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Apple Offers Developers a Closer Look at the New Mac Pro
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It's shape is familiar
Like the Apple Campus.
http://www.blogcdn.com//media/2011/06/apple-campus-spaceship.jpg
Like the Apple Campus.
http://www.blogcdn.com//media/2011/06/apple-campus-spaceship.jpg
Industry standards have to change.
IDE became SATA.
Standard drives became SSD.
Floppy became CD/DVD's.
VGA became VGA became DVI became HDMI.
CRT became LCD.
Wifi B and G became N and now AC.
Serial cables and PS/1/2 ports became USB. Apple wants everything to be thunderbolt because it creates unity. It can carry any type of data. Imagine if audio video and data were all just one type of connection, nothing else. That would be amazing.
Things need to change for the better, and it's always Apple that gets attacked for leading such change.
Dropping optical drives for example. Discs are stupid like floppy disks. I'm sure the first computer not to have Floppy drives got a negative in it's review because of it.
Better technology will catch on, like always. Just wait. We can't use old tech just because it is widely supported and nothing else. This has expandable RAM and storage. PCI is faster than SATA so that is good.
Embrace the future. My opinion.
well said!
Trash cans are the future if Mac Pro and Time Capsule are any indication.
Seriously though - this thing will cost a ton and the TB2 accessories you will need to add will cost another ton. Plus you will have to make do with the GPUs Apple ships for the life of the machine. Yikes!
Seriously though - this thing will cost a ton and the TB2 accessories you will need to add will cost another ton. Plus you will have to make do with the GPUs Apple ships for the life of the machine. Yikes!
Along with the obvious reduction in RAM and internal storage capacity I think it's interesting that Apple chose to focus on twin GPUs while offering what appears to be only a single Ivytown CPU. Pretty much since the release of the first Macintosh Apple has been criticized for shipping computers with outdated GPUs. This is the first time they've gone "all in" on the graphic processing side of the equation. Unfortunately it doesn't look like the GPUs are upgradeable. What's awesome today is passé tomorrow and a barrier to productivity the day after that so time will tell whether Apple has made a good decision or not.
The timing is also curious. This year 3rd parties have finally decided to bring modern GPU cards to the Mac Pro. They're years late to the party and Apple just slammed the door in their faces.
I expect the finished product to have an SSD slot on both GPUs. In the photos you can see the solder points on the second GPU that would accommodate a connector. It seems logical to offer users the opportunity of having a second ultra high speed drive for data or to use as a scratch disk. I expect a subset of Mac Pro users will pull data off a central repository in the morning, work on it all day and then check in the edited data at the end of the day. They won't need to clutter their workspace with external drives or have to contend with cable spaghetti.
The timing is also curious. This year 3rd parties have finally decided to bring modern GPU cards to the Mac Pro. They're years late to the party and Apple just slammed the door in their faces.
I expect the finished product to have an SSD slot on both GPUs. In the photos you can see the solder points on the second GPU that would accommodate a connector. It seems logical to offer users the opportunity of having a second ultra high speed drive for data or to use as a scratch disk. I expect a subset of Mac Pro users will pull data off a central repository in the morning, work on it all day and then check in the edited data at the end of the day. They won't need to clutter their workspace with external drives or have to contend with cable spaghetti.
...plus it looks pretty portable, I can see taking this on location if you had to and trying to do that with current Mac Pro is almost impossible or at least not much fun
They did do a cube...
Not sure how innovative this really is? The Apple G4 Cube was a reduced form factor desktop computer; with a cooling chimney design.. ok this baby is a cylinder rather that a cube, but apart from that..
I would have one , but wonder what the price will be? Hey was it not price that killed the G4 Cube? Hey this machine drive 4k monitors; have you seen the price of these?
High-end mini-beast...
Not sure how innovative this really is? The Apple G4 Cube was a reduced form factor desktop computer; with a cooling chimney design.. ok this baby is a cylinder rather that a cube, but apart from that..
I would have one , but wonder what the price will be? Hey was it not price that killed the G4 Cube? Hey this machine drive 4k monitors; have you seen the price of these?
High-end mini-beast...
HOLEEEEE CRAPPP!
That is all I have to say as that is one HELL of a design from Apple, that much power in a system that compact! Mental, if you guy's waiting for a new Pro aren't happy, then their is no helping you! This new machine is definitely a design classic!
That is all I have to say as that is one HELL of a design from Apple, that much power in a system that compact! Mental, if you guy's waiting for a new Pro aren't happy, then their is no helping you! This new machine is definitely a design classic!
Upgrade capability is one of the most obvious questions, let's hope Apple has a good answer.
For everyone complaining at this new design is not expandable internally, realize one thing - this new computer will fit *inside* of an existing Mac Pro case. That should give you an idea... Imagine a third-party case that this cylinder fits into and entirely contains the "mess of cables" and external devices that one needs to connect.
That's the beauty of this new design. It opens up a whole new world of opportunity, and a market for unique, new ideas.
That's the beauty of this new design. It opens up a whole new world of opportunity, and a market for unique, new ideas.
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Very interesting, from all accounts most of the internals are replaceable. Their pricing strategy is also unexpected, but understandable I suppose.
Very interesting, from all accounts most of the internals are replaceable. Their pricing strategy is also unexpected, but understandable I suppose.
I think he is probably a bit miffed that this new model will cut into his MPG Pro Workstation business.
This puts me in a dilemma. Was going to buy a new iMac, as although the now-old Mac Pro was just too big for my little office. But this new Mac-in-a-can is the size of a tubular iPad and has impressive performance. I'll need a monitor (or two) to go with it... Better get saving
Saving indeed. And since Mavericks can stream via Airplay to an Apple TV, don't forget to add in the price of a 60" HDTV to act as a third monitor. Tony Stark, eat your heart out.
Say Whaaaaaaaaaaaat ?!!!
Pretty enough, but not practical and not professional.
I need space for four internal hard drives, a dvd / cd / Blu Ray drive as my clients still want stuff on disc.
I don't want cables taking over my workspace. If anything it looks back to front and what the hell do we do with the empty space inside ? Maybe we can use it as a trash can ...
I just hope it's user expandable as i like to upgrade parts as and when rather than the whole darned unit.
Been a G3 / G4 / G5 and two Mac Pro user for years but all in all a bit disappointed and now what computer will i buy ?
Pretty enough, but not practical and not professional.
I need space for four internal hard drives, a dvd / cd / Blu Ray drive as my clients still want stuff on disc.
I don't want cables taking over my workspace. If anything it looks back to front and what the hell do we do with the empty space inside ? Maybe we can use it as a trash can ...
I just hope it's user expandable as i like to upgrade parts as and when rather than the whole darned unit.
Been a G3 / G4 / G5 and two Mac Pro user for years but all in all a bit disappointed and now what computer will i buy ?
They were offered by third parties at a premium or you could always flash them. Now add the premium of an external enclosure, the Thunderbolt controllers, and then the custom video card. When all you wanted was just the video card in the first place.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/turbobox-na255a-pci-express,3430.html
Have fun.
I won't know because I'll never buy one. Final Cut X forced me to Avid, which runs great on a PC (as do Photoshop and After Effects) - so if I'm gonna pour a ton of money into a professional workstation, the new Mac Pro is literally the last thing I would ever buy. If I were running a post facility and need rack mounting or shared storage via fibrechannel, I can't use this. Which reminds me, where's my RedRocket go? How do I encode BluRays and burn them for testing and protype deliverables? I'm also guessing it's going to be forced 60Hz like the rest of their crap so 3D is out - which it'd be out anyway because I can't get an Nvidia card in it to work with their glasses.
You fanboy, YouTube, FCPX kids are probably gonna love it. David Fincher and Walter Murch however, like me, are probably going to be forced to use something else.
This is an unmitigated disaster professionally speaking. My mom's gonna love it though.
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