Thoughts on the new Mac Pro?

wes allenwes allen Member Posts: 540 ■■■■■□□□□□
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Haters are going to hate, and no idea what they will cost, but they look pretty nice to me.

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  • NytrocideNytrocide Member Posts: 225
    Look really nice, but no way in hell Apple sells those for less than $3,000-5,000 each lol
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  • QHaloQHalo Member Posts: 1,488
    Nice specs, however the old one at least allowed changeable parts.
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  • jahsouljahsoul Member Posts: 453
    First thoughts - "ugh"
    Second thoughts - "meh"

    I choose functionality over form 107% of the time and the Mac Pro is mostly about form. While the specs are great, how many hard drives can I add? Will I be able to add PCI-E audio interfaces to the new Mac Pro? Because of my uses of my Mac Pro, these are the questions that I asked after the announcement. *shrugs*
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  • chanakyajupudichanakyajupudi Member Posts: 712
    I will definitely buy one! Lets hope its not really really expensive !
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  • jibbajabbajibbajabba Member Posts: 4,317 ■■■■■■■■□□
    I reccon around $10k for decent spec. Decent PCIe storage isn't cheap at all to begin with - and Apple usually doesn't do cheap .. (Fusion IO anyone?).
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  • tpatt100tpatt100 Member Posts: 2,991 ■■■■■■■■■□
    I thought it looked better with the cover off lol. Also I thought of the Star Trek Genesis device when I saw it.
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  • wes allenwes allen Member Posts: 540 ■■■■■□□□□□
    QHalo wrote: »
    Nice specs, however the old one at least allowed changeable parts.


    My understanding is that all the internal parts are swappable, though the GPU would need a special form factor.

    With thunderbolt 2, you can add all kinds of things - additional GPU's, storage, video processing, etc.

    And, yeah, they probably are not going to be cheap, but if you are a pro that uses mac software, it looks like it will be a solid workstation.
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  • QHaloQHalo Member Posts: 1,488
    Well they could have just made it a bit bigger, and allowed you to keep all that stuff internal. Now your desk is gonna look like the early 2000s with USB hubs and 10000 devices attached.
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  • jibbajabbajibbajabba Member Posts: 4,317 ■■■■■■■■□□
    tpatt100 wrote: »
    I thought it looked better with the cover off lol. Also I thought of the Star Trek Genesis device when I saw it.

    There is certainly potential to mod the case - if you spend that sort of money then I am sure you can afford having the side panels made of acrylic :)
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  • sratakhinsratakhin Member Posts: 818
    QHalo wrote: »
    Well they could have just made it a bit bigger, and allowed you to keep all that stuff internal.
    This is not Apple's business model :)
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  • f0rgiv3nf0rgiv3n Member Posts: 598 ■■■■□□□□□□
    That's one really expensive trash can. It doesn't even include the step on the side to open the lid!!
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  • kriscamaro68kriscamaro68 Member Posts: 1,186 ■■■■■■■□□□
    f0rgiv3n wrote: »
    That's one really expensive trash can. It doesn't even include the step on the side to open the lid!!

    That is exactly what I thought when I saw it. It looks like a little black trash can I can pick up at staples for my office with slightly more computing power though.
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  • tpatt100tpatt100 Member Posts: 2,991 ■■■■■■■■■□
    Should be some Windows powered clones coming any minute now.
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  • QHaloQHalo Member Posts: 1,488
    I know this is probably because of the antennae to accommodate 802.11ac and it could be coincidence.

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  • bdubbdub Member Posts: 154
    QHalo wrote: »

    Going vertical!

    They are a bit late to the party

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    Apple just made theirs round.
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  • danny069danny069 Member Posts: 1,025 ■■■■□□□□□□
    It looks like a trash can/R2D2 nice specs though
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  • ptilsenptilsen Member Posts: 2,835 ■■■■■■■■■■
    I don't really get it. Outside of the few people who need a high-powered Mac, this doesn't seem useful or relevant, and never has. The last couple gens of Macbooks have been truly something different in the laptop sector, but I don't see the extra utility of a Mac Pro for any of us.
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  • QHaloQHalo Member Posts: 1,488
    bdub wrote: »
    They are a bit late to the party

    SilverStone Fortress Series FT03B Black Aluminum / Steel MicroATX Mini Tower Computer Case - Newegg.com

    Apple just made theirs round.

    If you want to get technical, the cube Mac was around well before that. I'm not saying they're reinventing anything...
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  • tpatt100tpatt100 Member Posts: 2,991 ■■■■■■■■■□
    bdub wrote: »
    They are a bit late to the party

    SilverStone Fortress Series FT03B Black Aluminum / Steel MicroATX Mini Tower Computer Case - Newegg.com

    Apple just made theirs round.

    Have you actually tried building with that case? I tried and it was a PITA, besides Silverstone is a bit late with that design if you remember the G4 Cube. My wife had one, not many people did though based on sales figures lol.

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  • tpatt100tpatt100 Member Posts: 2,991 ■■■■■■■■■□
    ptilsen wrote: »
    I don't really get it. Outside of the few people who need a high-powered Mac, this doesn't seem useful or relevant, and never has. The last couple gens of Macbooks have been truly something different in the laptop sector, but I don't see the extra utility of a Mac Pro for any of us.

    Apple didn't have a desktop for graphic professionals something between the laptop and iMac line. This machine will make minimal profit and will probably be the test run for making more products in the US.
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    "EXTERMINATE!" ....anyone? no...just me then..okay.
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  • kurosaki00kurosaki00 Member Posts: 973
    For me its about the OS

    Box wise... Ive seen cooler boxes out there for PCs.
    The new macbook indeed looks nice but meh, for me its about the OS.
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    meh
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  • Cisco InfernoCisco Inferno Member Posts: 1,034 ■■■■■■□□□□
    It looks like a cool ashtray. or garbage can. Everyone at work was dying when we played the presentation video of it.
    I wish it was a bit larger than 9.9 inches high. It has a cool thermal design though.
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  • chrisonechrisone Member Posts: 2,278 ■■■■■■■■■□
    for the right price its a great machine.

    for the wrong price its a great flop.
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  • WafflesAndRootbeerWafflesAndRootbeer Member Posts: 555
    tpatt100 wrote: »
    Should be some Windows powered clones coming any minute now.

    Xi3 has had a Windows product line using the same basic design principles but their products are not in the same market niche as the Mac Pro.
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