i really wouldn’t be so sure about it not looking like a mac mini
it’s just going to be a double height mini with xeon and a gpu
that’s why they gave the mini such terrible graphics
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Apple Mulling Preview of New Modular Mac Pro at WWDC in June
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i really wouldn’t be so sure about it not looking like a mac mini
it’s just going to be a double height mini with xeon and a gpu
that’s why they gave the mini such terrible graphics
This is the same Bloomberg that has the unverified and unretracted story about Chinese spy chips, correct? OK, just checking.
Apple is considering previewing its upcoming redesigned Mac Pro at its Worldwide Developers Conference this June, according to a new report by Bloomberg today.
Apple has said it is working on a high-end high-throughput modular Mac Pro for its pro user base that will be easily upgradable and will feature components for the most system intensive tasks.
According to sources who spoke to well-connected Bloomberg journalist Mark Gurman, Apple has "internally weighed previewing a new version of the high-end Mac Pro" at this year's WWDC, although no firm decision appears to have been made.
According to executives Craig Federighi and Phil Schiller, Apple is committed to making the Mac Pro the highest-end desktop system able to accommodate VR and high-end cinema production. Apple has also put together a "Pro Workflow Team" to tailor the Mac Pro and other Apple products to its professional users.
The modular workstation is expected to ship alongside an upcoming Apple-branded pro display, which rumors suggest will be 31.6 inches with a 6K resolution and have "outstanding picture quality" enabled through a new Mini LED-like backlighting design.
We still have no word on when in 2019 the Mac Pro is coming, but Apple did promise a 2019 launch date in early 2018. If it's anything like the last Mac Pro in 2013, we should indeed get further information at WWDC, which Apple is planning to hold from June 3 to June 7 in San Jose, California, based on permit filings uncovered by MacRumors.
Article Link: Apple Mulling Preview of New Modular Mac Pro at WWDC in June
@jclo , @Joe Rossignol , @arn , @WildCowboy @earthTOmitchel - IMHO, every Bloomberg story ought to have an asterisk with the title regarding their journalistic integrity. </.02>
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Too late. I already picked up a 20" acrylic Cinema Display from Freecycle and a £45 1.42GHz DP specced-out Powermac G4 off eBay. Pro macs are a thing of nostalgia, you see.
Apple is very cautious as they can’t get the Pro wrong again. They’re also not sure whether to preview so have leaked the possibility to gauge reaction. In other words, lots of Apple corp eyeballs on MR today.
Release the damn thing already! it's a computer! most people can build one in a weekend! They are getting my nerves with dragging it out so long. They announced they had a dedicated team working on it 2 years ago.. So lets assume a team is 4 people working 40 hours a week, how can it take 2 years! I'd expect 3 months at the most!
What would be the point in making a pro system only to have to attach an eGPU. Also pros want/need Nvidia cards with CUDA. Options for alternative cards.
My company is moving on because of lack of updates to the hardware - and everything else that we use has been getting better and better.. macs stayed the same.
You would never believe that Apple is a billion dollar company. Where does the money go?
You would never believe that Apple is a billion dollar company. Where does the money go?
Because you are thinking only about designing it and building it, but how much time does it take to write all software changes and support for new hardware and test it?
You summed up my thoughts well here. Over-engineered, over complicated, and in the end we get something beautiful for marketing that nobody wants or buys, which is why they’ve shifted resources away from pros. Self-fulfilling prophecy here. Do you make incredible machines for real users with real needs, or do you make sexy? Apple has chosen sexy.
IMO, Pro users aren't that important to Apple. I remember hearing years ago that Apple sold more iPhones in something like 5 years than Macs in its entire multi-decade history. I feel that the "Pro" market is way too niche for Apple now. Look at the Xserve. However, I feel it's a bit of a Catch-22. Apple doesn't upgrade them because people don't buy them. People don't buy them because Apple doesn't upgrade them. CPU & GPU companies have updated their things since the last Mac Pro was announced, so that hasn't been too much of an issue. Plus, Apple introduced TB 3. There are many of hardware upgrades that could be put into a new Mac Pro.
I don't think it's hard, but rather unprofitable. Why make something that people can upgrade and last 5 years, when you can make it so that they buy a new one every 3 years? I'm making up the numbers, but hopefully you get the idea.
Also, it's a reputation thing. I'm sure Apple's afraid people would run out and get an unsupported 3rd party hardware thing and then complain how awful Apple is that it's unsupported.
Wow!! Well if they are only ‘considering’ previewing it in June! Then it isn’t going to launch till 2020... Apple really doesn’t seem to know how to handle resources properly considering its size and massive cash flow. No doubt this ‘pro’ Team is made up of members taken from other teams and they haven’t been replaced, because Apple apparently doesn’t like hiring new engineers?
Meh it’ll no doubt be Uber powerful and I’ll want one and it’ll be Uber expensive and I really will have zero need for it! And it’ll look sexy. This is Apple..
Meh it’ll no doubt be Uber powerful and I’ll want one and it’ll be Uber expensive and I really will have zero need for it! And it’ll look sexy. This is Apple..
As opposed to Apple's current winning sales strategy of not releasing anything new in the last 5 years?
Agreed. Anyone remember when Apple prided itself on the lack of cords and external necessities? I do. Start at 2:11
Pro users would be happy with the old cheesegrader Mac Pro with modern technology inside. Apple should have had this ready two years ago.
If they wanted to release something they could have already done it. There isn't any magic needed, all a pro wants is a desktop that can run OSX. That doesn't require any spaceage design, their previous generation (not the trash can) case would be just fine, then use off the shelf components (possibly not the motherboard) and problem solved. If they wanted to do this it would have already been done. This is just another Apple cluster F that seems to be very common lately. If anything the only thing they really need to do is just make the software drivrers needed to interface with the hardware that they use.
My Trash Can Pro keeps on ticking. The octopus of cables continues to attack my desk.
More likely it will be similar to the 2013 Mac Pro. Released at 11:59pm December 31st.....
Possible, but I don't think that's likely.
The Lisa? The Macintosh IIfx? Bring those prices from then for those products to 2019 dollars.
Even with Windows workstations, the most architecturally specced-out ones can run upward of $50,000.
(Heh. I first read "expensive." That said, it is Apple's challenge to make this a compelling computer.)
Apple is considering previewing its upcoming redesigned Mac Pro at its Worldwide Developers Conference this June, according to a new report by Bloomberg today.
Apple has said it is working on a high-end high-throughput modular Mac Pro for its pro user base that will be easily upgradable and will feature components for the most system intensive tasks.
According to sources who spoke to well-connected Bloomberg journalist Mark Gurman, Apple has "internally weighed previewing a new version of the high-end Mac Pro" at this year's WWDC, although no firm decision appears to have been made.
According to executives Craig Federighi and Phil Schiller, Apple is committed to making the Mac Pro the highest-end desktop system able to accommodate VR and high-end cinema production. Apple has also put together a "Pro Workflow Team" to tailor the Mac Pro and other Apple products to its professional users.
The modular workstation is expected to ship alongside an upcoming Apple-branded pro display, which rumors suggest will be 31.6 inches with a 6K resolution and have "outstanding picture quality" enabled through a new Mini LED-like backlighting design.
We still have no word on when in 2019 the Mac Pro is coming, but Apple did promise a 2019 launch date in early 2018. If it's anything like the last Mac Pro in 2013, we should indeed get further information at WWDC, which Apple is planning to hold from June 3 to June 7 in San Jose, California, based on permit filings uncovered by MacRumors.
Article Link: Apple Mulling Preview of New Modular Mac Pro at WWDC in June
So does this mean they’re going to offer a buyback for all the current Mac Pros? They RAPED the owners of the current Mac Pro, and offered NO updates to firmware, no upgradability, support, or dedication to the machine like their others.
I bough a bastard, and I want out!