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Concept Imagines What a Modular Mac Pro Might Look Like
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I'd love a mac with 2x 1080Ti cards. The current lineup is pathetic for any GPU based renders. It's a shame Apple neglected pro consumers for so long.
This isn't hard: Mac Pro 2008-2012. Remake that with the latest Tech.
The G4 Cube an experiment, sold alongside the Power Mac G4 towers of the time, so practicality wasn't really an issue as most serious professional/power-users could and did buy the towers instead. Those who wanted a pretty-looking and quiet yet powerful Mac went for the Cube (or weren't willing to pay the high price and got an iMac instead, probably true for most and hence the Cube flopped).
In 2013, Apple showed they can behave a lot less practically with the new Mac Pro...
They might learn some new tricks for the Mac Mini from that one but it has nothing to do with Mac Pro. Then again, played around with the current MacBook retina and the iPhone 7 and was horrified at what Apple is heading to. The haptic feedback touchpad is something I'm not looking forward to using, same goes with the crappy home button in 7. It's pretty impossible to get anything done with it - and that's not my opinion but the owner who has had it for quite a while already. :/
As much as I loved the cheesegrater chassis, I'd much rather get a variation on the G4 Quicksilver chassis.How about this for a modular mac-pro:
You're talking about eGPU. Maybe it will support it around the time the Pro releases as well. Calm down, jesus.
The point was, if you want a hub, buy a MBP or Mini or something. I want a case and I am tired of add-ons. I want to put all my components in the case and that's that. I don't want 4 external SSDs, two external GPU's, etc etc. Might as well have every single aspect external while we are at it.
That would be a great idea for a low-power desktop even cheaper than the Mac Mini. But you would have serious issues getting a real processor with real power into a case like that without melting the thing.
If it has TB4, Etherne x2, FW800, SD+CF slot, Zipdrive, Optical+Audio i/o jacks, FW400, USB-C/3/2/1 and an RS232 port, I think I might be satisfied.
I agree, cool concept, but I could see where heat could cause issues. Also, seems like it might make a good Mac Mini. Mac Pro users would probably want/need multiple 3.5" drive bays, multiple PCIe slots (enough for 2+ GPUs plus other cards). Just thought of the Apple Network Servers from the 90's. I wonder what Apple would have in it if Mac Pros used the same case design.
Wouldn't mind a multi-card reader (SD, Compact Flash, etc.), couple 5.25" & 3.5" drive bays, 6+ PCIe slots (with room for 2+ double-wide GPUs), 12+ RAM slots, 2, possibly 4, CPU slots.
Wouldn't mind a multi-card reader (SD, Compact Flash, etc.), couple 5.25" & 3.5" drive bays, 6+ PCIe slots (with room for 2+ double-wide GPUs), 12+ RAM slots, 2, possibly 4, CPU slots.
we dont want just another big tall tower like in the 90" just for you to support 3-4 gpus...since the mac pro will have support for dual gpu. the eGPU is already a thing if you didnt known that and you want more than 2 gpu. Jesus, we dont want 4 gpu like you, we are not obsessed
I think the best form factor would be the old Power Mac G4 chassis, with a space gray aluminum finish thats a little bit smaller, thinner, using the Power Mac G5/Mac Pro style handles.
Another option is a NextStep Workstation style cube, just a little smaller, with the 2013 style removable case.
Another option is a NextStep Workstation style cube, just a little smaller, with the 2013 style removable case.
Not trying to pick a fight, but "every single aspect external" is almost exactly what I want. "Every single aspect hot-swappable" would be a super awesome but extremely unlikely bonus.
Why do you keep writing "jesus" after every post? Is this topic getting you too upset to discuss little buddy?
"we" don't want it? Who is "we"? You don't speak for everyone. The current MP can basically do what you want. I don't like the current Pro design and I know a a lot of people that don't either. But we are not right, just offering opinion. I do not want external anything.
Not to mention, most people in my field that actually bought MP's this time around had to opt for tons of external storage because Apple insisted on killing everyone with their BS SSD upgrade prices.
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You may be underestimating how big I reckon the 'back-end' of such a machine might get, in the higher-spec models; remember my 'inspiration' is olde-worlde things like the BBC Micro/Master, AppleII. Something big enough to park a cup of coffee on or even a small plate of food (and perhaps keep it warm!
). At this high end we are essentially talking about a horizontally-oriented desktop box with a keyboard on the front, but hopefully designed such so it looks nice and integrated and not awful (Edited to insert site-specific emojis and remove swear words)
Personally I'd rather have the G5 case with the G4's handles. Those G5 aluminum handles were like knives.
That said, a G4 quicksilver was my first Mac, so I might be a little biased toward that case design.
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Yeah, I had an Atari with a similar setup back in the day. I suppose I was just going off of your comparison to the logic board in the rMB. And you're right, that would be a hard left turn stylistically.You may be underestimating how big I reckon the 'back-end' of such a machine might get, in the higher-spec models; remember my 'inspiration' is olde-worlde things like the BBC Micro/Master, AppleII. Something big enough to park a cup of coffee on or even a small plate of food (and perhaps keep it warm!
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Too cramped. No proper ventilation so it would heat up like a hot plate. Esthetically dull and non-think-differentesque.
Yep. That's Apple's current design esthetic. All it needs are out dated parts and draconian repair policy and its spot on.
Yep. That's Apple's current design esthetic. All it needs are out dated parts and draconian repair policy and its spot on.
"Calm down, jesus." so you saying the same word like me and after that you are asking me? you are a hypocritical i see, Jesus
If you didnt know the current design problem is that you can't swap and put new gpu or cpu in it. And the next one will fix that and i bet will not be as big as your house because are people who do not use at the same time 3-4 gpus. We use dual gpu and after 2-3 years we will swap them with better one
Not trying to pick a fight, but "every single aspect external" is almost exactly what I want. "Every single aspect hot-swappable" would be a super awesome but extremely unlikely bonus.
Man, I just don't know. I feel like you can already achieve that with a high end MBP. I mean, why go with a crazy good CPU/Processor and have that built in a case, and just not have everything else in there as well?
I guess with the whole dongle aspect of the new MBPs, and just using it over the last MP version because I didn't think it was worth the upgrade for me, I am just tired of external everything. My desk has hubs and wires and just stuff everywhere. I want a singular device with easily swappable components. Personally, of course. To each their own.
They keep capitalizing it. I think it's either their name or they're calling you Jesus.
I wrote it because you wrote it - obviously? You're getting a bit weird over all this. I should probably stop replying to you. Try and not let other people's tech opinions get you so mad
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