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Mac Pro Supplies Tightening as WWDC Approaches

Marx55 said:
Bring:

Mac minitower
http://www.macworld.com/article/2029740/the-time-is-finally-right-for-a-mac-minitower.html

Thunderbolt display with USB 3 - 24-inch

Keyboard with numeric keypad and built-in USB 3 hub
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None of those are Pro requirements.

Those are for non-professional home users.

A pro would want a rack-mount system instead of a mini-tower. They would use InfiniBand instead of USB 3.0.

LOL seriously? you think pro users care about USB 3.0?! Get real.

If you want to know what a PRO user needs, ask a TV production company.
 
aheying7 said:
Finally this will put an end to the constant whining on every thread.
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You must be new here.

When the new Mac Pro is released, the previous whining will be replaced by whining that it doesn't live up to every single expectation people have.

This is MacRumors. Whining and bitching about Apple while giving them exorbitant amounts of money is our main past time.
 
ValSalva said:
Still think it's too soon and any update or replacement for the Mac Pro will come later this year.
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It's too soon to ship right away with the next gen xeons, but as people have said already, they could announce that it's shipping September when they get the chips from intel.
 
Mac Pro power with MacBook Air portability

I'm completely hooked on MacBook Air and being able to grab ALL my documents and go anywhere without a moment's preparation needed.

But as Thunderbolt GPUs have not materialized, I'm tempted to grab a Pro, and when I'm at my desk, read my files from the Air while running the Pro for speed. My documents might load slow (WiFi, ethernet or Thunderbolt) but my CPU, GPU, OS, apps, and caches would be local to the Pro and full speed! Bioshock Infinite would thank me.

I'd have all the portability of the Air, AND extra power while at home. The tower would be the ultimate dock, in a sense.

I'd store no documents (except extra backups maybe) on the Pro. iCloud would sync my bookmarks and calendar, same as I've been doing for months.

(I might do the same with an iMac--it's fast enough--but I already have a display. So a Pro might give me a lot of extra performance for not much more money. We'll see.)
 
mac666er said:
Riiiight...

Unless it has 4 Titans and 4 12-core Xeons @ 5Ghz, has Blu-Ray, HBO and makes coffee for 3,000 USD after taxes... I don't see how the complaining will stop...

:p
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Bahahaaaa. :D

Too true. However, this forum is not near as bad as most other tech ones. So unbearably negative...
 
if its the same thing using newer chips with faster ram, newer sata, and something newer than the 5770 vid card, i'm a happy guy.
 
mozumder said:
None of those are Pro requirements.

Those are for non-professional home users.

A pro would want a rack-mount system instead of a mini-tower. They would use InfiniBand instead of USB 3.0.

LOL seriously? you think pro users care about USB 3.0?! Get real.

If you want to know what a PRO user needs, ask a TV production company.
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I hate to break it to the last optimists but Apple doesn't care a lot about pro markets nowadays.

Server line -> gone
Pro software -> gone or neglected, Final Cut and so on
MacPro -> 1000 days and waiting

There's a trend here.

Shareholders wouldn't even notice when the MacPro is gone, it's a margin error in Apple's total revenue - check the numbers from Apple's Income Statement if you don't believe me.

I think a proposed Mac Minitower (maybe even a stackable "fat Macmini-like" machine) looks likely replacing the current MacPro.

The big MacPro as we know it won't return, that's my take.
 
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derbladerunner said:
I hate to break it to the last optiists but Apple doesn't care a lot any longer about such markets.

Server line -> gone
Pro software -> gone or neglected, Final Cut and so on
MacPro -> 1000 days and waiting

There's a trend here.

I think a proposed Mac Minitower (maybe even a stackable "fat Macmini-like" machine) looks likely replacing the current MacPro.
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Yah that's why they spent 4 years redesigning Final Cut Pro, because they gave up the market.

LOL @ you thinking pro users replace machines every year or so.. I still use my PowerMac G5 & 30" Cinema Display from 10 years ago!

Is there anything else you want to be wrong about today?
 
a 12 core xeon and universal GPU integration plus some usb 3 and ill be a happy camper.. ohh and look sexy too
 
What makes everyone think the new Mac Pro will be the cats meow?

They killed the xserve
They destroyed OSX server (still run SL server myself)

I hope for everyone wanting a bad machine get's one, but my gut tells me thinner, lighter, and missing some much needed oomph.
 
aheying7 said:
Finally this will put an end to the constant whining on every thread.
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WE MUST GO DEEPER
 
plus some sata 4 even tho it dont exist will be cool too.
ohh and 2-4 thunderbolts 2.0 even tho i dont own any thunderbolt hardware
 
mozumder said:
Yah that's why they spent 4 years redesigning Final Cut Pro, because they gave up the market.

LOL @ you thinking pro users replace machines every year or so.. I still use my PowerMac G5 & 30" Cinema Display from 10 years ago!

Is there anything else you want to be wrong about today?
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So you mean no pro users replace machines every year or so to meet their needs? You use a PowerMac G5? Good for you. That doesn't mean others must.
 
aheying7 said:
Finally this will put an end to the constant whining on every thread.
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I personally have no problem with the whining on every thread.

Simply because every other thread has to do with i-this or i-that and MP users have been waiting for a few years on a solid update.

I have a number of i-that's etc... , but getting back to the 'core' of how Apple started, an update to the Mac Pro would be very welcome to those of us using them for business purposes.

Of course, it's all opinion. I can see how people may not like the 'whining', but I'm one of the 'whiners' so it's a-ok and justifiable, imho :)

Cheers,
keebler
 
Simplicated said:
So you mean no pro users replace machines every year or so to meet their needs? You use a PowerMac G5? Good for you. That doesn't mean others must.
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Yah. NO pro users replace machines every year. If they do, they get to be out of a job.

In general, replacement cycles are 3-5 years, if at all.
 
milo said:
It's too soon to ship right away with the next gen xeons, but as people have said already, they could announce that it's shipping September when they get the chips from intel.
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Apple could get them early as they have done in the past. Unless there sweetheart dealings with intel has faded.
 
GuitarDTO said:
Can't wait to see what software is updated along with the Mac Pro (Aperture 4????)
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Let's hope so, although some of Apple's recent software efforts leave me a bit concerned about what they would do to Aperture (which in my view is a shining beacon of human interface design).
 
Bring back the 17 inch MBP too. :)

sfwalter said:
My fingers are crossed for some pro like Mac at WWDC. I just want a box stick in my own graphics cards and upgrade it over time.

Also I don't want the cpu and monitor in the same box. Maybe I'm old skool but I like to have a separation of concerns.
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zorinlynx said:
When the new Mac Pro is released, the previous whining will be replaced by whining that it doesn't live up to every single expectation people have.
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To be fair to us MP whiners, Apple hasn't released an update that would live up to even the lowest expectations since 2009. Just because people here tend to whine about things doesn't change the fact that the last few MP updates have sucked.

Just look at the update from a year ago, the "new" mac pro models were updated in 2012 with cpus that first shipped in 2009 and early 2010. Anyone who didn't whine about that update was either an apologist or completely clueless.

Honestly, I'll be happy with the same model we have now but with dual xeon E5, sata III, usb 3, thunderbolt. Basically just all the newer versions of what it has now.

If they leave any of those out (and those interfaces are all on every other current mac)? Or if they downgrade, as in fewer ram slots, dropping the second ethernet, etc? Or if the pricing is way out of line compared to previous generations and relative to what the chips cost? Hell yeah, I'll whine. And it will be totally justified, just has it has been justified in the case of the mac pro for years. The ball is in Apple's court.
 
zorinlynx said:
you must be new here.

When the new mac pro is released, the previous whining will be replaced by whining that it doesn't live up to every single expectation people have.

This is macrumors. Whining and bitching about apple while giving them exorbitant amounts of money is our main past time.
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qft!
 
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