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

[coolfactor]

This thing is going to be powerful

Yup, they've truly built a future into this machine. Professional industries are going to eat this machine up. But it's not for your average consumers.

Now they need to release a consumer-friendly Mac mini that's not so expensive.... bring back the $500 price point that was perfect.

 

[jlocker]

This is a great deal, my 2009 Mac Pro which cost $4500 latest 10 years!!!!! so the cost per year is very low!!!!. Hmm a new window PC every three and a half years at $2500 is $7500. So which is really a better hardware price, people forget how much they spend of hardware over a 10 year period like my friend who has spent a ton of money on PC hardware and still thinks that his computers saved him money

 

[jpine]

Oh come on with the SSD gouging. $5999 base with a 256G SSD is insulting.

That and the 2 year old $189.99 GPU. I'm also a little concerned with new internal GPU enclosure thing. Is it designed so that the user can get into it and update the GPU? And what if, in the future, GPUs increase in size and no longer fit the enclosure?

 

[Coconut Bean]

Not exactly. You’ve conflated two different things. The 300 watts (and heatsink” refers to the amount of power available to the cpu. The full system power is 1.4kw.

I was wondering. A gpu or cpu alone can eat 300W.

 

[Stephen.R]

I know, man, they finally step up and now people are bitching about the way it looks. Holy hell, you're not going to mount it above your fireplace, are you?

I pity the poor spouses of this whining bunch.

I’d say 99% were never going to buy one anyway, it’s about anything they can complain about. Notice how very few of any of them has raised questions about the actual use of the machine: why it’s still single cpu, whether the internal storage is slotted or soldered, whether the cpu is upgradable, etc.

Because they’re never going to buy one because what they want is a “pretty shiny thing” that is cheap but looks expensive.

What they want is one of those G5 PowerMac cases that’s retrofitted with cheap PC components and costs $1k.

 

[PaulRustad007]

As of now it looks like they basically said let’s make the most powerful thing we can make

I mean am I missing something? What is missing

As far as I know.....nothing.

 

[phocion]

Mostly good. Wish the base model Pro price was feasible for home users, like it was in the old days of the G3 through original cheese grater.

CUDA is an absolute need for me, so if you have to use that really proprietary-looking MPX module for graphics and can’t just slam an NVIDIA card in one of the other PCIe slots, this has to be a pass.

 

[Codpeace]

To me, this sounds like what everybody around here has been requesting for years: a super powerful machine squarely aimed at creative + IT professionals. The price isn't exactly the point if you plan on building it into your business model.

Again to me, the proof of this is: I would have no earthly idea how to exploit this much computer and even less what I would exploit it for... That is decidedly not the case with my MacBook "Pro..."

 

[coolkid93]

This is the Mac n' Cheese Grater!
Hopefully doesn’t cut the cheese

 

[persuasiveghost]

long overdue but great! too bad they weren't made for regular users. The price point is geared to what looks like companies and people who work at Pixar.

 

[macjunkie2013]

...ah so much complaining about MP price from the clueless expecting cheap hardware and free handjobs.

Win10 and PCs are calling you bye bye....

 

[milo]

Page is up. Not cheap but this box looks amazing.

https://www.apple.com/mac-pro/

 

[ridgero]

Love all the complaining here. No matter what Apple did the same people would complain. Even if it was free they’d complain no one is paying them to use it.

I was waiting for the Mac Pro for music production, but I am not spending 6k for an 256 gb ssd and 8 cores.

 

[VantaNoir]

Just here for the cheesy comments

 

[StuKatz1]

...a FULLY LOADED $19,999 CHEESE GRATER!!!!!!!

In all seriousness with the screen, it will be 20k for a properly speced machine.

 

[Moonjumper]

A nice machine, but so over-engineered that it will be unaffordable for many.

 

[dlondon]

I guess this is the Mac Pro “pro”. These days, the iMac Pro tackles the lower end of the power hungry market.

Yeah, I agree. I was looking forward to seeing what the Mac Pro had to offer but way out of our budgets for work. It's made me realise I want a Mac – something more powerful than Mac Mini bit not as advanced as a Mac Pro. The iMac Pro is probably that computer but we want to use ultrawide screenss it's not an option for work.

For home, I think I'm going to be custom building a Windows PC for graphics and video editing.

 

[mannyvel]

1.5TB of RAM - so I can finally run my workflow off of a RAMdisk!

Actually, this should keep everyone happy for about forever. When can I buy one?

 

[Tesix2]

An exciting presentation for once, alot of good stuff, macOS was a little underwhelming, I like the look of the Mac Pro, but man is it expensive. It might be professional, but it is still expensive, even for Apple.

 

[StuKatz1]

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.

Let’s see what the next MacBook Pro looks like, as they represent far, far many more professional users than this Mac Pro ever will.

I for one love the look of it actually.

 

[AnthonyHarris]

Maybe this is a really bad comparison, but, my boyfriend bought £6,000 worth of PC. It has 18 cores, 128gb of ram and 2GB on-motherboard storage as standard, and some ridiculously overpowered GPU with Liquid cooling.

I’m not anti Apple in the slightest, but this thing is overpriced by a factor of about 6.


EDIT. Of course, I mean 2TB of onboard ssd.

 

[PaulRustad007]

300 watts? Are they talking about the TDP of the system's cooling ability or it's power supply? I really hope it's the former otherwise that's basically gonna be a non-starter for multiple gpu configs

1.4Kw power supply.

 

[Nunyabinez]

If you are complaining about the cost, it is likely that you are not using your machine directly to produce income.

When you look at what what you can do when your computer is the means to generating income, then it is clear that this beast will pay for itself with the increased productivity.

For REAL professionals, it is an investment that pays off. For the wannabes it is an expense that is hard to justify.

 

[MacPro2020]

The case design is very ugly, the cheese grater holes are too large, the handles and feet are silly looking, and the curves on the box are unnecessary.

This was the wrong direction for Apple to take. An entry level Mac under $1,000 with upgradable modular parts is the right direction.

This box is unobtainable for even pro users. I’ll be hanging on to my 2010 Mac Pro for many years to come. This is getting ridiculous.

 

[AppleMad98004]

Wait, so for $5K (or $6K with a better screen) the stand is NOT included? Seriously?
So those prices PLUS $1 Grand?

Dual screen setup.... $12K + $2K just for the stands. That's the price of a MacBook Pro for STANDS!