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rawdawg

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WTF Apple........ Not even a word.... Are those 'other' people shipping the new workstations yet? If there is no update by June 17th, which Windows box do you see yourself getting?
 
For the love of god give me a break! There are at least 7 threads on the front page alone about the Mac Pro 'Delay'. It will come out when it comes out. These constant threads aren't going to make it come out any faster. If you want a good workstation now, go with a dual socket Dell precision. In my own PERSONAL experience, their business/professional line tech support is superior to apples. Their on a commission (kinda like a car salesman only the dell reps don't lie to you) and will bend over backwards to get you what you want (Within reason of course). They won't try to con you into buying something you don't need and best of all, they're in the U.S. Basically the complete opposite from their consumer line. We get all of our workstations and servers their now and have yet to have a problem. Just call them up, tell them what you want, and they will put together a build with you. And their onsite support is superb as well.
 
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TacticalDesire said:
For the love of god give me a break! There are at least 7 threads on the front page alone about the Mac Pro 'Delay'. It will come out when it comes out. These constant threads aren't going to make it come out any faster. If you want a good workstation now, go with a dual socket Dell precision. In my own PERSONAL experience, their business/professional line tech support is superior to apples. Their on a commission (kinda like a car salesman only the dell reps don't lie to you) and will bend over backwards to get you what you want (Within reason of course). They won't try to con you into buying something you don't need and best of all, they're in the U.S. Basically the complete opposite from their consumer line. We get all of our workstations and servers their now and have yet to have a problem. Just call them up, tell them what you want, and they will put together a build with you. And their onsite support is superb as well.
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Sounds tempting - what is the preferred os for the workstations? windows 7? I guess if i get to know the os well, windows might not be too frightening
 
rawdawg said:
WTF Apple........ Not even a word.... Are those 'other' people shipping the new workstations yet? If there is no update by June 17th, which Windows box do you see yourself getting?
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So what kind of workstation are you hoping to get?
 
My other strategy is to figure out Apple's return policy for upgrading in case something new launches.

I can buy a MP on the 17th and if I have a month just take it back for the upgrade. I would have no remorse towards Apple having to resell it refurbished.

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shinobi-81 said:
So what kind of workstation are you hoping to get?
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CS6 would do everything I need. I just want something that works.
 
Yea Im thinking of just buying a 6 core refurb and if something new comes in 30 days I would return it for a new one
 
TacticalDesire said:
For the love of god give me a break! There are at least 7 threads on the front page alone about the Mac Pro 'Delay'. It will come out when it comes out. These constant threads aren't going to make it come out any faster.
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I wish it were 70 threads. They make me feel 1% better. Seriously, it really can't hurt. If there were no threads I'd be worried. Apple is being pretty scummy on this. They must know everyone is worried and anxious. They could get going on an announcement if they wanted to.
 
There won't be anymore MacPros....

I'll put money on it.

99.9 % of joe public do not require a Desktop machine. Heck 70 % barely require a laptop.
Most apps that people need for their daily needs are perfectly suited to tablets / smartphones.

its true.

watching movies
listening to music
browsing the net
emailing
texting
social networking
photos
news
google docs
text books

all of this on tablets and most of it on smart-phones

Content creators, directors, composers, editors ...we represent less than 1 % of the market.

SvK
 
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SvK said:
There won't be anymore MacPros....

I'll put money on it.

99.9 % of joe public do not require a Desktop machine. Heck 70 % barely require a laptop.
Most apps that people need for their daily needs are perfectly suited to tablets / smartphones.

its true.

watching movies
listening to music
browsing the net
emailing
texting
social networking
photos
news
google docs
text books

all of this on tablets and most of it on smart-phones

Content creators, directors, composers, editors ...we represent less than 1 % of the market.

SvK
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You forget about gamers which have very similar needs for desktop computers as production and content creators. Gaming is a multi billion $ industry.
 
hollyhillbilly said:
You forget about gamers which have very similar needs for desktop computers as production and content creators. Gaming is a multi billion $ industry.
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Same can be said for research in Universities. Were waiting till the start of the fall semester at this point. If no updates are out by then we have plans to max out the current models. Our needs are for engineering and modeling simulations.
 
rawdawg said:
WTF Apple........ Not even a word.... Are those 'other' people shipping the new workstations yet? If there is no update by June 17th, which Windows box do you see yourself getting?
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Um, was there a group decision to buy Windows boxes on June 17th I wasn't aware of?

Is my current Mac Pro going to burst into flames and stop working on the 17th?

Is it a party? Will there be food or should I bring my own? Are we all supposed to be this whiny and angsty at the party?
 
hollyhillbilly said:
You forget about gamers which have very similar needs for desktop computers as production and content creators. Gaming is a multi billion $ industry.
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The Mac platform isn't even considered with gamers because there are virtually no games for it, and the ones that do exhist are 3 years old. So gaming, not so much.
 
i'll concede to the need for macpros for research.

But gaming?
Im in gaming. I work for the industry. Gaming on Mac is completely dead.
Always has been.

SvK
 
need to restart said:
Speaking of Dell Precisions, it looks like their Xeon E5 machines don't ship till may 17th(next thursday)
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I think that it should be pointed out that these are the old models, NOT the Xeon E5-26xx based models, which have been announced, but not released. http://www.dell.com/precision

If you look at the front page you will see that Apple will roll out the iPad to 30 more countries this Friday. It seems unlikely, for logistics reasons, that Apple could update anything in the Mac line while that rollout is taking place. Every plane from China is full of iPads!
 
I'm going to hold out on my gaming PC purchase until after WWDC keynote to see if they're coming out with one for gaming.

It wouldn't be so far fetched to have the lowest end Mac Pro have an i7 3770 / GTX680.
 
tony3d said:
The Mac platform isn't even considered with gamers because there are virtually no games for it, and the ones that do exhist are 3 years old. So gaming, not so much.
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That's not the point. Someone has to make the games to run on iPads. What should these people use? Windows boxes?
 
Dear Mac Users

We have a new Mac Pro on the way so don't buy our current models. Dont worry about us, we are making enough money.

We will donate current stock to charity.

Thanks Bye :3

Tim Cook
 
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