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Could the nMP have been discontinued?
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Most believable rumor I've heard regarding the Mac Pro. Apple first axed the tower and replaced it with a gimped pro machine. Sales tanked so now they're just killing the whole idea of a Xeon Mac.
To bring back a tower would be to admit they effed up in a colossal way. Never going to happen with the bozos who now run Apple.
As for the iMac "pro" that may refer to an AMD Zen SoC. Summit Ridge launches in October and will feature an 8+ core SoC with a TDP of 95W. It would be perfect for a "pro" iMac and Apple could offer it a hell of a lot cheaper than comparable Xeons. In a single event they could announce the end of the Mac Pro and introduce the iMac Zen replacement for immediate availability.
I'll go out on a thin limb here and predict the iMac Zen will have the same badass black finish as the Mac Pro Tube. Like the Tubes, the iMac Zen will feature overheating and severe throttling issues thanks to Ive's bull-headed idiocy.
To bring back a tower would be to admit they effed up in a colossal way. Never going to happen with the bozos who now run Apple.
As for the iMac "pro" that may refer to an AMD Zen SoC. Summit Ridge launches in October and will feature an 8+ core SoC with a TDP of 95W. It would be perfect for a "pro" iMac and Apple could offer it a hell of a lot cheaper than comparable Xeons. In a single event they could announce the end of the Mac Pro and introduce the iMac Zen replacement for immediate availability.
I'll go out on a thin limb here and predict the iMac Zen will have the same badass black finish as the Mac Pro Tube. Like the Tubes, the iMac Zen will feature overheating and severe throttling issues thanks to Ive's bull-headed idiocy.
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Its rare that a successful business depends on regular computer updates. Business does not like change for change sake. Something works they stick with it, keeps productivity on an even keel. There is a lot to be said about just working. At some point, when there is a significant increase in performance or an app requires it, businesses may bite the bullet and go through the uncomfortable update process.
I disagree. Apple has made several course corrections recently: after resisting for a long time, they finally started selling larger phones with the 6; then they introduced a new 4" phone with the SE when many people lamented the loss of the smaller format phone. They introduced the iPad Mini after a long period of ignoring the smaller format tablet.
There needs to be some sort of desktop Mac with larger memory capability if for nothing else for internal development. I can't see Apple compiling iOS and macOS on a laptop or iMac. Maybe they are building custom macOS servers in-house for this task (or running macOS VMs).
Those are modest changes that involve different sizes of what are essentially unchanged products. None of them rethink the idea of an iPad or iPhone.
A return to a pro tower would be a complete rejection of the core philosophy of the Tube.
Apple may replace it, change it, or even kill it but I have a difficult time believing they will 'officially' announce the Mac Pro is dead.
I'm even less likely to believe Apple will be successful in selling an iMac Pro to the high end Mac Pro market, and would probably rather just quietly abandon that market.
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This rumor, if true, helps explain Apple archiving the Mac Pro's support pages: http://appleinsider.com/articles/16...ages-archived-by-apple-will-longer-be-updated
As I wrote before, I suspect the statement made by the OP holds the terrible truth;
Tim Cook's Apple is focused on mass consumer computing needs.
Hell, Apple even uses HP proliant blades in their own datacenters.
Partially blame Mac users. They have gotten bored of macOS. Any discussion about Sierra lasts a few pages and just circular conversation (same every year - is it snappy, is my computer supported, can I run it on a Hack, what happened to my wifi, are we finally gonna get games???).
Any discussion about Macs are even more boring - when are we going to get this feature or that feature that PC users already have.
Any discussion about Macs are even more boring - when are we going to get this feature or that feature that PC users already have.
This post (and the ten other active threads about the Mac Pro future (or lack thereof)) highlights a profound melancholy in the Mac Pro community.
It looks like a classic grief response to me:
In the last few months (say since MacWorld SF in June), it's gone from most people seeming to be in stages 1 and 2, to stages 4 and 5 being the most popular.
How many people will be surprised when they hear that the MP6,1 is EOL, and there's no replacement? To hear that Phil's Ass can't innovate any more?
But those new watch bands! #Courage
The nMP is discontinued according to an Amazon listing:
https://www.amazon.com/Apple-MD878LL-Desktop-Discontinued-Manufacturer/dp/B00747Y9C2
https://www.amazon.com/Apple-MD878LL-Desktop-Discontinued-Manufacturer/dp/B00747Y9C2
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As I wrote in another thread:
The nMP is discontinued according to an Amazon listing:
https://www.amazon.com/Apple-MD878LL-Desktop-Discontinued-Manufacturer/dp/B00747Y9C2
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Given what you wrote a few months ago, do you still plan to switch? (Not flaming, I'm genuinely curious because (for different reasons) I began switching a couple of years ago, occasionally wavered but completed the switch sooner than originally expected.)
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Hard drive only or SSD/Fusion drive? Hopefully the former will be completely eliminated from the lineup come the next refresh.
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As much as I like my 5K iMac, this is very sad if true.
Because the next refresh will kill the Imac completely, and call the Ipad the profressional endpoint?
And the Mac Mini will disappear, replaced by the AppleTV Pro.
This can mean many things. It could simply mean the Trash Can is being discontinued. It certainly doesn't rule out a new Mac Pro with a new design.
Sounds like a plan. Just like the Apple car that was recently "rebooted" or maybe it was just "booted".
The only way I see an iMac suitable for what I do is if eGPU becomes an official thing. A few GTX1080s over TB3 and I'll manage.