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Apple Building 2TB Solid State Drives for Next Mac Pro Release?
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I do hope the new Mac Pro will be worth paying extra for! The current model always lagged behind with slow updates, and it seems that those who got a Mac Mini or an iMac actually got better machines for a fraction of the price.
Nowadays it seems that it's better to buy cheaper machines more frequently than expensive machines every once in a while. No matter how good your machine is, new technology will make it obsolete very soon (see Thunderbolt, USB 3.0, and of course new CPUs). Very often a cheap new machine will be as good as an old beast.
I think that to avoid obsolescence (as much as it can be), Apple should make the Mac Pro very upgradeable, maybe even more than the current one. Even a pro studio won't be buying new Mac Pros every 3 years, they might as well buy new iMacs every 3 years instead.
Nowadays it seems that it's better to buy cheaper machines more frequently than expensive machines every once in a while. No matter how good your machine is, new technology will make it obsolete very soon (see Thunderbolt, USB 3.0, and of course new CPUs). Very often a cheap new machine will be as good as an old beast.
I think that to avoid obsolescence (as much as it can be), Apple should make the Mac Pro very upgradeable, maybe even more than the current one. Even a pro studio won't be buying new Mac Pros every 3 years, they might as well buy new iMacs every 3 years instead.
SATA? For the price and size of the Mac Pro, PCIe is the way to go, and there are already 2TB PCIe drives, and they work on Hackintoshes.
http://www.oczenterprise.com/interfaces/pci-express.html
http://www.oczenterprise.com/interfaces/pci-express.html
Man, I hope this happens. Not that I'm buying a MP, but b/c if Apple starts making SSD in this size, the price will surely start coming down!
I'll believe it when I see it.
I may not be a pro user, but it's kinda sad that they're letting this segment stagnate. The pro equipment is part of what Apple is, especially to us in this community. I don't want to see them become the Chevy of the computer industry. If they're going to innovate in the desktop market at all, they need a cutting-edge Mac Pro.
I may not be a pro user, but it's kinda sad that they're letting this segment stagnate. The pro equipment is part of what Apple is, especially to us in this community. I don't want to see them become the Chevy of the computer industry. If they're going to innovate in the desktop market at all, they need a cutting-edge Mac Pro.
2TB SSD is too costly unless Apple is going to actually break some crazy price barrier like it did when DVD burners were brand new. A 2TB combined fusion drive makes more sense, especially with 512GB of SSD as part of it.
There must be something in store for us other than new processors and SSDs.
Instant boot? Smaller form factor? Solar powered? Lighter than air?
Give us something! (even though I'm perfectly happy with iMacs...)
There must be something in store for us other than new processors and SSDs.
Instant boot? Smaller form factor? Solar powered? Lighter than air?
Give us something! (even though I'm perfectly happy with iMacs...)
250-500 GB is just getting affordable if you look at something like the Samsung 840 (TLC based, I know scary.)
Above that? Oh boy, that is money to burn.
Above that? Oh boy, that is money to burn.
I would not mind them having a headless Mac with PCI slots that runs a consumer processor, as long as they keep the option of professional chips for those who need them.
My fear is, the next Mac Pro will be stripped down to a consumer level machine, with fewer PCI slots, fewer internal drive bays and less memory.
On the other hand, I do look forward to the new headless, bring your own monitor, iPhone.
Thunderbolt and USB 3 are a guarantee. There's no way they would have them in a MBP but not the MP.
BD Drive, though? Good luck with that one. Apple is moving away from physical media and has rejected BD numerous times.
Edit: USB 3, not USB 2. herp derp.
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Don't generalize too much. "Sometimes" 3rd-party gear may cause headaches, not "often".
2 TB SOLID STATE?? I can just imagine the price.
Ah well. Good to know they're keeping up on the development of the Mac Pro. Long live the Pro
Ah well. Good to know they're keeping up on the development of the Mac Pro. Long live the Pro
Since when does Apple put their logo on hard drives used in their computers? How would you know that it's a 2TB drive from just seeing one on a factory tour? Seems pretty fishy to me.
Three times the price and 1/3 the speed of competing drives of the same size.
I can't imagine a 2TB's price from them unless a serious change is made.
Just because it bugs me...
"full height" is *NOT* "just like your regular 3.5" spinning drive". "Full height" when referring to computer drives, has a specific defined meaning: 3.25" tall. This stems from the time of the original IBM PC - when a 5.25" floppy drive filled the entire height of the drive bay. Later, when slimmer 5.25" drives became available, they put two into a single bay, that height (1.625") referred to as "half-height".
The standard height of a 3.5" drive is 1" tall (properly called "low profile", since the earliest 3.5" drives - and many high-end enterprise SCSI drives up until just a couple years ago - were often "half height" 1.6",) although there are even slimmer 3.5" drives that are only 0.75" tall.
So, no, "full height" is no where near the size the quoted article means it to be.