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Apple Offers Developers a Closer Look at the New Mac Pro
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The power is amazing. The revolutionary design left me with a bit of déjà vu rounded more but similar though modernized concept.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuJvwvome1o
How do you like having expandability defined as peripherals?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuJvwvome1o
How do you like having expandability defined as peripherals?
Curious, why is it not a problem that the CPU will be obsolete in two years but a problem if the GPU is obsolete in two years?
People are entitled to their opinions, and their "winging" isn't "winging", most have valid points, concerns and questions. We make our living from these systems, we've waited with bated breath for three years. Don't dismiss it as our fault, we have thousands and thousands invested in hardware and pro-apps necessary for our work. It takes a lot of money and time to invest/change our work to another platform. This is why we are concerned, not if "WoW" and "Angry Birds" are faster, but if our work is hindered or improves.
"Winging" about our valid concerns and discussing pro's and con's isn't productive, it's insulting and unnecessary. Move on.
If you are a designer, your irreverence toward another great designer is truly trash talk.
Have you ever hear of design influence or inspiration. That's how new designers honor and remembrance our past greats. Furthermore, great designers all try to solve problems best way possible. When you try to reinvent a wheel, you are an idiot. This design is not from a coffee machine rather resembles an airplane turbine engine as it is the most efficient design for airflow.
Ok, Dieter Rahms is one of the greatest modern designers but the new Mac Pro has no relation or resemblance to the Braun coffee machine. Stop flipping design books.
I do not like everything Johnny Ive designs but I do respect him as a fellow designer.
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That you see once a month for two hours when you actually need the optical drive an pull it out of its drawer. HDD yes, most people will need an external case for them.
Hopefully the lower spec version will have more mainstream pricing... Might be more compelling than the Haswell Mac mini.
My Price Guess Is Minimum $2999. But I gotta own one. Historically Awesome!
If an entry level model prices at 2K, I will get this next year. Based on the components costs, can anyone guess what it might price out at?
Looks like Apple clearly going for expandability in mind with what all the ports.
Thus, this could probably mean a slimmer, small design too, like the Mac mini.. or the Apple TV.
Can anyone image ? a mac pro, in a "hockey puck" stye? with nothing but ports.
Thus, this could probably mean a slimmer, small design too, like the Mac mini.. or the Apple TV.
Can anyone image ? a mac pro, in a "hockey puck" stye? with nothing but ports.
I switched over to a USB optical drive for all of my desktop computers. It saves me money each time I build a new one and it's portable.
I'm wondering the same thing. Looks cool... Que Dollars? People are going to have fun making covers for this thing.
The fan that's housed there is blowing air upwards but I think you could still be right.
Mr. Arfdog there has always been one of a snarky fanatic in this forum. He always think Apple's way is the only way in the ENTIRE UNIVERSE.
So if it ain't has
logo on it, he ain't using it.Maybe he always told his clients to download his design material off Dropbox or send it via iMessage. Otherwise he would tell his clients to ****** off and buy an Apple device.
Bluray would not do
DTS HD would not do
Printed materials would not do
Just m4v file with 256kbps AAC audio, "And please, if you want to copy my work, bring your own Thunderbolt storage, or I ain't givin it". That's what he said
CPU's usually don't change much for workstations aside from Thunderbolt requiring specific processors. Improved graphic cards help more than new CPU's in most instances, as does RAM and HDD space. Hardware can last longer when graphics and RAM can be updated. CPU updates usually effect notebooks and non-server based workstations.
I'll bet it starts out at $3,200 to $3,500 and will go north of $9,500 maxed out.
Do you people not read anything Apple has posted on their site BEFORE opining?
I want to see the block diagram on how Thunderbolt is handled on this thing. Piping it over PCIe 3.0 is the only way you're going to avoid over saturating the Thunderbolt bus. Controllers and switches galore...
That's right, you and I discussed this a few days ago. Thanks for the info on Thunderbolt and mini-DisplayPort/graphics. I'm wondering the same thing too.
Hardly. I think the "Dude, that's frikken AWSOME, OMG OMG OMG" buyers will like the new Mac Pro. The adults who want an upgradeable, utilitarian PC that can outfitted for different kinds of uses and upgraded into the future will find their way over to the likes of HP when their newly released commercial desktops ship later this month.
To me Apple has gone from innovative/different to just goofy, weird and overly proprietary. I don't need an ashtray-looking black cylinder and a strange, tall, white box sitting on my desk to show that I'm part of the really cool new paradigm crowd.
I realize there are a lot of people who will not like the new design from the look to the nature of the external upgrades.
I have used Apple's Pro machines since the PowerMac 6100 and have upgraded at regular intervals from then on. I loved the look of the original PowerMac G5 and that look has been great since then moving into the Mac Pro's. I watched the keynote in hopes of some sort of glimpse of a new Mac Pro. When Phil introduced the video, I was very excited to see what Apple came up with. I felt like a little kid again, well, an almost 40 year old kid. But I have to admit that though I was looking for something different, I love the new design. Yes, it looks like a robot or trash can to some. But the simplicity of the design is amazing to me. I really like it.
Just the engineering involved appeals to me. The design reminds me of a modern version of the G4 Cube. But of course the cube is now a cylinder.
Say what you will, but I like it. Just my opinion as I was interested in reading all of the replies here and I definitely understand how others feel. But I just really like it.
I have used Apple's Pro machines since the PowerMac 6100 and have upgraded at regular intervals from then on. I loved the look of the original PowerMac G5 and that look has been great since then moving into the Mac Pro's. I watched the keynote in hopes of some sort of glimpse of a new Mac Pro. When Phil introduced the video, I was very excited to see what Apple came up with. I felt like a little kid again, well, an almost 40 year old kid. But I have to admit that though I was looking for something different, I love the new design. Yes, it looks like a robot or trash can to some. But the simplicity of the design is amazing to me. I really like it.
Just the engineering involved appeals to me. The design reminds me of a modern version of the G4 Cube. But of course the cube is now a cylinder.
Say what you will, but I like it. Just my opinion as I was interested in reading all of the replies here and I definitely understand how others feel. But I just really like it.
Cannot read your post. No ofense. To much pseudo-philosophy that sounds like noise...