Apple Working on Two New Mac Pro Desktops, One of Which Will Be Reminiscent of Power Mac G4 Cube

Hah! What about all the comments in the past about the Mac being dead, that Apple's future and all that people really need (incorrectly and intentionally attributed to Tim Cook) are tablets? Such a hoot!
 
This is exactly what I want. I want a professional M1 class cube with a sick GPU architecture that sits just behind an XDR display. I don't need a Mac Pro and I want to get away from all in ones.
 
I work at Best Buy and so many PS5 and Xbox X sales but also a ton of gaming systems. People always talk about professional work computing which is important but their is a ton of sales for gaming and professional gaming. So Apple likes money and VR so until we see a stable windows 10 for Apple gets M processors more game friendly, we could see a Intel i9 for one more generation. Today I install my 3080 in my Razer EGPU, connected to my Samsung Odyssey G7 240hz and 2019 MacBook Pro, it runs like a dream.
 
madmin said:
And an affordable monitor with all the ports including Ethernet to go with it please
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Yes! I'm still using a 27" Thunderbolt Display with my M1 Mac Mini. We also have 5K LG Ultrafines in the office, and while I technically can tell the difference between 2k and 5k, it's not substantial enough for me to care and I prefer the look (and umm...the lack of expense lol) of my 10 year old TB Display
 
shamino said:
I like the idea, but I'll believe it when I see it.

Ever since the introduction of the Mac Pro (and the demise of an affordable mini-tower Mac for home use), I've been wanting something like this. The capabilities of a consumer desktop (Mini or iMac) in a small desktop case. Preferably with 2-3 expansion slots and 1-2 drive bays for additional internal storage. A 5.25" bay for an optional internal optical drive would make it perfect, but I know that's a pipe dream.
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As nice as an optical drive is, I don't see it in any new Macs. Maybe a memory card reader or two, but not sure how likely that is.
 
Grohowiak said:
Absolutely superior availability of software / plugins?
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You might have missed it but AS is superior in every way to the rubbish that is Intel and Rosetta 2 does a great job of handling legacy x86 software and plugins which will all get converted at some point.
Sorry but had to break it to you.
 
Asarien said:
Because Professionals work in professional environments, where they can't just switch $100,000+ worth of hardware overnight to the latest trend, which isn't compatible with even half of their software.
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Yes they would and yes it can. Over 90% of professional software already has been converted over.
 
shamino said:
I like the idea, but I'll believe it when I see it.

Ever since the introduction of the Mac Pro (and the demise of an affordable mini-tower Mac for home use), I've been wanting something like this. The capabilities of a consumer desktop (Mini or iMac) in a small desktop case. Preferably with 2-3 expansion slots and 1-2 drive bays for additional internal storage. A 5.25" bay for an optional internal optical drive would make it perfect, but I know that's a pipe dream.
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Don't forget ECC. Must have ECC
 
declanf said:
Something smaller than a Mac Pro but bigger than a Mac Mini. What’s missing from the current Mac desktop lineup? A Mac? Not Mini, not Pro, just Mac?
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I have asked for this for a decade. A headless midrange Mac Semi-Pro, just like the low-end PowerMac G4s were. I will never buy an iMac or product with soldered memory or SSDs. This is a market that Apple is not even in for over a decade now.
 
DogGone said:
The Mac mini is the replacement for the cube and obviously has been very successful.
I like the idea of just a “Mac”. For regular people who want a desktop that they can modify. 20 years ago I had a G4 tower. Lots of fun playing around with it. Added drives, upgraded the ram and processor over almost 8 years. Finally replaced it with a Mac mini and lately with a old MBP.
still it would be fun to have a small tower to play with.
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I took my G4 insides and put them into a full sized ATX case. True FrankenMac. So many drive bays! Those were the days.
 
So after the failed PowerMac G4 Cube and the failed "trashcan" Mac Pro *another* small Pro desktop Mac?

That takes … *courage*. Or maybe someone inside Apple is just obsessed with making this kind of product happen even if the market has said twice now that it is not interested.

But I shall see! It all depends on the price.
 
4jasontv said:
The Mac Mini should be the size of an Apple TV. But I am all for an ITX Mac Pro with room for a 3090 to breath.
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Why would you make it harder for the Mac mini to be an actually useful machine? We had finally gotten one with tons of I/O and many upgrade options. I hope Apple doesn't sacrifice that just for the show effect.
 
ouimetnick said:
Most likely because Apple doesn’t have a M series chip capable of meeting or exceeding the very high end intel Xeon processor used in high end Mac Pro configurations. I’d be surprised if Apple ever did. The Mac Pro is such a low volume product that they might slap an M1X or whatever into it someday, keep the expandability and call it a day.
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I just wonder why they ever introduced it with all of these upgrade options, because they should have known two, three years ago that their own chips would not be able to ever match that.
 
ArPe said:
This time it will work because of Apple Silicon. The Cube and the Trashcan were hampered by Intel and Motorola and heat.
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And that they were both a bad deal. The Cube was more expensive then the PowerMac G4 and could do less. It was a design piece. Similar with the trashcan: Yes the "thermal corner" was a problem, but also expandability. That has not changed.
 
dasjati said:
Why would you make it harder for the Mac mini to be an actually useful machine? We had finally gotten one with tons of I/O and many upgrade options. I hope Apple doesn't sacrifice that just for the show effect.
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The m1 mini has less io than previous macs. It’s basically a logic board in a cavernous aluminum shell. There is no reason it needs to be the same size as previous minis other than to provide accessory compatibility. Even if they re-added the io it still can’t justify its size without giving it a real gpu .
 
shplock said:
You might have missed it but AS is superior in every way to the rubbish that is Intel and Rosetta 2 does a great job of handling legacy x86 software and plugins which will all get converted at some point.
Sorry but had to break it to you.
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Clearly, you have no idea what you are talking about so bless your soul.
If you ever get into an actual industry that uses custom stuff let me know.
 
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ArPe said:
This time it will work because of Apple Silicon. The Cube and the Trashcan were hampered by Intel and Motorola and heat.
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LOL, no.

It was and will always be hampered by Apple itself; insanse pricetag, garbage w GPU and lousy upgrade options were either impossible (trashcan mac pro) or are now with limited options in the new mac pro. All of that combined makes the mac pro one of the worst values of any computer on the market.
 
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