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Tuesday: D-Day or Just another Buzz-kill!

Will the Mac Pro be updated tomorrow (Tuesday, Mar. 16)?

  • Yes, I think it will.

    Votes: 41 29.3%

  • No, I don't think so... Sometime later this year

    Votes: 99 70.7%
  • Total voters
    140
All I've seen is the following blurb:

Embedded, Gulftown, and new Macs

In addition to the 5600 series, Intel is also offering a number of "embedded" Xeon parts—i.e., parts with extended lifecycle support that are intended to go into high-performance appliance-type applications.

The Core i7-980X Extreme Edition, codenamed Gulftown, is also launching today. Gulftown was previewed at this past GDC, and it will definitely make some gamers very happy. It should also delight Mac Pro users, who've been waiting a year for Apple's towers to be updated. Gulftown will go into the single-socket Mac Pro, and two six-core 5600 parts will go into the two-socket towers, brining the core count up to 12 in Apple's highest-end machine.
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http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2010/03/intel-goes-to-gulftown-launches-6-core-xeons.ars
 
"With such choice, Apple has plenty of choice to update its current Mac Pro, giving Cupertino the opportunity to offer a large range of Mac Pro, from 4 core unit (single Xeon) to 12 core unit (dual hexacore Xeon). So far, Apple only used CPU with a TDP of 95 W for Mac Pro featuring dual CPUs, so it would mean that the fastest Xeon (2xhexacore) to be found in future Mac Pro would be clocked at 2.93 GHz. However, if Apple can find a way to manage a TDP of 130 W, we would then get either dual hexacore at 3.33 GHz or dual quad core at 3.43 GHz. Despite the entry level model, all Xeon supports TurboBoost, giving access to on-the-fly overclocking for mono-threaded tasks"
 

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This is really getting annoying. I don't think there is a "Pro" user in the world that doesn't anticipate the next model at this point. Apple needs to just announce its plans one way or the other. I'd think they want to get new hardware out the door before the quarter ends, but that's just a couple weeks away.
 
At least they could have announced that it's coming. That they were taking pre-orders for it or something. (sigh)

Well today was the final day for us. We've been waiting to order a Mac Pro for our main editing computer since December 15th. I'm tired of editing on my MacPro so tomorrow morning we're going to place our order for a new MacPro. I think we're going to go with the 8-core 2.26 GHz, 12gb ram and AIT 4870 graphics card. Although we might splurge and go with the 2.66 (extra $1400!), but I doubt it. (I'm going to start another thread for advice on or system configuration)

It's been fun having other people to wait along with. Good luck everyone! :)
 
MitchLewis said:
At least they could have announced that it's coming. That they were taking pre-orders for it or something. (sigh)

Well today was the final day for us. We've been waiting to order a Mac Pro for our main editing computer since December 15th. I'm tired of editing on my MacPro so tomorrow morning we're going to place our order for a new MacPro. I think we're going to go with the 8-core 2.26 GHz, 12gb ram and AIT 4870 graphics card. Although we might splurge and go with the 2.66 (extra $1400!), but I doubt it. (I'm going to start another thread for advice on or system configuration)

It's been fun having other people to wait along with. Good luck everyone! :)
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Good Luck and thanks. This guarantees the new blockbuster computer WILL be released soon. :)
 
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Totally bummed at nothing being announced. Agree with others, Apple could offer up some info on the refresh. WTH would that have hurt!
 
twoodcc said:
man i'm very disappointed that apple didn't come thru today. i was really hoping that they would. i just don't understand why they're taking so long
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sadly, I think this is just going to be reality. As Steve starts catering to the low cost consumer electronics, the people that kept the company afloat for the last 20 years buying the Mac lines are, at best, going to be second class citizens now in Apple's eye, and at worst, they eventually just stop competing in the conventional desktop/laptop market and do away with the entire MP/MBP lines and stick with their iPhones, iPads, iPods, iJunk...

I think this is the first wake up call.
 
I just wish Steve would tell me it's over, instead of leaving me twisting in the wind wondering if he's ever going to call. :(
 
Bucko said:
It's 2:10pm EDT, Nothing yet..... cricket....cricket....cricket.....
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Nothing will come. While everybody else is delivering new machines Apple Consumer Electronic is busy with the giant iPhone minus camera and minus phone functionality aka ifemale hygiene article... I gave up being hopeful for a new MBA, there is no chatter (rumors) in the web what so ever - so maybe at the WDC in Summer. Of course, this being Apple Consumer Electronics this might well be only for the new iPhone so we can wait a bit longer. Maybe skipping this generation of chips totally... Who wants computers any more. It is (gasp) the (wow) i P A D :rolleyes:
 
Quite frankly, the only thing that is keeping me here right now is the OS. You can order up a Gulftown PC today from a few vendors.
 
twoodcc said:
man i'm very disappointed that apple didn't come thru today. i was really hoping that they would. i just don't understand why they're taking so long
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Because a processor release doesn't mean a company is ready to ship. Today was complete speculation. While they were expected at WWDC in August 2006, the 2007, 2008 and 2009 releases were out of the blue in a sense. If they announce something well before they can ship they kill sales of older systems. They may even wait until the end of the quarter in the hopes older systems will be purchased to use up budgets that need to be spent. No one is shipping systems with Xeon 5600 processors today, Dell said servers available to order next week so workstations will probably follow a few weeks later.
 
Umbongo said:
Because a processor release doesn't mean a company is ready to ship.
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"We've already shipped hundreds of thousands of these (processors). We build up the supply chain (beforehand)," said Boyd Davis, general manager for Server Platforms Group Marketing at Intel. Prices for the 6-core processors range from $999 for the Core i7 980 to $1,663 for the Xeon 5680.
 
xgman said:
"We've already shipped hundreds of thousands of these (processors). We build up the supply chain (beforehand)," said Boyd Davis, general manager for Server Platforms Group Marketing at Intel. Prices for the 6-core processors range from $999 for the Core i7 980 to $1,663 for the Xeon 5680.
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That doesn't mean companies are ready to start selling new systems, as evidenced by the fact they aren't today. Be it supply, integration or because they have surplus they want to push a little while longer.
 
Umbongo said:
That doesn't mean companies are ready to start selling new systems, as evidenced by the fact they aren't today. Be it supply, integration or because they have surplus they want to push a little while longer.
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HP has one (980X 6 core) you can config and order today with a march 30 ship date, so it should be soon in any case. Apple obviously marches to it's own drummer and does things when they are good and ready, so it's anyone's guess when they will pop.
 
Apple already had its great announcment this month. Next month will be a new product announcement. Gotta keep the share holders happy. Unless apple can come out with a new mac pro that doesn't cost an arm and a leg, I'll be building one instead. I'll miss OS X but its not the end of the world. Linux has allot of programs that can replace mac or winbloze software!
 
I think they are waiting for Ipad to sell. If I where releasing a product as useless as the Ipad. I would want keep my customers focused on The Icrap....ooops sorry, the Ipad. The end of Q1 is April 30. I think we will see something before then, Or a couple days after.
 
Maybe Apple is dropping out of the workstation segment and pursuing products that sell better, and generate more revenue.

Very unlike Apple to postpone their pro product like this.
 
Salavat23 said:
Maybe Apple is dropping out of the workstation segment and pursuing products that sell better, and generate more revenue.

Very unlike Apple to postpone their pro product like this.
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In 2006, 2007 and 2008Mac Pros came long after the processor changes.
 
Salavat23 said:
Maybe Apple is dropping out of the workstation segment and pursuing products that sell better, and generate more revenue.

Very unlike Apple to postpone their pro product like this.
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…except for the fact that it's not. The last Mac Pro update took 15 months.
 
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