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New Mac Pros and Mac Minis Launching in August
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Not really, it was 17+ months between the current Mac Pro and the last model.
Someone needs to relearn to read. And count apparently. And not jump to conclusions. (seemingly based on wishful thinking)
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511 days. Eat crow.
That's the current track record, Macs on maintenance upgrades (i.e. uninspired and minimal), but I for one always live in the hope that Apple wakes up from this iOS disaster (from the POV of a Mac user) and start treating the Macintosh like a tier one platform, worthy of all their attention.
Actually I'm just expecting minis and Mac Pros with T-bolts, and that's it. Nothing interesting, just maintenance.
Apple will never grant more attention to Macs than they do now. So people should stop believing it.
iPads are the PC's of tomorrow. I don't like it either, but they are.
And after all, what more do people want for Apple to do with the Mac Pro design other than maintaining the newest generation chipsets and CPU's?
If you desperately need USB 3.0 and Apple doesn't add that option, you can buy it for 40$ as a PCI-E card. No big deal. I have one installed in my 4 year old Mac Pro right now, running without any issues.
Blu-Ray? Forget it. I think nobody in their right mind should be expecting BD support from Apple any time soon.
Or the Macbooks will be replaced with the current aluminum Macbook Pros, after they're updated with a liquid metal redesign.
You're probably right, thus at the same time it means there's no future in professional Macs, so we should all just be looking for an exit strategy.
Apple is indeed not interested in Macs. Rightly or wrongly.
Those who watch the Apple Byte will know what I'm saying... who would be stupid enough to trust Brian Tong??
What else would they use?
We don't know Apple won't get them early, but 2 months is a stretch even with the Apple/Intel relationship. Of course all the information so far is just leaked stuff, no real confirmation from Intel.
What I don't get is why you need a source to state the obvious: shipping a new Mac with a new OS means its one less configuration to support (don't have to worry about 2011 MBAs, Mac Minis, or Mac Pros with Snow Leopard).
Though because it's a new OS, do expect some bugs that'll have to be fixed in 10.7.1.
Though because it's a new OS, do expect some bugs that'll have to be fixed in 10.7.1.
The last Mac Pro's were released in last August, so it hasn't been even 10 months. The ones before that were released in March 2009, that's 15 months. The ones before that were released in January 2008, that's 14 months.
So you really can't get 15-20 months average from the latest releases. Again, you need to learn how to count.
511 days is the average of a very long time. Not just the recent ones. You said "these days", meaning you are interested in Apple's more recent cycles.
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There are still no Sandy Bridge CPUs suitable for Mac Pro. Unless Apple is looking for a significant change (drop DP models, basically a headless iMac), there is nothing to update.
Intel and Apple work very close together. Apple got Thunderbolt roughly a year before everybody else. Even now, there are no other computers out there with Thunderbolt (which Intel helped develop). So, why not give them exclusive access to the newer Sandy Bridge Xeons too? Maybe for a small fee, and it could also help Intel to "sample" them with a low volume OEM.
That's the current track record, Macs on maintenance upgrades (i.e. uninspired and minimal), but I for one always live in the hope that Apple wakes up from this iOS disaster (from the POV of a Mac user) and start treating the Macintosh like a tier one platform, worthy of all their attention.
Actually I'm just expecting minis and Mac Pros with T-bolts, and that's it. Nothing interesting, just maintenance.
I think it reflects a few things. First, yes - the Mac is not the only thing going on with Apple these days. Steve Jobs officially demoted to it to being on par with the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch (at least in relation to syncing and the cloud).
Second, the PC industry as a whole is undergoing a plateauing of sorts. Apple is actually doing a great job IMO. Macs are flying off the shelves, as the rest of the PC industry shrinks. The iMac, MacBook Air, and MacBook Pro are the industry gold standards for their categories. The MacBook and Mac Mini could probably be given a boost.
These are not 90's anymore, where each new computer you get doubles its clocks speed.
You mean Mac Mini? There is just no reason to have a huge Mac Pro anymore. Maybe there will be internal Thunderbolt ports/peripherals.
That's utter nonsense. Just because Apple does not spend money on new case designs for Mac Pro's, doesn't mean there's no future in professional Macs. Apple is spending a lot of money and effort on their Pro Apps. For whom? Professionals who use workstations, and Apple workstations since Apple Pro Apps don't run on Windows.
Professional workstations will always exist. If Apple decides to stop producing Mac Pro's that means either their iMacs have become fast enough for anyone to do professional work, in that case we won't need a Mac Pro anymore, or they also abandoned all their Pro App business together with it as well. I don't see any of it happening any time soon.
That's the current track record, Macs on maintenance upgrades (i.e. uninspired and minimal), but I for one always live in the hope that Apple wakes up from this iOS disaster (from the POV of a Mac user) and start treating the Macintosh like a tier one platform, worthy of all their attention.
Actually I'm just expecting minis and Mac Pros with T-bolts, and that's it. Nothing interesting, just maintenance.
So what if they do concentrate most of their efforts on their iOS devices? How is making bucket loads of money a disaster from their point of view as a business? I'm not saying this is right or wrong but isn't it up to Apple what direction they go in?
Correct me if i'm wrong.
That's the current track record, Macs on maintenance upgrades (i.e. uninspired and minimal), but I for one always live in the hope that Apple wakes up from this iOS disaster (from the POV of a Mac user) and start treating the Macintosh like a tier one platform, worthy of all their attention.
Actually I'm just expecting minis and Mac Pros with T-bolts, and that's it. Nothing interesting, just maintenance.
Post-PC era. Different priorities. the PC paradigm has run its course. You'll see more integration of iOS with Macs, and similarly huge leaps in power and capability of iOS devices.
We'll still have Macs and they will still serve a purpose. But they will be increasingly marginalized *away* from everyday computing. The MacBook Air already resembles more of an iOS device than a traditional "computer", or even a traditional notebook.
Macs will still be there for Pro work. Though from what we can see from the increasing power and utility of iOS apps, even everyday users with lower-end Macs and increasingly-capable iOS devices will be able to do work approaching the "Pro" level.
It's all very empowering when it comes to the average user, and blurs the line between Joe Average and Pros just a little bit further.
Sooooooo.......
Exactly how many thunderbolt devices ( Like portable hard drives ) are there ??
Not to many.
Exactly how many thunderbolt devices ( Like portable hard drives ) are there ??
Not to many.
Apple has received chipsets and CPU's couple months ahead of official launch from Intel before. What's to say they won't do the same now?
How many USB 3.0 devices are there? Surely more than TB but still not a lot. USB 3.0 was released more than a year ahead of TB. Just wait a year and see.
No, 511 days is no average, it is the time between the current Mac Pro release and the last one. Thus "these days".
Because there is no reason for all that empty space in there. Maybe not half, but you could cut the size down a little for sure. I know it's pretty to have everything stuffed inside, but it's not really necessary.
If the new Mac Pros have the 10 core hyperthreaded Intel CPUs then I'll probably upgrade from my 2010 Mac Pro (40 logical cores FTW!).
If they just stick with 6 cores I'll probably just buy a few SSD drives to put in RAID0 in my current Mac Pro.
What really sucks is that I can buy a dual 12 core workstation right right now... If I didn't want to stick with Apple... hopefully Apple will give me a reason to vanquish those thoughts!
If they just stick with 6 cores I'll probably just buy a few SSD drives to put in RAID0 in my current Mac Pro.
What really sucks is that I can buy a dual 12 core workstation right right now... If I didn't want to stick with Apple... hopefully Apple will give me a reason to vanquish those thoughts!
Or the Macbooks will be replaced with the current aluminum Macbook Pros, after they're updated with a liquid metal redesign.
I don't see that happening. I feel they are too different and appeal to different groups, at the moment that is. The current bottom line MB has much more hard drive space, although mechanical, and a faster CPU. The MBA starts with a much smaller screen, only 64GB SSD, and a slower CPU.
I think the only way they would drop the MB and just have a MBA and MBP is if they were able to have a 13" option with a rather large SSD and a fast CPU for near the same price as the starting MB. But right now, a MBA with 256GB storage and a 2.14GHz CPU is $1,700. I think there is just too much of a difference for them to drop the MB.
Also, on their store they have their top 5 selling items, the MacBook is on there, but the MacBook Air isn't.