssn]

The crowd gasped when the stand was revealed to cost ONLY $999

I kind of don't get why everyone is so surprised here. A good counterbalanced monitor arm costs $600+ from any good manufacturer. So add in the Apple-tax and whatnot, and you've got yourself a $1000 monitor stand.

Sure you can get a piece of crud metal tube and plastic mount for $50, but it won't be balanced or any good.

I guess it would be nice they if threw in a crappy plastic stand for free with the monitor itself, but why bother as nobody buying a $5000 monitor will use it and it's just plastic that will be thrown into the trash.

 

[kildraik]

SIIICK.

Awesome job, Apple.

Good entry level price for a device that will likely be around for a decade.

Hopefully down the road, we’ll see a standard display and a, “Mac.” I’d like to see the 27” iMac’s guts in a box, 8-core and Vega.

Otherwise, what an event.

 

[Val-kyrie]

I kind of don't get why everyone is so surprised here. A good counterbalanced monitor arm costs $600+ from any good manufacturer. So add in the Apple-tax and whatnot, and you've got yourself a $1000 monitor stand.

Sure you can get a piece of crud metal tube and plastic mount for $50, but it won't be balanced or any good.

I guess it would be nice they if threw in a crappy plastic stand for free with the monitor itself, but why bother as nobody buying a $5000 monitor will use it and it's just plastic that will be thrown into the trash.

I was expecting $500-600 for the stand, so the gasp from the audience was no surprise. I agree though, quality costs. I am personally just a bit sceptical of Apple’s “quality” right now.

 

[alex2792]

So far, I have yet to see any mention or acknowledgement that we can use Nvidia cards in the new Mac Pro. Until his happens, this machine will not sell well. I like the direction it's going, but when you tell your customers that you can't use the GPU you prefer, your customers become someone else's customers.

I’m sure that you could install an Nvidia card, but it would only be usable in Windows since Tim Apple is still butthurt about the NVidia MacBook fiasco.