Apple Spokesperson Confirms New Mac Pro Designs Likely Coming in 2013 [Update: Not iMac]

[robains]

Why would my MacPro & 30" Apple Cinema display sometimes just flash the little white light at me and never come on? How did I deal with that, I replaced my 30" Apple Cinema display(s) with HP LP3065s.

For every Windows 7 issue you list, I can list an OSX issue. Neither OS is perfect nor better or worse than the other -- like it or not, I've had to get "involved" with my hardware and OS on both sides of the fence -- that's part of computing.

But if you want better stability on the Windows 7 side, I've found that computers I build (I select the components and assemble) are often much better than Dell/HP etc. etc. for about the same cost.

The reason I don't like "canned" computers from Dell/HP etc. is because they often lock you out of the BIOS/EFI just like Apple does. Which is a problem because it's a key area to be in to help establish computer stability/performance ... and I'm pretty sure that your Dell has a BIOS/EFI setting controlling USB support including legacy support and host of other settings around USB which could be ONE of MANY reasons why your mouse has/had issues (and it could also be the mouse itself failing and nothing to do with the OS).

 

[Mago]

I'm a Mac fan, but for crertain hyper-intensive computing processing, has more sense use Grid computing using BOINC or similar open source cloud solution that allow running OS/X Binaries across a cloud of cheap cpu (or rented CPU as Amazon r3), being able to easy (and cheap) reach multi-teraflop speeds.

 

[robains]

I'm a Mac fan, but for crertain hyper-intensive computing processing, has more sense use Grid computing using BOINC or similar open source cloud solution that allow running OS/X Binaries across a cloud of cheap cpu (or rented CPU as Amazon r3), being able to easy (and cheap) reach multi-teraflop speeds.

EC2 from Amazon is great, but that's still usually towards the end of the work flow ... creative testing happens now and quickly just too expensive to repeat frequently. Best workflow I've experienced is powerful workstation, powerful segment server (often local and dedicated to a 2-3 workstations like the 48 real core AMD server I listed for $6000), and then off to final using EC2 or equivalent. EC2 will add up quick if you don't manage that workflow correctly.

 

[mBox]

As Ive said before robains its too much to deal with as far as fixing every little issue on both platforms.
yes I can name you a few issues on some Mac Pro setups at work but none of them require a reboot.
And with all the talk about creating your own computer, sorry Im a creative I dont tinker and dont have the brain space.
I would rather save all that for other things in life outside of computers

 

[Mago]

EC2 from Amazon is great, but that's still usually towards the end of the work flow ... creative testing happens now and quickly just too expensive to repeat frequently. Best workflow I've experienced is powerful workstation, powerful segment server (often local and dedicated to a 2-3 workstations like the 48 real core AMD server I listed for $6000), and then off to final using EC2 or equivalent. EC2 will add up quick if you don't manage that workflow correctly.

Of course, Cloud Computing is for when you have a ready application, not for testing it (we could test the cloud on a VM), but for large production is very convenient (so why the RenderFarms ?).

But if you can doit with an local workstation it's allways more productive, but on a Mac, the Top is about 2teraflops on current MacPro+ATI Graphics, maybe the Next Gen 16Core XEON + Latest GPUs may easy reach more than 1 TeraFlop.

I Designed a Rig like yours, we estimate on 30 Teraflop, With 3 MB + 6 XEON + 6 Nvidia Quadro (168GB RAM+6x128GB SLC SSD Raid0), Very Good, also the customer rent it to a Local Oil Company that do Well Profiling on it, it does (faster) the works from a previous IBM MainFrame that cost more than 100K few years ago.

We Ran it on Debian/BOINC, we are close to 1.6GFlop/Watt.

 

[Mago]

A 21" 4k2k LCD panel is on production by sharp, so its likely to be aimed at the new iMac retina.

 

[OnceYouGoMac]

About time too! I couldn't afford a Mac Pro (unless I win the lotto and then I'll buy one ) and don't need one but I was hoping Apple wouldn't kill it off altogether. I'm glad they're updating it. Why aren't they updating the iMacs though?

 

[Tesselator]

"Don't worry as we're working on something..."


OMG, he didn't just do that... He did. He just did that...

Every time "the public" has been lied to or prepared for pending disasters in the past umpteen years the sentence has always started off with the past-perfect preposition "don't worry, ....".

"Don't worry, there will be no new taxes..."

"Don't worry, FEMA is here to "help" the evacuation..."

So armed with this axiom perhaps yall can imagine the trepidation I'm experiencing now having just read that here, from Apple, about my favorite machine?

But don't worry, this isn't a short overly pessimistic mini-rant about something as mundane as the specifications for a workstation computer, planted in order to heighten awareness, emotion, and generate commercial interest.

Don't worry, it's nothing like that.

 

[robains]

"Don't worry as we're working on something..."

OMG, he didn't just do that... He did. He just did that...

Well he didn't "just" do this, it's been a while now.

Read this MacPro update article for another laugh

Talks about a release date when in fact NOTHING, ZERO, NADA has been indicated by anyone at Apple. Pulling at straw speculation that because Apple were REQUIRED by the EU to stop selling MacPro's by March 1st because MacPro's didn't meet safe/power requirements somehow means Apple is going to announce a NEW MacPro??? What kinda Jibber Jabber is that? What kinda of logic is that?

"But don't worry, something will happen..."