“D O N T F O R G E T T O D R I N K Y O U R O V A L T I N E-Son of a Tim Cook”To say there is a secret message was very cruel! Some of us hang on every word and idea about the up coming mMP.
First I counted the cables to make sure I followed the correct cable.
Secondly I found a website where I bought these View attachment 754988 for $1000.00! They told me I could see the secret message with out counting or following wires. I am going to figure out this Elevator/mMP/secret message thing and be the first with the mMP! You all wait and see!
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MP 7,1 Waiting for Mac Pro 7,1 A1991 (no more)
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I agree. I played about with Hackintoshes years ago & found it a fun hobby but not really reliable enough for prime time. However I was amazed recently when I dabbled again after buying a cheap used HP Prodesk 400 G1 from eBay for £100. I intended to run Linux on it & use it as a media server but just for fun used Unibeast & Multibeast from www.tonymacx86.com to install High Sierra & it barely took longer than installing MacOS on a regular Mac. Subsequently for a total of £15 I added a USB Bluetooth dongle & a USB audio dongle. It's got an i3-4130 & 8GB RAM & is really smooth & fast. As far as I can see everything is working without an issue including sleep. It's to all intents & purposes a Mac albeit with a noisier fan. I upgraded to MacOS 10.13.3 & then the latest security update direct from the App store just like a normal Mac. If running MacOS on an HP Z-series workstation or similar is just as easy then I think that this could be realistic option for many pros.
Even then, it would be a niche of a niche. Creative pros have favored Macs specifically to spare themselves from down time to doing actual work. Also OS X is no longer the holy grail in the context of self-sustainable system, one may as well spend the effort on developing a Windows/Linux workflow if hardware performance is an ultimate concern. I myself never consider Hackintosh a realistic solution to anything, it is more like a side hobby for Wintel tinkers who own zero Macs, or a short term painkiller for old school Mac widows.
I think what's more important than a black cloth being whipped off at WWDC to reveal a new piece of gear, is Apple's commitment to the MacPro from that day onwards. Who (in their right mind) would want to get involved with another MP that's gunna get neglected for another 5 years?
Phil gave some semi-assurance that that wasn't going to happen from now on - but I'd like to see that promise signed by three executives and projected up on the big screen at WWDC.
That would be the best "one more thing" Apple could ever present. (but it ain't gunna happen).
Phil gave some semi-assurance that that wasn't going to happen from now on - but I'd like to see that promise signed by three executives and projected up on the big screen at WWDC.
That would be the best "one more thing" Apple could ever present. (but it ain't gunna happen).
Actually its easier and less risky to bring us a new MP and MacMini (either w or w/o proprietary PCIe) than fix the MBP issues (mostly its flawed keyboard) given how tricke have been the butterfly keyboard an the units volume involved.
Couldn't agree with you more. And please, please let us remember that Intel has been demoing Light Peak / Thunderbolt since 2011 at least. There is no way that Apple didn't have the resources to ramp up eGPU with the nMP. That alone would have been a massive improvement.
Think I'll write Apple another email. They really, really don't need to overthink this thing. Z series minus the spinners. Done. But they HAVE to be doing more than that, or we'd have it already.
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Maybe? If you knew about an iMac Pro, those specs aren't really that much of a giveaway as to your source. They could even look like a guess. It's not really fingering anyone or anything specific.
If the Mac Pro was a traditional tower, or kept the same form factor, it's much easier to leak because you're just talking about part revisions and not design secrets. Design secrets are a problem, revealing those, especially before manufacturing, makes it a lot easier for Apple to trace.
In retrospect, it did feel like a real leak, but for reasons like you said the details or the product itself is so unmarkable that anyone could have ventured a guess, therefore it was ironically safer to throw it public with no consequences.
As for the Mac Pro, I am unsure if the benefits of keeping the design secret outweighs the anxiety created by not letting pros knowing anything for prolonged period of time. Given that the form factor was deemed a major detrimental factor in the previous design by some.
If they're ready enough, they'll announce at WWDC anyway. There won't be any supply chain leaks before release because it won't reach the supply chain in any big way before the announcement.
But I think the reason we haven't heard anything yet is because Apple is still working things out. No leaks or announcement if there is nothing to leak or announce.
As we get closer to WWDC, then it just means they're waiting for WWDC.
It really is ludicrous that I can connect an external eGPU to my HP Z840 workstation which has a Tb2 card using the Tb2-Tb3 apple connector[!] and get it working absolutely fine with no hassle, yet Apple takes away the eGPU option on the 6,1. What the heck are they smoking at Apple?
Check this, another self-proclaimed Apple Insider from DarkNet (not DNG), Just says he saw the new mMP and it looks like the Anniversary Macintosh, as a some polished slim-rectangular two-tone metallic tower with dual std PCIe x16 card slot in vertical, stacked side by side in the same plane, Apple Supplied GPUs to include internal TB3 Header, you can disable it and install whatever you want on it, even use the mMP as pedestal for Apple's new 8K 32" CinemaPro Display (non-TB3 but USB-C/DP), and it be named Macintosh again not just Mac Pro, no words on CPU/RAM....
I think with this "Leak" all alternatives have been "leaked" (from DNG's 3GPU Cube, to TrashCan2, CheeseGrater3, and this "30? Annyversary Mac".
Another thing curious is the 2nd "leak" to name it Macintosh Pro instead Mac Pro...
I think with this "Leak" all alternatives have been "leaked" (from DNG's 3GPU Cube, to TrashCan2, CheeseGrater3, and this "30? Annyversary Mac".
Another thing curious is the 2nd "leak" to name it Macintosh Pro instead Mac Pro...
Its an Invite Only Onion site, sorry, look at Reddit onion directories, in some directories you'll find a section on fortune 500 insiders, its the only reference I can provide you.
That person posted the same thing in this very thread a few months back and then admitted he made it all up just to show that anyone can make-up a rumor / claim about a new Apple hardware product and folks will buy into it.
No, I dont think he was, this guy is asking 10 Ether (~5K$) to release evidence (I Mean photos), to the moment no body has sent a single cent to his Eth Wallet.
I meant screen shots of your/dark web/deep web source. I don’t expect any elevator/lab shots.
Sorry, more than enough what I write, whatever more likely its another darknet scam, uploading a photo even to this forum could expose me, imagine this leak is legit, and somebody at apple ask for the source? (insider trading in most cases is a felony more if you have DNAs).
A screen shot of the reddit thread would identify someone and expose yourself? To a barrage of Apple Legal trouble? Then bull crap I say sir, Check this, bull crap.
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