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Separate MR forum for new (2013) Mac Pro?
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A subject could be added to the top row, that is, "New Mac Pro" could be inserted into the row which currently contains "Front Page", "Mac Blog", etc.
Another solution could be an insertion of a "New Mac Pro" subject on the same footing as the "MacBook Air" subject, "iPhone" subject, and etc in the right column.
Another solution could be an insertion of a "New Mac Pro" subject on the same footing as the "MacBook Air" subject, "iPhone" subject, and etc in the right column.
No. Why? The iMac forums were never split when the iMac dramatically changed. Same for every previous pro tower. Same for all the laptops.
When the PowerBook G4 came out and was dramatically different with different upgrade options, no one shoved the PowerBook G3 users off into their own forum.
Plus, any cMP forum is going to turn into a slowly dwindling wasteland in time (after years.) any forum created is already going to have an expiration date.
When the PowerBook G4 came out and was dramatically different with different upgrade options, no one shoved the PowerBook G3 users off into their own forum.
Plus, any cMP forum is going to turn into a slowly dwindling wasteland in time (after years.) any forum created is already going to have an expiration date.
AGREED! I would love to see it split. It gets pretty confusing trying to sort between the posts since they are so different.
The iMac was still the iMac. Pb g4 was a g3 with a g4. The only similarity between new Mac Pro and old is the name.
Yes, split it up!!!!
I was calling for this awhile back.
The new MP is a totally different machine.
I was calling for this awhile back.
The new MP is a totally different machine.
At some point down the line, I think I will agree with most of the posters here. At the present time, however, old and new Mac Pro users share a lot in common. For one, I expect that there is a lot of overlap between the users. I expect that most new Mac Pro users were former old Mac Pro users. Furthermore, although most of us don't care to contemplate the coming hit to our pocketbook, most of us old Mac Pro users will become new Mac Pro users in the next three or four years.
Here's the other thing: how Fun can the new Mac Pro be to talk about?
{user posts} my new Mac Pro stopped working!
{to which the universal reply becomes...} sorry man, better just go out and get a new one
Here's the other thing: how Fun can the new Mac Pro be to talk about?
{user posts} my new Mac Pro stopped working!
{to which the universal reply becomes...} sorry man, better just go out and get a new one
At some point down the line, I think I will agree with most of the posters here. At the present time, however, old and new Mac Pro users share a lot in common. For one, I expect that there is a lot of overlap between the users. I expect that most new Mac Pro users were former old Mac Pro users. Furthermore, although most of us don't care to contemplate the coming hit to our pocketbook, most of us old Mac Pro users will become new Mac Pro users in the next three or four years.
Here's the other thing: how Fun can the new Mac Pro be to talk about?
{user posts} my new Mac Pro stopped working!
{to which the universal reply becomes...} sorry man, better just go out and get a new one
The only thing shared in common is the marketing label and the OS
Setting up a poll
Too late to add a poll to this thread now, but for future reference……
When you start a new thread, scroll down to a section where it asks if you want to include a poll. Click the appropriate box, and when you save your initial post the next page will be one to set up a poll. From there it should be fairly obvious what to do.
When setting up a poll it pays to plan well in advance to get suitable wording for your question and options. Keep it quite simple (easier said than done!) to get satisfactory results.
And, yes, splitting the forum into old and new Mac Pro does seem to be a good idea. In practice, however, now is a transitional phase. As new takes over, in time posts about the old will tail off. Maybe new and old subsections could be the way to go.
Too late to add a poll to this thread now, but for future reference……
When you start a new thread, scroll down to a section where it asks if you want to include a poll. Click the appropriate box, and when you save your initial post the next page will be one to set up a poll. From there it should be fairly obvious what to do.
When setting up a poll it pays to plan well in advance to get suitable wording for your question and options. Keep it quite simple (easier said than done!) to get satisfactory results.
And, yes, splitting the forum into old and new Mac Pro does seem to be a good idea. In practice, however, now is a transitional phase. As new takes over, in time posts about the old will tail off. Maybe new and old subsections could be the way to go.
Not really. It's only the same by name. It's like saying a 1978 ford f150 or corvette is the same as today's model. It's not the same computer.
Let's face it, if they keep them combined they might as well merge the Mac Mini forum in here as well.
Same things were said power PC > intel. I define a Mac Pro as an OSX computer that can work harder and for longer than all the other macs. Hobbyists, PC workstation and macrumors members aside nearly all the nMP's I see in businesses run side by side with their cheesegrater predecessors running the same apps!
I would like them to stay together, everyone seems to use either:
nMP / oMP / cMP anyway and I like to keep up with the nMP for when I change
over in .... 4 years !!
nMP / oMP / cMP anyway and I like to keep up with the nMP for when I change
over in .... 4 years !!
I agree, the machines are too different...
Storage strategies, thunderbolt, PCIe cards, flashing video cards, noise, fans, really almost everything is so different that any oMP and nMP issues are likely to be of little use to the other.
I don't think it's "slight" against the oMP, just recognizing that the computers are very different.
Storage strategies, thunderbolt, PCIe cards, flashing video cards, noise, fans, really almost everything is so different that any oMP and nMP issues are likely to be of little use to the other.
I don't think it's "slight" against the oMP, just recognizing that the computers are very different.
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