I think black gloss would be too 90's looking to me. Perhaps it should be 80's woodgrain finish instead. Or maybe bring back the flower power 70's inspired design. They'd sell like hotcakes 
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I think black gloss would be too 90's looking to me. Perhaps it should be 80's woodgrain finish instead. Or maybe bring back the flower power 70's inspired design. They'd sell like hotcakes
Really? I don't have any black gloss devices - have I missed an entire fad?
Admittedly, I still wear flared trousers, but that's only 'cos those narrow legged jeans will never really catch on, and I want to be avant garde when flares start coming back in vogue.
Carbon Fiber PowerBooks?
('cause I think the PB's dimensions were sexier than the MBP's)
P.S. I was so tempted to say "Carbon Fiber G5 PowerBooks next Tuesday
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sort of. I say the Mac Pro stays as it is and a new Mac SemiPro is launched:
It will just be a Mini with desktop components instead of laptop memory and HDD, plus a standard slot for graphics cards.
As for the Pro, besides the regular component improvements, all they need to do is colour it a bit darker and claim the case is made out of unobtanium
This is known as the so called xMac in other forums, and around the internet. People have wanted a headless upgradeable Mac that costs only $1000 for years. People who don't care to have a 'quad-core' or '8-core' monster. The mac mini comes close, but with crappy laptop hard drives and no video card options, the mini falls short of what the xMac could be.
I think Apple tried to fill this nitch with the G4 Cube in the past, but with a price of $2300 the G4 Cube was no 'cheap' headless mac.
They're overdo for a redesign across the line (with the exception of MacBook). I hope they don't go chinsy though like back to the plastic of the 90's. I think the metal looks nicer.
I find it funny how many people live inside the box so to speak. They hear 'vents on top' and hate the idea because of the obvious issues with that...dust, spills, etc. Don't you think Apple will have thought of that? I can see some engineer bringing a prototype to Steve with holes in the top. Steve says "hey, looks great....OOOPS, I spilled my coffee in it and now its a $3000 60 pound paperweight. Get back to work you moron!"
There are plenty of ways to vent out the 'top' and still keep it safe and user friendly. If such a design exists, I'm confident the same people who brought us the new HD installation design, the mag safe power adapter, and all those other great features will have considered such baffling new obstacles to computer design such as dust and liquids!
There are plenty of ways to vent out the 'top' and still keep it safe and user friendly. If such a design exists, I'm confident the same people who brought us the new HD installation design, the mag safe power adapter, and all those other great features will have considered such baffling new obstacles to computer design such as dust and liquids!
I'm hoping for something completely new. Brushed aluminium is pretty, but it's been around for a long time now and a change would be nice.
It's not brushed. It's anodized aluminum.
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Ugh!
I don't think the machine needs a redesign... I think there needs to be a new design added to the lineup. There needs to be a MacPro Mini. Two HDDs single chip with two (or four) cores and PCI expansion with up to 8GB of Ram. I wouldn't want one... give me the full sized MacPro and I will be fine. But its more for those highend PC users that complain about the price of a MacPro but still want the expandability of it.
I don't think the machine needs a redesign... I think there needs to be a new design added to the lineup. There needs to be a MacPro Mini. Two HDDs single chip with two (or four) cores and PCI expansion with up to 8GB of Ram. I wouldn't want one... give me the full sized MacPro and I will be fine. But its more for those highend PC users that complain about the price of a MacPro but still want the expandability of it.
I think it would look cool but I don't think vents at the top are practical. Besides liquids and dust and such falling in, that's were all the heat would be coming out of. And if this new design gets as hot as many computers do then it would be hot enough to heat your room. Then you have plenty of people that put things on top of their machines like papers and drives and such. Those would block the passage of air. There are plenty of reasons they put the fans and vents on the back of computers.
That design is quite ugly... but I love the black ACD... it would go nice with black MacBooks, iPods and (hopefully) Mighty Mice.
So here's a question for alls yalls:
Do you think Apple will ditch the handles on the next Mac Pro design?
As someone said earlier, they aren't even that great (fuctional?) as handles and the only good I can see them doing is elevating the unit off the floor. That being said, Apple could leave the bottom "handles" for elevation and ditch the top ones...
Anyone wish to opine?
-Clive
Do you think Apple will ditch the handles on the next Mac Pro design?
As someone said earlier, they aren't even that great (fuctional?) as handles and the only good I can see them doing is elevating the unit off the floor. That being said, Apple could leave the bottom "handles" for elevation and ditch the top ones...
Anyone wish to opine?
-Clive
Aluminum
Is my favorite metal, and therefore i hope they will stay with that for years to come, but that is not realy apple's style of course , they probabbly chance it within a year or 2. As for hot air being put out of the maschine at the top site, thats sounds smart to me since hot air want's to go upwards by nature and this way the chance of it being sucked back ito the maschine again will be slim.
I don't see a reason for them to ditch the handles at all .
Is my favorite metal, and therefore i hope they will stay with that for years to come, but that is not realy apple's style of course , they probabbly chance it within a year or 2. As for hot air being put out of the maschine at the top site, thats sounds smart to me since hot air want's to go upwards by nature and this way the chance of it being sucked back ito the maschine again will be slim.
I don't see a reason for them to ditch the handles at all .
A change in Mac Pro design isn't a super idea in my book...I don't care about size, don't care about weight, I just want expandability, performance and longevity. The only new case ideas I like above the current aluminum would be a dark grey type of metal or some sort of carbon black (NOT macbook/ipod plastic black). 4 hdd bays, 2 optical bays etc. are here to stay I'd say, so it would be tough to make it much smaller without backtracking.
My first thought about this issue was that this might be a new midgrade desktop unit instead, something like a larger mini/Airport Extreme that vents air out around the outside of the top lip (can't spill into easily, can still use as a shelf).
Feel free to change the case of the Mac Pro, Apple, but don't change its form factor. If the PC world can teach us anything, it's basic utility. the tower shape doesn't take up much desk space (being taller and deeper than it is wide) allows bays in front, a large motherboard, riser cards, HDD bays, good quiet airflow, expansion slots out back and component compatibility (off the shelf components are cheaper when building any computer, even if you're Apple).
If you'd like to toss it in a new dark carbon case with a small black apple logo up front with white light streaming out around it, Aaaaaaalriiiiiight...but don't squeeze the only real expandable long lasting powerhouse computer you make into some new form factor. Do that to the Mac Mini Pro instead!!!
My first thought about this issue was that this might be a new midgrade desktop unit instead, something like a larger mini/Airport Extreme that vents air out around the outside of the top lip (can't spill into easily, can still use as a shelf).
Feel free to change the case of the Mac Pro, Apple, but don't change its form factor. If the PC world can teach us anything, it's basic utility. the tower shape doesn't take up much desk space (being taller and deeper than it is wide) allows bays in front, a large motherboard, riser cards, HDD bays, good quiet airflow, expansion slots out back and component compatibility (off the shelf components are cheaper when building any computer, even if you're Apple).
If you'd like to toss it in a new dark carbon case with a small black apple logo up front with white light streaming out around it, Aaaaaaalriiiiiight...but don't squeeze the only real expandable long lasting powerhouse computer you make into some new form factor. Do that to the Mac Mini Pro instead!!!
I find it funny how many people live inside the box so to speak. They hear 'vents on top' and hate the idea because of the obvious issues with that...dust, spills, etc. Don't you think Apple will have thought of that? I can see some engineer bringing a prototype to Steve with holes in the top. Steve says "hey, looks great....OOOPS, I spilled my coffee in it and now its a $3000 60 pound paperweight. Get back to work you moron!"
There are plenty of ways to vent out the 'top' and still keep it safe and user friendly. If such a design exists, I'm confident the same people who brought us the new HD installation design, the mag safe power adapter, and all those other great features will have considered such baffling new obstacles to computer design such as dust and liquids![QUOTE/]
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Did you even READ my post? As for heating your room, where do you think the heat goes now that the vents are in the back?
Size isn't everything
I don't care what they do... JUST BRING IT OUT NOW......I can't wait any longer.....
I hope it has a smaller form factor, although once Apple puts in 160-cores and room for a 12-drive SATA RAID... I don't know about that!
The size I don't mind... if only they could make it lighter. oooy.
I don't care what they do... JUST BRING IT OUT NOW......I can't wait any longer.....
*rolls eyes*
This is the first mention I've heard of an upgraded enclosure.
As for the Octo-Core aspect, I would agree that you have sufficient reason to be antsy.
-Clive
The handles are VERY handy. When I do upgrade work on my PowerMac G5 I have to take it out of my office and I work on it in the dining room for the open space. If I didn't have those handles it would be such a bear to get out of its cubby and then down the hallway.
Plus the bottom elevators are nice to keep it just that much further up off the floor so that it isn't a literal Dyson® when the fans start turning hard and there might happen to be animal dander or dust on the floor.
Here it is...
Oooh, maybe two versions:
1. Expensive Mac Pro models with Xeon processors.
2. Headless iMac models with Core 2 Duo processors starting at $899 to fill in the gap between the Mac Pros and the Minis...
Oh, I soiled myself just thinking about it!!!
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I don't see the problem with vents on the top of the machine. Obviously making holes in the top of the case won't do because things are prone to fall inside etc.
You could easily make big holes in the sides of the case (similar to the ones on the front) and blow air upward in the case so it escapes from those holes in the top of the case. That way, you have upward airflow and you can still put stuff on top of the computer.
Other solution: make the top of the case very round so you can't put anything on it. Or put big fans on top without a protection grille, that should teach people a lesson who want to put stuff on top of it.
You could easily make big holes in the sides of the case (similar to the ones on the front) and blow air upward in the case so it escapes from those holes in the top of the case. That way, you have upward airflow and you can still put stuff on top of the computer.
Other solution: make the top of the case very round so you can't put anything on it. Or put big fans on top without a protection grille, that should teach people a lesson who want to put stuff on top of it.
LoopRumors believes that Apple is staging a redesign of its Mac Pro systems. The new systems are said to be smaller, with a new cooling system that will direct hot air out the top of the system rather than the back.
Yeah, right. That may work good from a thermal perspective, but most people stack stuff on top of their computers (papers, external drives, etc).
These were a couple of concepts back before the ugly G5 model showed. All I can say is Apple needs a looker with style, not another aluminum radiator. When G5 came out there were plenty here who were a little disappointed. Apple can do better and we have seen it before.