USB3.0 is not even the standard yet.... remember how long took to USB2.0 to make it into apple products.... and if u have a mac pro ... then there's always a PCIe expansion card for that
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"New Macs for 2010 are going to take Apple to the next level"
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USB3.0 is not even the standard yet.... remember how long took to USB2.0 to make it into apple products.... and if u have a mac pro ... then there's always a PCIe expansion card for that
Swapping out the current USB chips for USB 3.0 compliant parts is easy enough to do by using the same component package (same board as now). Beyond that, not much will change with the board IMO, as it's more expensive. Look at what happened in the '07 models. Same board, new chip. That's what I figure will happen here as well, as it has almost no additional developement costs (save updating the firmware).
Apple's always used the smallest DIMM capacities to fill the memory order as it's cheaper for them. Graphics cards are always behind, and few choices. Apple's costs for upgrades has always been high. So these aspects will remain the same.
I've said this before, but all we're missing is playback. You can burn out of Compressor (latest version), Toast, and Encore. It's annoying that are dragging their heels about implementing playback, but nothing's stopping you from using Blu-ray for your professional needs now. You'll just have to install the drive and software yourself, which isn't unreasonably difficult.
Anyway, onto the new stuff. Some reasonable possibilities include:
-New Displays.
-Updated Mac Pros. There may possibly be a design change, as when the Macbook Pros went an extended time without significant technology revision, went to the trouble of really overhauling the case and battery tech.
-Updated Mac mini.
-I don't foresee many changes for iMacs, as they just got their comprehensive overhaul.
-More Touchscreen tech. Possibly in displays or iMacs.
-Inclusion of new interface standards, such as SATA-6 or USB 3.
I think that covers most of what is likely to change for Macs in the near future.
Probably Light Peak and as everyone has said, lots of hope for new monitors. Hopefully a 27" IPS priced just under the cheapest 27 iMac... hold the yellow and flicker though.
Shirley they will announce Gulftown Pros since it's rumored to release in March.
Shirley they will announce Gulftown Pros since it's rumored to release in March.
I realise that this is hardly "next level" (whatever that means) but given SJ's pronouncements on Blu-Ray, I'm beginning to think that his idea of 'next level' may be more along the lines of multi-touch everywhere. And while that might have some people touching themselves in anticipation, an MT screen on my desk will simply not work.
As LP parts aren't scheduled to be available for manufacturing (board makers) until Q4 2010, it's not likely LP will be seen in products until 2011.
Don't you mean somewhere around ~2013 for the MP, well after it becomes standard? Or maybe Apple will continue to make pros happy by purposely implementing a proprietary mini-lightpeak port (adapter sold for a nominal fee, of course)
*sigh... These guys have better up their game if they want Apple hardware on my desk in 2011.
ha-ha i will settle for the monitor.
i'm not in the market for a while, my 2008 MP is running just fine. my next machine will be a 64 core, SSD light cube, TeraRAM, something, something.
i'm not in the market for a while, my 2008 MP is running just fine. my next machine will be a 64 core, SSD light cube, TeraRAM, something, something.
Release date?
Still no change to the apple store in U.K. despite apple confirming a release of the ipad in april a lot of people seem to think it will appear on the apple store to order in march but that doesnt give much clue to the mac pro and macbook pro refresh according to the buyers guide in 2008 they were released 26th february could apple be aiming to have the store updated with various new products late feb early march?
Still no change to the apple store in U.K. despite apple confirming a release of the ipad in april a lot of people seem to think it will appear on the apple store to order in march but that doesnt give much clue to the mac pro and macbook pro refresh according to the buyers guide in 2008 they were released 26th february could apple be aiming to have the store updated with various new products late feb early march?
Whatever the specifics of the new MacPros, I just hope they are magical, like the iPad.
I'm getting tired of casting analog spells.
I'm getting tired of casting analog spells.
Well, given the parts won't be available until Q4 2010, the earliest systems will have it is 2011, no matter which vendor/model.
As per Apple, the earliest would be 2012 for the MP's, if at all. I'd expect it more on the iMac line (and sooner).
For a thin client device for web accessibility, it's in poor taste for Apple to keep Flash locked out. Why is Flash continually locked out? What is Apple afraid of? Why doesn't Apple have its own solution to Flash after all this time?
Jobs has adamantly expressed Adobe's own laziness as the result of weak flash support on Macs and Apple mobile device.
And the solution to Flash seems to be HTML5.
Unfortunately, No.
Unless Intel decides it doesn't want to charge a premium for essentially the same chip, which I don't see happening
Intel's always kept DP and MP (Multi Processor) designs to the Xeon and Itanium lines. And I really don't see that changing any time soon, especially with the enterprise parts taking the direction of yet more cores for such systems.Unless Intel decides it doesn't want to charge a premium for essentially the same chip, which I don't see happening
I just submitted feedback to Apple on the 2010 Mac Pro. I did a few months back as well. I basically asked that they include the ATI Radeon HD 5870 as a BTO option, as well as the standalone card for existing Mac Pro owners.
I also asked them to follow a pricing strategy similar to the 2008 Mac Pros, as the 2009 prices are horrific and offensive, though I didn't use those particular adjectives......
-=> http://www.apple.com/feedback/macpro.html <=-
I also asked them to follow a pricing strategy similar to the 2008 Mac Pros, as the 2009 prices are horrific and offensive, though I didn't use those particular adjectives......
-=> http://www.apple.com/feedback/macpro.html <=-
Intel's always kept DP and MP (Multi Processor) designs to the Xeon and Itanium lines. And I really don't see that changing any time soon, especially with the enterprise parts taking the direction of yet more cores for such systems.
My dual Pentium III 800 would like a word with you...
Oh wait, that was then, this is now...
Errbody in the club gettin' tipsy
I also asked them to follow a pricing strategy similar to the 2008 Mac Pros, as the 2009 prices are horrific and offensive, though I didn't use those particular adjectives......
They could have increased value in the 2009 llineup by simply making the 4870 standard, and using three 2GB sticks instead of six 1GB sticks.
Buying a new 09 and looking at replacing the video card and all of the ram right off the bat is... wack.