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Rumor Suggests Replacement for Mac Pro Due in April or May

Really???

I will be in the afterlife for at least 1500 years :) Wow.. 3013!! :D

Edsel said:
I think the original rumor was incorrectly understood. An update to the Mac Pro is contemplated for the year 3013, not 2013.
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Prove that he said it was a Mac Pro?? He said something Wonderful... not Mac Pro specifically.. get your facts straight.. Provide sources to where he said the words: MAC PRO?

violst said:
Tim Cook may not have said its a Mac Pro but apple PR confirmed that what he was referring to was the Mac Pro and not an iMac. So yes he is talking about the Mac Pro.

https://www.macrumors.com/2012/06/1...c-pro-and-imac-designs-likely-coming-in-2013/
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djepsilon said:
All I want is a freaking desktop computer that has a discrete graphics card that can handle multiple monitors, without one of them being the actual computer.

Is that too much to ask Apple!?
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iMac supports two additional 27" displays in addition to the built-in 27" display, for a total of three 27" displays (11 megapixels) Sure one of them is the iMac display, but it's quite a nice display and costs less than a Mac Pro. Your Thunderbolt ports are still free, so you can still expand away....

Just plug the two extra displays into the two Thunderbolt ports and place them either side of the iMac.

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PowerPCMacMan said:
Prove that he said it was a Mac Pro?? He said something Wonderful... not Mac Pro specifically.. get your facts straight.. Provide sources to where he said the words: MAC PRO?
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Easy, click on the link I supplied and read the update. I think its pretty clear.

Update: Apple PR has reached out and clarified that only the Mac Pro is expected to be next updated in 2013. The company had no comment about the iMac, which perhaps means that the iMac could see updates earlier than next year. It has been 406 days since the iMac last received an update, significantly longer than the traditional iMac update interval.
 
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It's about time Apple!
Please bring alongside new ACD's with one option larger than 27" display. Matte version would be great but not holding my breath on that one. :rolleyes:
 
star-affinity said:
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?
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Quadro K5000 driving my main monitors, GTX 660 for smaller monitors. 3970X, Asus Sabertooth X79, Samsung 840, 32 GB Ram, 4 hard drives for now, Cosmos II.

Never really considered making it a hack. Once I am in Maya, ZBrush, Mudbox, or any of my main programs if feels the same.
 
PowerPCMacMan said:
Prove that he said it was a Mac Pro?? He said something Wonderful... not Mac Pro specifically.. get your facts straight.. Provide sources to where he said the words: MAC PRO?
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Tim Cook said "we're working on something really great for professionals..."

Forbes reported "An Apple spokesman just told me that new models and new designs of the Mac Pro are in the works and will likely be released in 2013..."

In other words... Tim Cook didn't say Mac Pro... but an Apple spokesperson did.

We'll have to wait and see...
 
retroneo said:
iMac supports two additional 27" displays in addition to the built-in 27" display, for a total of three 27" displays (11 megapixels) Sure one of them is the iMac display, but it's quite a nice display and costs less than a Mac Pro. Your Thunderbolt ports are still free, so you can still expand away....

Just plug the two extra displays into the two Thunderbolt ports and place them either side of the iMac.

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Yeah and have your available video RAM split across 3 monitors, yay.
 
iChrist said:
I don't know. That mock up is totally fake. They used that line already and doubt they will keep the same form factor. Most likely will get upgraded near end of this year for sure.
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What mock up are you referring to?
 
Meriana said:
Why didn't macrumors not report that Intel started shipping their newest CPU's lineup codename Haswell this month?
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Because those won't be generally shipped to customers until June. Those are just parts for the production lines that will run late April through May.



It's obvious to anyone that the server variants of those CPUs could be used in the next MacPro.
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The server variants of Haswelll Xeon E5 won't appear any sooner than Q3 2014 ( That right 14 not 13). Intel has yet still to release the Ivy Bridge versions of Xeon E5.

There are some Xeon E3 Haswell versions coming in June/July but the Mac Pro isn't likely to use those. Or if so is making a radical turn in direction on I/O throughput ( basically gutting it back to laptop level. ). Possible, just not particularly probably.

In short the server variants aren't some 'bleeding edge' architecture. At this point laptop priorities drive Intel's leading edge CPU designs. Not that servers aren't seening demands for lower power too also.
 
I think a new form factor is certain. If not a whole new product.

Probably all SSD or Fusion.

Starting config has no optical, you can upgrade to get one, or buy superdrive.

people hoping for high end 3D graphics or workstation graphics, prepare to be dissapointed.
 
Philoman said:
You have to understand. Apple has been beating their heads on catering to the pros market - they almost went bankrupt.
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The myth that just won't die. It wasn't catering to "pros". It was far more cranking out mundane "boxes with slots" for everyone but laptop users. And crazy loopy projects to no where like the "20th anniversary Mac". Jobs came back a canned almost 20 different products and Apple still had a line up of products.

Pros didn't 'save' Apple.

Apple has finally realized that the pro market is not where the revenue lies. It's in the consumer market. Don't you get it.
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No it was more so Apple looked around for some growth opportunites. The 80-90's OS wars were over and Apple had lost. Instead of fighting the last war Apple started looking for future opportunities that were not necessarily Mac oriented.

If the Mac Pro users represented a relatively high growth market Apple would have pursued it more vigorously. It doesn't. Not just for Apple but the whole workstation market has been dragging since 2008 and only relatively recently started to show some consistent growth.

In Mac Pro forums and discussions folks there is as much activity about old boxes and upgrades for them as any demonstrated need for new product. There is a sizable "form over function" segment grumbling over a Mac Pro ( and xMacs ).

Last chance to hold their tier in what?? If they could integrate the consumer and the pros, they will be successful but not pros alone.
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Last chance to put a product in this pricing tier. Unless Mac Pro's growth problems radically change, there aren't going to be enough folks left to support the Mac Pro R&D activity.

Whether the Mac Pro dies or not is likely largely in the user's hands after Apple finally gets something new out of the door.
 
I couldn't agree with you more.. New form factor, limited expansion.. mostly all SSD or Fusion which I don't even use and I have a 6-core running ML.. Of course, no optical since Apple thinks its not needed anymore.

As far as graphics, maybe integrated, shared graphics with no possibility of adding a video card.. Yeah, a real disappointment.

Mattsasa said:
I think a new form factor is certain. If not a whole new product.

Probably all SSD or Fusion.

Starting config has no optical, you can upgrade to get one, or buy superdrive.

people hoping for high end 3D graphics or workstation graphics, prepare to be dissapointed.
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mozumder said:
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.
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That's true too, I'd forgotten about the shooters who travel. I'm lucky enough to be able to work primarily in my own studio. My "travel" case is a rolling cart that I push around and - hook up to my MF system with FW.... you called it.
 
RoastingPig said:
4 thunderbolts
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Two ports max. With two ports can support 12 TB devices. That is plenty for all but a lunatic fringe.

More likely an associated embedded GPU with associated with two Thunderbolt ports.


gtx780
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Rebadged 680 ? Not likely. Especially as the entry level default card.


6 usb 3
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Not likely. Most discrete USB 3.0 controllers support 2 or 4 ports. There won't be any more than 4. Current Mac Pro has 2 on front and 3 on back. Most likely Apple just flips the 3 USB 2.0 on the back to USB 3.0. And just keep the two 2.0 ports on the front. ( or make it 3 so at least the number of symmetric on front/back). But not 6 3.0 ports.

Actually would be better to have the USB 2.0 ports hooked to the core chipset and the USB 3.0 ports hooked to a completely different controller.
6 USB 3.0 is oversubscribing to a chipset that really can't drive that kind of imagined throughput anyway.

3pcie slot
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Likely keep the 4 unless gutting the CPU to desktop/laptop class architecture.
 
MacRumors said:
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MacDailyNews, which does not have much of a track record on rumors, says one of its sources said Apple will announce a replacement to the Mac Pro at some point in the next several months.

It has been nearly one thousand days -- almost three years -- since the last significant update to the Mac Pro.

Last year, Apple said a new Mac Pro model was likely to arrive sometime in 2013. Earlier this year, a European reseller claimed they heard from Apple that a new Mac Pro would arrive this Spring. WWDC 2013 would seem to make the most sense for the announcement of a new pro-level Mac workstation.

The current Mac Pro is not available for purchase in Europe because of EU regulatory requirements around unprotected fan blades, providing some additional incentive for Apple to release a new model.

Article Link: Rumor Suggests Replacement for Mac Pro Due in April or May
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Tim Cook just sent me one of these to test it; it's called "iFoil", because it's still made of aluminium, but much, MUCH thinner and lighter. I've yet to get around to setting it up, but I don't expect it to run perfectly yet - the hardware-software symbiosis is still half-baked at this stage.

Apple want this to be fully-baked once sold, and sell like hot cakes, not be dropped like a hot potato; Tim is the cook in charge of this oven, and as long as he gets the timing right, he won't get his fingers burnt when pulling it out and wrapping it all up for sale.

Adios!
 
Welcome news to those who insist on a mac for their content creation but Apple is the WORST company to depend on for hight end professional hardware. They're secretive nature has no place in this market whatsoever. In fact they've been nothing but Jerks to the pro market by NOT giving the essential product information for which our livelihoods depend. Here we are almost 5 years in the making and the MP hasn't seen a significant upgrade. Yet the only news we get is a little email from cook and some more rumors.

Yeah it's a rant and I understand the Osbourne effect. blah blah... but if you really need a content creation machine I recommend the HP Z800 and the more choices of software available to it.

Apple, I like your iToys but maybe you should give those who kept your company alive in the 90's a little more respect.
 
All we can do is pray it will be a worthy machine.. but given Apple's direction towards consumer and not PRO USER.. I doubt this to be the case.. Yes, there will be a 2013 Mac Pro.. but such a Mac Pro that will be unlike anything we currently have and for the worse.. in terms of expandability..

I expect it to be a hybrid of the Mac Mini or iMac or a mix of the two with PRO stuck on it. It could even be a rack mount type of case.. We simply don't know.

CodeJingle said:
I am so excited about this. I really want something new and awesome for the Mac Desktop. Make it so =>
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I can't wait for this, but Apples response to the professional community has been a disgrace. The PowerMac/Mac Pro in it's current form has been around for 10 years. Nothing Apple has EVER made has been coddled for 10 years and the iMac is right behind it.
 
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