They never said they were out of the display business permanently. That was a pundit inference.
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Apple Says All-New Modular Mac Pro With Apple-Branded High-End Pro Display Coming After 2017
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You can't be serious. It took them four years to realize their can was a mistake and they've been working hard on a replacement all this time because of their love and dedication to their computer customers?
Horsecrap.
They screwed the pooch with their can design. They have had immense blowback about it since the beginning from the very people who didn't request or need such innovation, but of course "we just weren't ready for their brave new world."
The truth is they haven't been working on anything, and for whatever reason, they've had a religious moment where they have realized they were wrong. Now, in an attempt to put their finger in the dam, they've let this update "leak" with Phil "can't admit we were wrong my ass" Schiller having to eat crow. Tell me, if they're so proud of this why no big announcement on Apple.com? Where's the fanfare and trumpets announcing the arrival of the new Mac Pro King?
And now...on top of the four years you believe they've been so diligently at work on the new Quantum Mr. Fusion powered Mac Pro...we have to wait yet another year?
They haven't even started working on it until NOW. From Phil Schiller in this article, "and that’ll take longer than this year to do."
Again...Horsecrap.
Well, I guess i have to eat some crow. Guess all the backlash made Apple sit up and take notice, and they realised that the pro market, small as it may be, was not a market they could afford to neglect or alienate.
LOL of all the products for Schiller to use that line, it had to be the one that he would apologize for years later..
If you read the DF piece you'll see there were 5 outlets who got the news.
"Until then, Apple is refreshing its current Mac Pro with a minor power boost. For $2,999 you can now purchase a Mac Pro with a 6-core Intel Xeon processor, dual AMD FirePro D500s, and 16GB of RAM. While the $3,999 model will include an 8-core Xeon processor and dual AMD FirePro D700s."
So the main driving force of the Mac Pro as it is, the two OpenCL capable pro GPUs, weren't actually updated?
Good news on the upgradable redesign though. Reading between the lines, it seems they regretted the circular shape with triangle internal arrangement as it forces them into paired GPUs, while the market went to larger single cards.
So the main driving force of the Mac Pro as it is, the two OpenCL capable pro GPUs, weren't actually updated?
Good news on the upgradable redesign though. Reading between the lines, it seems they regretted the circular shape with triangle internal arrangement as it forces them into paired GPUs, while the market went to larger single cards.
Apple Branded Glossy Display? Annoyingly reflective+Apple Tax=No thanks.
Just focus on a decent desktop and I would be full on excited to pay the Apple Tax.
I sort of like the trash can option. Runs quiet, good on gas, decent power. But I would like to see a PROPER tower. The 5,1 format was just so solid. So much you can do with it, all within 1 case, tucked under the desk.
A good tower that will let users take advantage of the ever advancing video card options if they so choose.
Just focus on a decent desktop and I would be full on excited to pay the Apple Tax.
I sort of like the trash can option. Runs quiet, good on gas, decent power. But I would like to see a PROPER tower. The 5,1 format was just so solid. So much you can do with it, all within 1 case, tucked under the desk.
A good tower that will let users take advantage of the ever advancing video card options if they so choose.
That's what I was wondering about. I'm curious how much work it would take. It seems like it's better suited to workstation uses than intel. And considerably cheaper
Why would you ever buy into Apple's Mac Pro ecosystem? Remember 4 years ago when Phil Schiller stood on stage and said, "Can't innovate my ass..." and then Apple proceeds to forget about the Mac Pro for 4 years. People's memory is so short around here.
What people should be looking for are signs from apple that it is a sustained campaign with regular updates in the hopper year in and year out. Otherwise why would you ever buy into the "Pro" ecosystem? Apple has proven that they really don't care about you as a Pro user. Why would you give your money?
What people should be looking for are signs from apple that it is a sustained campaign with regular updates in the hopper year in and year out. Otherwise why would you ever buy into the "Pro" ecosystem? Apple has proven that they really don't care about you as a Pro user. Why would you give your money?
So, someday, at least a year from now, Apple will update an old version of an expensive and less-than-mainstream computer purposefully not designed or marketed for the vast majority of users.
Yay?
Seriously, the Pro-Watchband that goes with this will be epic.
Yay?
Seriously, the Pro-Watchband that goes with this will be epic.