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Rumor Suggests Replacement for Mac Pro Due in April or May
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Seriously? Normally I don't jump on this bandwagon but IN THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS? I could have told you that - Cook told us that almost a year ago! How is this worthy of news? Are you going to start going through all the other articles from other Mac websites posted last summer about the Cook response to a disgruntled Mac user?
I almost pulled the trigger on getting 27" iMac, but I really want an updated MacPro. I want to be able to easily change/add internal storage, video cards, ODD etc. and something that will last me 4+ years. Also while the glare has improved over earlier versions, I still prefer matte displays when possible.
This a option. Don't need a Mac Pro is overpriced and no real roadmap they don't care about real pro users. You can have a great Workstation based on PC:
Custom made, HP Z, Leonovo and Boxx. Well configured is great. REALLY GREAT.
I switch form a Mac Pro to a custom workstation and use a Macbook Pro and i don't regret a single day!
The best from both world's!
P.S.: Only for open minds!
Yes, a good option for people who cannot spell.
It will be interesting to see if they max this thing out with 20 cores (2x Intel Xeon E7). It will probably cost close to $10k maxed out, but I bet there would be many that need that kind of power that would pay for it. I could see them going with the 8 core chip in the base model as it is considerably cheaper.
Agreed but honestly I'm pass the point of dealing with having hack everything...just want a new MacPro...about time really.
The community has been great though...just don't feel like having to do that stuff anymore.
I'd be fine with a 27" iMac IF they had a way to change out the graphics chipset & RAM. That's the only thing I need a MacPro for. Updating the graphics card every few years. Otherwise the rest of the machine is fine.
vs Hackintoshes that use dual Xeons, it will probably beat them (at least for a short while).
I agree 100%, but it shouldn't have taken a dedicated community to be the fire under Apple's butt to finally do it. Even then with Apple's latest trend of proprietary hardware in computers now, who knows how pro it will actually be.
Good news but will it be thin enough?
*drapes white background behind me*
You can never..... have something so beautiful...... so elegant..... without it being thin...... this changes everything we know about the Mac Pro..... .1 mm in thinness.....
I am guessing it will be like the Alienware x51 in size, which actually should be the standard size of the mac mini, but anyway, it may be a tad bigger than that, and bet your butt stuff will be soldered. You SOB's are paying for that RAM whether you like it or not
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I've mixed feelings, as I can't help but be uncertain on what direction the Mac Pro will take after so long; I mean I, like other Mac Pro fans I'm sure, want more of the same great machine but with faster processors, memory etc., but I'm concerned about whether Apple will try to do something too different.
I mean, lots of people talk about the size of a Mac Pro, but personally I don't want a smaller machine at all. What I'd love to see is more space freed up internally to make room for up to 8x 3.5" hard drives, as for most folks that really need a Mac Pro, more hard drive space is always better.
Others talk about a new aesthetic design, but the thing that's important for a Mac Pro is function. While I personally love the design, I love it because it's elegant in its functionality, and it's pretty much just a four sided box; the front and back are pure air-flow which is what I high-end workstation needs.
If Apple really want to change the design then personally I think that liquid cooling is a must; while it adds bulk in some ways, if they can apply it to cool hard-drive bays etc. then it will limit the need for lots of room for air to circulate and they can cut down on fan assemblies, which can mean an overall reduction in size. If they can use that to squeeze eight, or even just six 3.5" SATA III bays out of the space then it would be ideal. The space you can save on the processor heat-sinks using liquid cooling could work really well, especially since it should be possible to combine a well placed heat-sink with one good fan assembly to pull the heat off the cooling system.
This would allow for an overall smaller, quieter, high-performance system with no sacrifice on capabilities. Slap on at least two (ideally four or more) Thunderbolt ports, USB 3.0 and the usual Ethernet and optical audio and you have yourself an ideal rig. Hardware RAID built-in would be a huge boon, avoiding the need for still fairly ropey third party alternatives. Lots of new graphics card options are a must, though on that front I really want to see Apple pushing for something that gets the GPU makers providing OS X drivers; even if Apple still fine tunes the ones they put in their machines the lack of choice has always been a huge annoyance. You could also probably get away with having only three PCIe slots, or two but with one of them double-height for the graphics card, as Thunderbolt seems set to take over a lot of the previously internal add-ons.
I have to say though, I don't completely understand why the EU issue has halted the current Mac Pros; I wouldn't exactly call the fan-blades exposed as you have to unlatch and open the side of the machine while it's switched on to really risk getting anything in them; better dust-guards would be nice, but they seem adequately protected to me.
I mean, lots of people talk about the size of a Mac Pro, but personally I don't want a smaller machine at all. What I'd love to see is more space freed up internally to make room for up to 8x 3.5" hard drives, as for most folks that really need a Mac Pro, more hard drive space is always better.
Others talk about a new aesthetic design, but the thing that's important for a Mac Pro is function. While I personally love the design, I love it because it's elegant in its functionality, and it's pretty much just a four sided box; the front and back are pure air-flow which is what I high-end workstation needs.
If Apple really want to change the design then personally I think that liquid cooling is a must; while it adds bulk in some ways, if they can apply it to cool hard-drive bays etc. then it will limit the need for lots of room for air to circulate and they can cut down on fan assemblies, which can mean an overall reduction in size. If they can use that to squeeze eight, or even just six 3.5" SATA III bays out of the space then it would be ideal. The space you can save on the processor heat-sinks using liquid cooling could work really well, especially since it should be possible to combine a well placed heat-sink with one good fan assembly to pull the heat off the cooling system.
This would allow for an overall smaller, quieter, high-performance system with no sacrifice on capabilities. Slap on at least two (ideally four or more) Thunderbolt ports, USB 3.0 and the usual Ethernet and optical audio and you have yourself an ideal rig. Hardware RAID built-in would be a huge boon, avoiding the need for still fairly ropey third party alternatives. Lots of new graphics card options are a must, though on that front I really want to see Apple pushing for something that gets the GPU makers providing OS X drivers; even if Apple still fine tunes the ones they put in their machines the lack of choice has always been a huge annoyance. You could also probably get away with having only three PCIe slots, or two but with one of them double-height for the graphics card, as Thunderbolt seems set to take over a lot of the previously internal add-ons.
I have to say though, I don't completely understand why the EU issue has halted the current Mac Pros; I wouldn't exactly call the fan-blades exposed as you have to unlatch and open the side of the machine while it's switched on to really risk getting anything in them; better dust-guards would be nice, but they seem adequately protected to me.
Why? If you only need one of them to do what you do then a rack will waste an awful lot of space! Unless they give a vertical stand
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100% agree.
I think it's kinda absurd they couldn't dedicate a few people to this the last 3 years. I mean are you ***** kidding me...billions in revenue and you can't have a small team of 5 people or so updating the MacPro every year? It's not like it needs a lot of updates or groundbreaking changes.
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While it's great we can look forward to a mac pro sometime this year. Since I'm not looking to buy one right now my bigger concern is will it be another 3years before we will see an update to whatever is released this year.
Apple needs to do more than release a great product this time. It needs to assure the community that it will continue to service them in a timely (i.e. professional) manner. No one is going to be interested in buying Final Cut X or other pro apps for mac if they have to run it on machines that never get updated.
On a side note, I hope the mac pro is 20lbs lighter this time around.
Apple needs to do more than release a great product this time. It needs to assure the community that it will continue to service them in a timely (i.e. professional) manner. No one is going to be interested in buying Final Cut X or other pro apps for mac if they have to run it on machines that never get updated.
On a side note, I hope the mac pro is 20lbs lighter this time around.
Too late. The Mac Pro ship has sailed in our offices. The previous Mac Pro product lifecycle came to and end 18-24 months ago and we had to pull the trigger on other solutions. iMacs and rMBPs now.
Anyway, a $2500-$7000 Mac Pro doesn't make any sense now that Apple has proved to us that we can either cope with a 4 year-old Mac Pro (in which case our computing needs aren't as hardware intensive as we think they are) or we can use an iMac instead (in which case our computing needs aren't as hardware intensive as we think they are).
With 32GB RAM, T-bolt, USB 3.0, internal and external SSDs, there really is very little that a new iMac cannot do. Other than be upgraded...
Anyway, a $2500-$7000 Mac Pro doesn't make any sense now that Apple has proved to us that we can either cope with a 4 year-old Mac Pro (in which case our computing needs aren't as hardware intensive as we think they are) or we can use an iMac instead (in which case our computing needs aren't as hardware intensive as we think they are).
With 32GB RAM, T-bolt, USB 3.0, internal and external SSDs, there really is very little that a new iMac cannot do. Other than be upgraded...
Are you a mind reader??? thats the post i was going to write
you only forgot to say it will be slimmer!People forget the that G5's use to start at $1499. It would be nice if they would bring back an expandable tower system at that price point.