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Rumor Suggests Replacement for Mac Pro Due in April or May

PowerPCMacMan said:
Eh, with a hackintosh Mac Pro look alike at least you can overclock it, right?
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How did my post make you think it is a hackintosh?





trainwrecka said:
This seems to be the way most people go. If you need more power at a fraction of the cost, build it yourself.
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It is definitely more powerful but it wasn't much cheaper than my 12 core Mac Pro. But that is mainly because I need a professional GPU, not some crap 5870 gaming graphics card in my workstation.

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jmggs said:
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!:cool:
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Let's not forget that building your own workstation will provide superior support for professional GPUs.
 
Xeon for ECC

bedifferent said:
Hoping an i7 or similar model is released, with Haswell coming later models. However, mobile systems seem to benefit the most from Haswell's power consumption and size improvements.
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I just bought a half-dozen workstations with Xeon E3-1270v2 CPUs (3.5 GHz quad with HT, 8 MiB L3). With 16 GiB ECC RAM, 96 core 1 GiB Quadro 600, 1 TB drive and 3 year next-day onsite warranty it came to $1418 per system. (That's within spitting distance of a 16 GiB 2.6 GHz MiniMac with integrated graphics.)

I like ECC memory, and the Xeon E3s are basically i7s with ECC support.
 
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strausd said:
I already sold my 2010 Mac Pro earlier this year to build my own workstation. While I do miss some things about OS X, when I am in my major programs they work just the same. Except now everything runs much faster.
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I can fully understand your decision. The lack of hardware options is something I hope Apple some day will realize is a problem for som of us who want to use OS X. The Hackintosh route can of course be an option (once you get it up and running it's just as stable as a Mac), but require more or less constant fiddling when new OS X versions and updates comes out.

Apple, why can't you have a little more hardware options? Also, please don't lock everything down so we can't (easily) swap out any parts ourselves.

May I ask what computer (specs) you went for?
 
snberk103 said:
There a some of us (photographers especially ) who like the Mac Pros but don't need it rack mounted. I will admit that we don't push our systems like the AV pros, but we do easily fall into the Mac Pro market.

For me, having a rack-mount only system makes no sense. However, I can see the advantage for having a tower that could be rack mounted... Or a rack mounted system that could easily (cheaply!) but put into a traditional tower box.
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Actually I've seen pro photographers rack-mount their Mac Pros as well. I take my Mac Pro on photo jobs as well, minus rack-mount & case.

Some photographers might bring a portable rack case with complete workstation with them to the field, with the rack-mounted Mac Pro inside, a large display, and tablet area. You can get rack-mount cases that includes fold-out workstation areas. They'll hook it up via firewire to their favorite Medium format camera.
 
no converted lap top, please

Don't need a MacPro that copies the iMac, a laptop in a vertical orientation
 
Chundles said:
Make it a rack-mount.
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Rack-mount systems would be a PITA for people who don't need racks.

At a minimum though, cut off the handles so that the desktop can be mounted in a rack with accessory brackets or shelves without wasting a lot of space.

As a better alternative, offer the system in desktop form factor *and* in a rack-mount cabinet. (Use the same motherboard and most components, just bend the metal differently for the two models.)

I had some HP systems once that were 2U rackmount systems that could be put in desktop stands. They were neither good rackmounts, nor good desksides.
 
"it's the thinnest Mac Pro we've created you can hide under the new super duper Retina Display Thunderbolt Pro Display...it's magical"
 
AidenShaw said:
Rack-mount systems would be a PITA for people who don't need racks.

At a minimum though, cut off the handles so that the desktop can be mounted in a rack with accessory brackets or shelves without wasting a lot of space.

As a better alternative, offer the system in desktop form factor *and* in a rack-mount cabinet. (Use the same motherboard and most components, just bend the metal differently for the two models.)

I had some HP systems once that were 2U rackmount systems that could be put in desktop stands. They were neither good rackmounts, nor good desksides.
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Yeah do that. That's better.
 
fastlanephil said:
Using an inflation index calculator $1899 is about what $1499 was in 1993 although computer hardware costs have been deflating.
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I think you meant 2003 (when the G5 was out).

Yeah, hard to use inflation when it comes to computers. I remember seeing an article that the Average Selling Price of computers is about 1/2 of what it was 10 years ago. Factor in inflation and it is even more dramatic. Of course it is less dramatic when it comes to Apple's products as they really haven't changed price points as much since then, except for the Mac Pros which have gone up!

I think we all hope for a lower price point although I'm not optimistic. The current entry MacPro has HUGE margins. They could cut the price by $500 and still have margins over 50% based on retail component costs.
 
This is the sort of guess that's easy to make. Everyone expects this, on this very same timeline. The lack of specifics makes it obvious this is nothing more than a guess.

Here's hoping it comes true, but I'll get more excited when I hear some actual specific rumors.
 
AidenShaw said:
Rack-mount systems would be a PITA for people who don't need racks.

At a minimum though, cut off the handles so that the desktop can be mounted in a rack with accessory brackets or shelves without wasting a lot of space.

As a better alternative, offer the system in desktop form factor *and* in a rack-mount cabinet. (Use the same motherboard and most components, just bend the metal differently for the two models.)

I had some HP systems once that were 2U rackmount systems that could be put in desktop stands. They were neither good rackmounts, nor good desksides.
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I definitely have NO use for a rack-mounted Mac Pro. I do motion graphics in my home office and there's no good place to put a rack for one thing mounted on it.

The crew I work with on shows might want to rack mount their Mac Pros/monitors for using PlaybackPro to serve up videos, though. They are the ones who have to constantly pack and unpack that equipment and having the monitor and computer mounted in one travelling case would be great for them. Take the cover off, plug stuff in and it's ready to go.
 
Excited

Pro means people that want to get in the guts, buy the fastest upgrades, and make their workflow the fastest and best possible. Hopefully Apple remembers this during the design phase and delivers a truly pro machine that blows the door of possibility open, redefining how powerful a modern desktop computer can be.

Let's see it Apple!
 
Bonte said:
And the new Mac pro is all Mac mini's stacked up to each other, a modular system with even extra CPU's, graphics cards and HD's in a separate module. Or is this not posible because of the connection speed between the modules?


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That is really clever.
 
i just don't see how they will release the ultimate heavy pro machine in the post PC era....it's so not Apple atm.

maybe it will be monitored by an iPad cover? ;)
 
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