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Mac Pro to Finally See Updates Next Week
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And you know this how?????
I'm going to try everything I can to make it work.
Snow Leopard is a superior OS.
That image looks very suspect and the button pressed on the bottom looks like the top of the current mac pro picture from that page on the Apple store and not like the top of the pic that is shown above. Also no advertising text on the pic as it is on the current. So seems faked. Just sayin . . .
I'll let all you beta testers find the bugs in the first batch and wait for the first-round revisions.
So you can wait 2 years?...
Is this for real or a mockup? WOW. If they release a redesign, I'm selling my 12-Core Mac Pro, even though I don't really need to, but want to
Spot on, everything you wrote. Many businesses are moving away from iMac's for the simple fact that if it's fried it needs to be benched for at least a couple of days (as a former Genius, iMac's are incredibly difficult to repair as the logic board rests behind everything - GPU/Cooling supplies/Power supplies/HDD's and SSD's/ODD, and of course the glass front and LED LCD panel). It is much easier to replace a graphics card or HDD/SDD in a tower such as the Mac Pro on the fly. Unless data is redundant/backed up on a server, an employee would have to either wait for a replacement iMac, or use another system in house. As well, iMac's lack the upgradability with Mac Pro's. You can get a tower to last more than the 3 years of an iMac with AppleCare by simply upgrading components.
Design and editing houses use different displays, and the iMac's don't have an option other than what is currently offered. Only the RAM is user upgradable, pretty sad. It was until three years ago that iMac's started using desktop components as well. I recall trying FCP editing on an 2009 iMac (desktop components) and even the current top i7, it's painfully slow.
Keep in mind, Steve Jobs used a Mac Pro, and for all the iDevice clamoring that's on MacRumors, HD editing and such requires a lot of time for rendering. Time=money, and I can get projects done in a fraction of the time on my 12-Core Mac Pro versus my i5 MacBook Pro.
The desktop isn't dead in a "post-PC era". I wonder how all those iOS app's are developed. On iPads?
I'd love to see an evolution of desktop systems into a "Minority Report" type setup. That would rock! I don't mind smaller form factors, but I need desktop real estate. I cannot do my work on one display, and anything smaller than 24" is difficult in some cases.Attachments
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woot! I bought a 12 core at Christmas and it's been fantastic, but maybe I could sell my other 4 towers to buy a new one.
or i'll save until they hit the refurbs next year.
overall, if this holds true, it's good for the pros out there to have some reassurance that Apple truly isn't going just consumer style on us.
great news!
or i'll save until they hit the refurbs next year.
overall, if this holds true, it's good for the pros out there to have some reassurance that Apple truly isn't going just consumer style on us.
great news!
Not so sure about this...you really think Apple is going to ditch the optical drive completely for the pro market?
Admittedly, my '08 came with one drive and I added a second. I used to be a heavy user of both simultaneously but in the last year or two my usage has gone way down (for a variety of reasons) to the point where I might even consider and separate external drive I could share with a future replacement MBP (which also looks to lose the optical drive).
Maybe that is why the possible usb 3 super drive part? That would be fine with me.
Déja vu:
Those Were Mac Mini and White MacBook Part Numbers, Not Mac Pros
It seems that some the part numbers leaked earlier this week are not for the new Mac Pros, but instead for new Mac minis and White MacBooks. At least, according to 9to5Mac who originally reported the part numbers, and who has now issued a correction.
The revised part descriptions and groupings are as follows:
MC914LL/A J59, BEST USA - White MacBook
MC936LL/A J40, ULTIMATE USA Mac mini Server
MC815LL/A J40I, BETTER USA Mac mini standard configuration
MC816LL/A J40, BEST USA Faster Mac mini
The original report had pegged these as "Mac Pro" part numbers instead. Meanwhile, the associated MacBook Air part numbers in the original report are said to still be considered accurate and are believed to be launching imminently.
Both the Mac mini and white MacBook are overdue for updates as tracked by our Buyer's Guide. There had been few rumors about their release, though they'll certainly adopt the latest Intel processors as well as Thunderbolt interfaces.
Meanwhile, the last credible rumor for the next Mac Pro release had it pegged in early August* which is only a few weeks away.
* August 2011, that is
Except this time we have prices!
Hahaha you are brave!
He's not brave, he is just telling it the way Apple has been acting in recent years.
Until I can run 4 or more displays on any of my iToys I'll have to stick with the my Mac Pro. As it is ready to turn 6 this Aug I'm ready to make it a 2nd line machine. I'm also ready to add another 17" MacBook Pro with an Ivy Bridge Processor. Next week may tell us whether I will have to go the iPad route or the Mac route.
You don't even need USB 3 for an optical drive. ODDs can just about saturate USB 2 and FW 800 is more than fast enough.
Actually, I am fine with zero optical drives. I hate them. Keep one in the drawer for just in case.
I say get VHS on the laptop! Don't let go of old technology apple!!
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Why is it slanted forward on top? And what's wrong with the corners? It doesn't make sense. It's like whomever created this decided to just use gradients on the side?
According to some here you should have done that on an iPad. It would have taken you only a few minutes to realize that the smoke was coming from your iPad & that you need a new real computer. At this point you can bring your Mac Pro in & save the day before you need to call in the fire department.
I'm ready to replace my nearly 6 year old Mac Pro.
I say get VHS on the laptop! Don't let go of old technology apple!!
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Why is it slanted forward on top? And what's wrong with the corners? It doesn't make sense. It's like whomever created this decided to just use gradients on the side?
Please tell me you're joking...
It's called perspective - the camera and computer screen were at different angles.
I work in TV so I personally have to use a optical drive all the time in my Mac Pro (often 2 at once). Burning commercials for clients to DVD, etc etc.
I would like to see the option to have NO optical drives in a new MacPro, but at least leave us the doors so we can add one or 2 if we want to.
Besides that just use the current case, give us updated internals (New 8 Way procs, USB 3, etc etc) and I'll be happy.
Also please help companies make more thunderbolt stuff. Right now it's essentially useless, what is out there is neat, but $$$.
I would like to see the option to have NO optical drives in a new MacPro, but at least leave us the doors so we can add one or 2 if we want to.
Besides that just use the current case, give us updated internals (New 8 Way procs, USB 3, etc etc) and I'll be happy.
Also please help companies make more thunderbolt stuff. Right now it's essentially useless, what is out there is neat, but $$$.
My professional creative colleagues (Mac users since the 80's) doubted all along (amidst the plethora of rumors over the past months) Apple would ever ax the Mac Pro and leave them with Windows as their only alternative.
To carry it to the Apple Store you just need to add some very thick pads to the upper handles. Then while your hands are healing & your Mac Pro is gone have some large pilings put into your home/office to hold the weight.