Apple Reveals All-New Mac Pro With Up to 28-Core Processor and 1.5TB of RAM, Starting at $5,999

[gugy]

I just glanced the new MP and displays. My first reaction these are ugly and very very expensive. I'm professional but Apple is really pushing with these prices.
The base Mac Pro cheese grater used to be $2k or $2.5k. Displays if I remember correctly the intro of ACDs were like $1500.
WOW, This is a major jump despite the amazing specs they have. I am really curios to see the profit margins Apple is making here.
It's a shame. This will be make pro's not jumping in huge amounts. Apple probably won't sell that many and eventually slow or stop development altogether. It's so stupid IMO.

 

[ridgero]

8 core & 256 GB for 6k, thats not for professional at all.

 

[cb3]

But, does it grate cheese, hummm?

 

[megfilmworks]

If my clients are looking at my computer and not the preview screen then I’ve failed to do my job.
Love the specs and expandability!!

 

[StellarVixen]

I never thought I would say this...but, thanks Apple, I am gonna pass.



I am gonna build PC. Me, of all people. For this price, I can build my own personal supercomputer.



I am terribly sorry. You forced me to leave.

 

[ren0901]

Proud owner of a 2008 Mac Pro, glad to see an easily (?) expandable Pro return. $6k is a tough entry point but I don't mind being a late adopter (got the 2008 in 2011).

14,000 W power supply? Goodness!

 

[aaronhead14]

This is amazing! And much more features than I expected! I cannot wait until the fall!

 

[D.T.]

My friends who are professionals in industries where they leverage this sort of machine are absolutely stoked.

 

[Macs4u]

I just glanced the new MP and displays. My first reaction these are ugly and very very expensive. I'm professional but Apple is really pushing with these prices.
The base Mac Pro cheese grater used to be $2k or $2.5k. Displays if I remember correctly the intro of ACDs were like $1500.
WOW, This is a major jump despite the amazing specs they have. I am really curios to see the profit margins Apple is making here.

The same they always make, far too much. Forcing pros out.

 

[modemthug]

Just dropped in to see all of the misguided criticism

 

[outskirtsofinfinity]

There are 6 cute aliens lined up on the top row of the side of the machine. I discovered this while zooming in. Oddly, the alien pattern is not found on rows below, indicating a mismatch between overlapping layers (they drift out of phase). This seems a bit odd to me.

 

[neuropsychguy]

Seems like it might be exactly what actual users (not MR forum Apple-hate posters) need. Looks like they’re using the Skylake-SP processors, not the W-series.

1.5TB of RAM, nice. 8 PCIe slots (4 double wide)—not anywhere close to the “stacked Mac mini” concept some envisioned.

Maybe the most important thing—the end of the “Apple doesn’t care about the Mac anymore” BS. Complaints will continue about pricing, but those whiners were never going to buy a Mac Pro (or any Mac, probably) in the first place.

The only thing missing is NVIDIA for CUDA. That's what will keep me from getting this when I'm in the market.

 

[Porco]

I like it a lot, but the entry-level pricing is crazy. It’s not unreasonable to want a Mac Pro that starts at around what Mac Pros have always cost.

 

[Macs4u]

I never thought I would say this...but, thanks Apple, I am gonna pass.



I am gonna build PC. Me, of all people. For this price, I can build my own personal supercomputer.



I am terribly sorry. You forced me to leave.

I moved a while ago. My mental fast PC and mega fast 4k laptop cost 4.6k in total and that's Threadripper 16c/32t, 64gb ram, 4tb ssd, Vega 7x2, mint motherboard for the pc and i7 6c/12t CPU, 32gb ram, 2tb ssd, 2070 gpu for the laptop .Apple are smoking some heavy stuff thing to charge this .

 

[neuropsychguy]

3.5mm headphone jack? Apple why is your high end computer using old technology?

Because Apple doesn't need to worry about waterproofing and space (to the degree that a 3.5mm jack takes up in a desktop computer).

 

[The Man]

It is nice and all, I guess, but they should have announced a "mini Pro" too that is a smaller version of that thing with half the slots at $2999.

 

[PickUrPoison]

The only thing missing is NVIDIA for CUDA. That's what will keep me from getting this when I'm in the market.

I expect nVidia drivers, but I could be wrong. Apple is obviously aware some customers require CUDA.

 

[The Man]

The current product/price matrix of Apple has gone a bit insane. At least that new iPad Air was a welcome surprise, aye?

 

[Freeks]

Sorry Apple, but NVIDIA Cuda cores are industry standart.

Radeon GPUs are useless.

 

[macjunkie2013]

Whoo hoo finally!

Thankyou Apple, glad to see the " 2013 Can" sent to the can. As a former owners of a G4 Cube, G5, etc this one finally makes sense. I actually switched to Hackintosh for several years because of the 2013 NMP. I switched back to a 2010 CMP 2 years ago because I got tired of dealing with the OS hacking.

Like stated above, in-between the inevitable complaints about price ("I can build a same performance PC for 1/2 $...utter lies!) and aesthetics, Apple has developed the fastest PC they possibly could. If actual test numbers are close to their numbers, this is exactly what Apple needs for Pro customers.

Yeh it costs a lot, but what actual high-end PC does not? Would be nice to see a Nvidia option...

 

[anticipate]

8 core & 256 GB for 6k, thats not for professional at all.

The iMac Pro offers much more power (Vega 56 vs 580X), much more storage (1tb vs 256gb), and a 5K display for less cost than the entry-level Mac Pro. I mean it’s kind of ridiculous.

Of course if you want something much more powerful you can only get it with the Mac Pro. But you’re probably looking at 40 or $50,000 with the display. It’s nice to have the option I guess....

 

[Bigsk8r]

Proud owner of a 2008 Mac Pro, glad to see an easily (?) expandable Pro return. $6k is a tough entry point but I don't mind being a late adopter (got the 2008 in 2011).

14,000 W power supply? Goodness!

It's an easy mistake to make, but 1.4 kW = 1,400 Watts

Not 14,000

Cheers!

 

[neuropsychguy]

5999 for 8 core Xeon with 32gb ram, 256 ssd and ****** gpu? LOL Apple you are deluded. 5k for a screen? LOL

Where can you buy a 6k 32" screen with enhanced HDR, P3 and 10 bit color, and Thunderbolt 3 (with anti-reflective or matte options) for less?

 

[troc]

Looks amazing IMHO. It will be interesting to see how upgradable the basic parts are - ie whether it will be possible to buy the base version and upgrade as necessary as many of us did with the original Mac Pro.

I can see the base 8 core being perfect for my needs but I can also see me needing to upgrade base storage. Then again, I can put an SSD in a pcie slot.

Screen seems a bit rich for me as I wouldn’t need that level of detail/colour.

 

[aaronhead14]

I'm seriously smiling from ear to ear! I have been waiting for this thing for 5 years!