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'Constant Negativity' From Pro Users Led Apple to Develop Modular Mac Pro, Which May Not Ship Until 2019

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The decision to go ahead and develop a modular Mac Pro replacement seems to have been made only in recent months, with development starting only a few weeks ago, which makes it clear why Apple said it won't ship this year. I have no idea how long it takes to develop a new computer like a Mac Pro, but I think we can expect the new Mac Pro late 2018 at the earliest, but most likely it won't be until early 2019 before it ships.
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The guy has no idea how long it takes yet makes a prediction, yeah right.
 
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I'm glad they switched strategies, but wow does that seem slow. Not great optics for Tim either. Makes it seem like him and his management team have no vision for the company. And really is this all that surprising to them? Pro users don't like buying $4,000 machines you can't upgrade? Imagine that...
 
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Better late than never. But Apple not realizing that a vocal group of users can use whatever the biggest and best CPU and GPU there are is surprising. When the thermal issue became clearly insurmountable, they should have came up with another option. And it should not in any way have been influenced by the use case for very slim notebooks (which is what the MacBook Pro is). There will also be thermal issues in any laptop. So did Apple think that the laws of thermodynamics were going to be cancelled for the computing industry?
 
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WE ARE PRO USERS AND WE DEMAND PRO COMPUTERS.

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See, all the complaining made a difference. Apple was in a self-insulating bubble, looking at pure sales numbers (people still bought the Mac Pro) and figured everything was ok. I mean the 5k iMac was selling pretty good (because it was more appropriate and cheaper than a Mac Pro?).

Buying the older MacBook Pros instead of the gimmicky touchbar model worked too.

So to all the people who said "Just be patient, Apple's got this." NO, they didn't know it was a problem until we DEMANDED they pay attention combined with purchasing things *other* than their "Pro" machines that no one asked for.

The fact that a new Mac Pro won't be out for almost two years proves it is *just* now being started as a project, most likely after the new MacBook Pro without 32 GB RAM and the silly touch bar didn't sell like they thought it would.

Being passive little hamsters running on your wheel doesn't work people. Apple only recognizes sales figures and negative media coverage as a business. As much as Tim Cook wants to be a SJW, he's still running a company to make money for its shareholders (of which I am but one).
 
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"pairing the iPad Pro with a Mac so that it can be used as a Cintiq-style drawing tablet."

This would be huge. I am looking at Astropad but if Apple can figure out a way to use the iPad Pro ?Apple Pencil in conjunction with the Mac that would be awesome. I have my Wacom and love it but the Cintiq is just too much $$.
 
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I have no idea how long it takes to develop a new computer like a Mac Pro, but I think we can expect the new Mac Pro late 2018 at the earliest, but most likely it won't be until early 2019 before it ships.
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I love how he says he has no clue how long the development process will take but then goes right ahead and says how long he thinks it will take.

Never let ignorance stop a Mac rumors site from predicting stuff.
 
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MH01 said:
Interesting read about the feedback on the new MacBook pros and people buying the previous model.

Whenever they ship the new Mac Pro , looking forward to it
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I'm a professional photographer, and I did exactly this. About a week after the 2016 MBPs were released, and taking a few days to process it, I ended up ordering a refurbished top-spec 2015 model. It's not much different from the new one in terms of performance, but it works with all my peripherals and it has real function keys (which I use regularly for Photoshop work).
 
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macTW said:
Within the last 24 hours, the direction of Apple has changed... and I like it.
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And I'm surprised how open Apple has been lately. . It's almost like they finally are feeling the heat from their fan base. They should be more open about their product line and express their loyalty to the Mac, versus saying things reiterated time and time again.
 
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The decision to move ahead with a modular Mac Pro replacement was made "in recent months" with development starting "only a few weeks ago," suggesting it's going to be a long wait.
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NOT UPDATED SINCE 2013 and they took the decision FEW MONTHS AGO??

What were they (biggest company in the world with thousands of employees) doing on 2014, 2015 and 2016??

When you stop updating a machine you decide what to do. You don't wait 3 years DOING NOTHING.
 
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Keebler said:
Great they are listening!

But am I the only one who finds it hard to believe that a company that big, with that much money and all their resources is going to take that long?

I'm not expecting anything next month, but end of year or early 2017 would be acceptable.

But late 2018 or even after that....seems silly.
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It's good they are listening. But they totally dropped the ball on this, which is why this move is so unprecidented. They literally had no idea, until they looked at their sales figures. Then they obviously decided to hit some of the Mac forums to find out what everyone was saying.

Sadly it shows how out of touch Apple were with their customer base. Hopefully this marks an about turn.
 
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MacRumors said:
Apparently, the negative response to the MacBook Pro with Touch Bar, which many complained was not oriented towards pro users, was a major factor. Apple saw a surge of orders for older MacBook Pros instead of the new model, and that, combined with the reaction to the LG 5K display and the "constant negativity" from professional users, led Apple to "double down on professional users."
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This couldn't be any truer. I'm an IT Admin at an all-Mac office, and we ended up purchasing over $100,000 worth of the older MacBook Pros instead of the TouchBar ones in fear of Apple discontinuing them.

Apple has a serious ego problem; thinking every business can just switch their entire infrastructure just for new tech that isn't technically better, yet costs more. The hassle of retrofitting our office and conference rooms overnight with USB-C displays and a myriad of USB-C adapters per user, is a completely unreasonable and cost-prohibitive request.
 
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