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nMP what do you guys think?

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Calculator boy

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Hi all!

Against my better judgement (purely emotional) I bought a CTO 6 core nMP with d700s and 512gb SSD.
Order was placed on the 4th of march and from what information I can glean from the forums here, it appears that Apple normally delivers within a few days. In this instance my order says delivers in 1-2 weeks with target delivery date of march 15-21st which kinda coincides with the next apple event....do you guys (and gals) think there is a possibility of a spec bump or updates to the nMP?
 
My thoughts..

1) Cancel your order, the March event is close, the next event is June and the one after is probably September/October.

2) I was going to suggest you just buy the same model as a refurb but went to go look and boy is that refurb stock LOW. I haven't checked it regularly since November but I never remember just seeing 3 models... I don't know if that's indicative of anything. However if the March event passes and there's not a new one, I'd try to spy the refurb page and get that model.

3) I have the same model, it's great and awesome but a newer one will be even greater !

4) Since it was purely emotional wait it out as long as you can to get the best bang for your buck. If you don't really care about it all that much then just enjoy it when it comes :).
 
I suppose I could but doesn't apple allow you to swap within 14 days?
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thefredelement said:
My thoughts..

1) Cancel your order, the March event is close, the next event is June and the one after is probably September/October.

2) I was going to suggest you just buy the same model as a refurb but went to go look and boy is that refurb stock LOW. I haven't checked it regularly since November but I never remember just seeing 3 models... I don't know if that's indicative of anything. However if the March event passes and there's not a new one, I'd try to spy the refurb page and get that model.

3) I have the same model, it's great and awesome but a newer one will be even greater !

4) Since it was purely emotional wait it out as long as you can to get the best bang for your buck. If you don't really care about it all that much then just enjoy it when it comes :).
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Thought about refurb but don't get nMPs in the Australian Apple store
 
Calculator boy said:
Hi all!

Against my better judgement (purely emotional) I bought a CTO 6 core nMP with d700s and 512gb SSD.
Order was placed on the 4th of march and from what information I can glean from the forums here, it appears that Apple normally delivers within a few days. In this instance my order says delivers in 1-2 weeks with target delivery date of march 15-21st which kinda coincides with the next apple event....do you guys (and gals) think there is a possibility of a spec bump or updates to the nMP?
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Definitely cancel that order, just in case.
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I suggest you take the following into consideration before making a decision: speculations, rumors, emotion, having the ability to predict the future (accurately), unbiased and educated responses to the thread, possibilities, probabilities, what someone heard, the forum person who has the psychic ability to know and speak on behalf of anyone who has considered purchasing an apple product (they profusely use the word "everybody" in their posts), etc.

One thing will happen following your purchase - an upgrade - be it a bump, hardware, software, or feature. And following that upgrade, there will be another and so on.
 
Average Pro said:
I suggest you take the following into consideration before making a decision: speculations, rumors, emotion, having the ability to predict the future (accurately), unbiased and educated responses to the thread, possibilities, probabilities, what someone heard, the forum person who has the psychic ability to know and speak on behalf of anyone who has considered purchasing an apple product (they profusely use the word "everybody" in their posts), etc.

One thing will happen following your purchase - an upgrade - be it a bump, hardware, software, or feature. And following that upgrade, there will be another and so on.
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All true at any time.

However, there is a lot of new tech around that other companies are selling - but that Apple is not.

There's a chance that Apple will announce the nnMP at the March event or at MacWorldSF in June.

This seems to be a bad time to buy unless you need the system now to make money now. (In which case, it's obvious that you should buy it now to make money now.)
 
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Calculator boy said:
I suppose I could but doesn't apple allow you to swap within 14 days?
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Thought about refurb but don't get nMPs in the Australian Apple store
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I suspect Australia's warranty laws is a contributor, but my suspicion is that all failed nMPs go back to America for reprocessing and refurb sales, just because they're light enough to ship cost-effectively. The old mac pros definitely did appear in .au refurb.

The next Mac Pro is waiting on Skylake Xeon chips and chipsets (so there's your rough timetable for when to expect it - it's definitely not slated for this upcoming event in a couple of weeks). What will it get you that the current one can't do? Fiji-based graphics cards, so more higher resolution screens able to run off it, and Thunderbolt 3. What does TB3 get you over TB2? Pretty much external graphics cards is it. Whether Apple actually supports the ability to put a generic retail card in a PCI chassis or something like AMD's XConnect, or keeps eGPU functionality as whitelist-specific to their own eGPU based monitors, is unknowable at this stage.

If the current machine can do the work you want to do for the next few years, and you're buying it as a piece of office equipment that you don't want to think about, like a photocopier, you're probably OK. Going for a stock 4,1 you might be paying ~$1000 for a 2.26 dual, which with some upgrades might be fast enough to tide you over until the full ramifications of the TB3 transition have settled out, and cheap enough that it would be less than the loss you'd take on selling the 2013 machine.
 
Thanks to everyone for their input. My purchase will more than suffice my needs, was half wishing that there was a possibility for a bit of surprise. All said what I am not happy about is having to wait over 2 weeks for a CTO nMP. again thanks everyone!
 
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What are you using it for? If you just like the looks and feel that you need one in your life, just get a used base model and use the left over money to invest in a Ute. They are way more fun than mac pros.
 
Derpage said:
What are you using it for? If you just like the looks and feel that you need one in your life, just get a used base model and use the left over money to invest in a Ute. They are way more fun than mac pros.
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My business uses Macs for financial analysis and visualisation and work with largish datasets. Aesthetics is a bonus. As an American living in Aus, have always fancied owning a ute....Fiancee would never let me get one.... so have to settle for the mac Pro.
[doublepost=1457908869][/doublepost]ooh status has change to preparing for shipment! should have it in a few days!
 
Derpage said:
What are you using it for? If you just like the looks and feel that you need one in your life, just get a used base model and use the left over money to invest in a Ute. They are way more fun than mac pros.
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What is a Ute?
 
pat500000 said:
When you mentioned 1-2 weeks for delivery...that sounds suspicious...possible new update.
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Apple's USA online store shows two day delivery for a base 6 Core nMP. This isn't consistent with a possible new update but supply levels aren't always a good indicator. Shortages outside the USA( since nMP is manufactured in the USA ) might be an early warning but could just as easily be a temporary supply chain glitch.
 
mattspace said:
Or... about the timeframe for a low-volume CTO product manufactured in America, and then airfreighted to Australia.
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maybe....
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briloronmacrumo said:
Apple's USA online store shows two day delivery for a base 6 Core nMP. This isn't consistent with a possible new update but supply levels aren't always a good indicator. Shortages outside the USA( since nMP is manufactured in the USA ) might be an early warning but could just as easily be a temporary supply chain glitch.
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I'm sure supply levels aren't aways a good indicator..but what would they go by if supply wasn't the indicator?
 
Weird just got shipment notification with delivery scheduled for tomorrow. It has to be "in country" then
 
you don't need more than a quad core.there is no program that uses 4 cores its just a waste of money.i would of upgraded the gpu to D700.i went with the 4 core and d700.you can add more ram and a ssd later.im thinking about putting in a 4tb ssd drive in my mac pro soon
 
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