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When will Apple update the Mac Pro or all of there desktops???
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In case you missed the keynote........ NOBODY KNOWS
Yeah, that Phil guy really knows how to spoil a big event like Macworld.
Just buy one now if you need it, I have yet to be able to stress my 8 core MP. The only thing is I wish the ATI 4870 was available for it.
Well I have waited over 1/2 a year for the new Mac Pro, so I guess I can wait a little longer
In case you missed the keynote........ NOBODY KNOWS
Well I just wanted to see what's your opinion about when u think there will be an update
Yeah, that Phil guy really knows how to spoil a big event like Macworld.
Thank you for agreeing with me.....
A Gainestown Mac Pro would be a nice replacement for my old Rev. A single cpu G5. I'd like to be able to watch movies without having to plug everything into my laptop.
Misuse of product line fail.
Dude, just get a base-model 24" (for future 1080p iTunes movies) iMac when they're updated.
Why? There are no hardware reasons preventing the new Mac Mini and iMac from showing up next Tuesday.
The Mac Pro can't happen, but there is nothing stopping the others.
Of course, it won't; I'm just saying.
Never. Apple are never going to update the Mac Pro. The way of the future is in the cloud through the iPhone.
Ask a dumb question get a dumb answer.
Reality, read Tallest Skill's posts.
Apple will update the Mac Pro 518 days after the last update - WWDC09.
At least we have an idea of the prices now. The new MacBook Pro is £1949, so the New Mac Pro will be at least this. Somehow I don't think Apple have grasped the concept of the economic problems.
Ask a dumb question get a dumb answer.
Reality, read Tallest Skill's posts.
Apple will update the Mac Pro 518 days after the last update - WWDC09.
At least we have an idea of the prices now. The new MacBook Pro is £1949, so the New Mac Pro will be at least this. Somehow I don't think Apple have grasped the concept of the economic problems.
Wow. Apparently I've been here too long, because that joke has come and gone.
It used to be a really common joke here whenever someone asked when something will be released (like we would know), it was always next tuesday.
This was especially true of g5 powerbooks, which I just heard from Steve himself, are coming out... next tuesday.
Standard Mac Pro configuration should be just about $3,000. Prices are going to go up, not down.
Do Apple users put their hands over the eyes and ears when it comes to hardware roadmaps?
Nehalem (i.e. Core i7) chips are out for desktops. However, Xeon parts (which go into the Mac Pro) are expected in Q1 '09 (which means availability in April, basically)
There was never, ever, going to be a change to the Mac Pro line at Macworld.
Doug
Yeah... there was. Gainestown was originally slotted for November production, so you'll see older posts of mine saying "Mac Pro the Tuesday before MacWorld 2009."
They pushed it back.
Realy want to buy me a new MacPro.
Actualy i want to buy one of of the models that are available right now but i would like to c the price drop when the new one's arrive ;-)
I had the same "luck" when my powerbook died on me.
It died the day they announced the new macbook pro's (=the current models) so the existing ones dropped in price. The best 15" dropped with 600€, so i bought it.
Now i hoped the same thing would have happen on tuesday but it didn't...but hey, who knows...it still can,right?!
Anybody any thoughts/suggestions/tips on this?
I saw this on the net :
http://www.rhythmac.com/history/macpro
Actualy i want to buy one of of the models that are available right now but i would like to c the price drop when the new one's arrive ;-)
I had the same "luck" when my powerbook died on me.
It died the day they announced the new macbook pro's (=the current models) so the existing ones dropped in price. The best 15" dropped with 600€, so i bought it.
Now i hoped the same thing would have happen on tuesday but it didn't...but hey, who knows...it still can,right?!
Anybody any thoughts/suggestions/tips on this?
I saw this on the net :
http://www.rhythmac.com/history/macpro
Personally... I don't want Apple to introduce new updates to the MacPro!! AND there's a perfectly good reason for it... with the introductions of newer systems, the value of the old one tends to drop like a lead balloon. For the mass majority of Mac users, they don't need billions of calculations per second mainly cause they don't actually optimise 100% of their system's ability anyway. AND users who say, "I can wait" usually don't need the processing power!! It's more want than necessity.
AND your asking Mac users about when new products will be releases. Now being a noob, you're excused
In general we don't know anything as to when Apple decided to release updates, though there are lots of speculation, nearly all of them produced by mindless dreamers who ain't intouch with corporate heads, or sleeping with Steve's wife over at Apple, California.You're evil.
Besides, she may not know. Steve might not tell her, just to keep something like that from happening.
I predict the desktops will update in about 10 seconds...
Aw damn.
It was as accurate and reasonable prediction as any others made here.
Apple used to be fairly predictable with these things, but since iPhone came along they have (as Jobs said) put the computers to the side while working on the iPhone. It could still be another year before they get back to serious improvements on their computers.
But, really, people. Let's get honest: desktop computer technology is in a slightly grey area at the moment in terms of improvements. The iMac is about as good as it is going to get in terms of design (a screen). The tower is an excellent design which will last for a few more years to come unless something surprising pops onto the scene, they can always tinker with the mini. There are experimental devices like tablets and touch screens but Apple doesn't feel confident to break open a new market for SOME reason. While we wait for those things to work out we can only get slight bumps in processor speeds and hopefully cheaper SSD technology replacing the crummy mech drives in the next two years.
It makes sense for Apple to concentrate on what makes them money at this time--information technology that utilizes downloads by the billions through Apple websites. Desktop computing probably looks like kiddie toys to Apple earnings reports compared with what iPhone/Pods provide.
That depends on possible deflation, which is not off the table yet considering what Washington is tinkering with as a "solution" to our "devastated" economy.
Aw damn.
It was as accurate and reasonable prediction as any others made here.
Apple used to be fairly predictable with these things, but since iPhone came along they have (as Jobs said) put the computers to the side while working on the iPhone. It could still be another year before they get back to serious improvements on their computers.
But, really, people. Let's get honest: desktop computer technology is in a slightly grey area at the moment in terms of improvements. The iMac is about as good as it is going to get in terms of design (a screen). The tower is an excellent design which will last for a few more years to come unless something surprising pops onto the scene, they can always tinker with the mini. There are experimental devices like tablets and touch screens but Apple doesn't feel confident to break open a new market for SOME reason. While we wait for those things to work out we can only get slight bumps in processor speeds and hopefully cheaper SSD technology replacing the crummy mech drives in the next two years.
It makes sense for Apple to concentrate on what makes them money at this time--information technology that utilizes downloads by the billions through Apple websites. Desktop computing probably looks like kiddie toys to Apple earnings reports compared with what iPhone/Pods provide.
That depends on possible deflation, which is not off the table yet considering what Washington is tinkering with as a "solution" to our "devastated" economy.
That's what I bought mine for. I already had a four month old iMac but I didn't want to have to plug in four hard drives to give me the same storage space that I can get with a Mac Pro and not have all these hard drives all over. I have almost three drives full of music and videos now and I bought it in June.
Does it really matter to you what someone spends their own money on? I don't regret my decision. I'm sure there are more people to have done the same thing as well.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817198028
Heck of a lot less than a Mac Pro and you don't have drives strewn everywhere. Problem solved.