As always, nobody knows. But the Pro really needs an upgrade. I think we´ll se a new one with upgraded parts, but with same chassis.
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New Mac Pro at WWDC June 2016
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To answer that its a cheese grater mac pro the name first given to the G5 tower
Correct, although in my head it always stood for Cheese grater Mac Pro
But it's equally adept at preparing hash brown potatoes - it can shred much more than cheese.Correct, although in my head it always stood for Cheese grater Mac Pro
I'm suddenly tempted to chuck a potato at my 5,1 while it's running full tilt to see what happens
I want to clarify my yes vote.
The new MP will be a modest speed and spec bump.
It will not be a new or improved chassis or PS.
It will be thinner and lighter.
It will ship at the end of September.
It will be twice as expensive as a comparably performing DIY box from Newegg.
The new MP will be a modest speed and spec bump.
It will not be a new or improved chassis or PS.
It will be thinner and lighter.
It will ship at the end of September.
It will be twice as expensive as a comparably performing DIY box from Newegg.
I'm suddenly tempted to chuck a potato at my 5,1 while it's running full tilt to see what happens
Now that literally made me chuckle a little!
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Did you contradict yourself there? "It will not be a new or improved chassis" - "It will be thinner and lighter"...? Did I miss something?
It was apparently too little humor.
I should have gone with a thinner and lighter Jony Ive Signature Rose Gold Mac Semi-Pro.
Btw, whose idea was the trash can, uh, design?
It was apparently too little humor.
I should have gone with a thinner and lighter Jony Ive Signature Rose Gold Mac Semi-Pro.
That's better!
Keeping my fingers crossed....this will decide whether I stick with Mac or go the way of the Workstation
You mean jumping ship to Windows?
Yup. Don't make me type it again, I'm scaring myself
For work, the ignored, overpriced MacPros and underpowered iMacs are just not good choices anymore for pro video editing.
Yup. Don't make me type it again, I'm scaring myself
For work, the ignored, overpriced MacPros and underpowered iMacs are just not fit for pro video editing.
The nMP is seriously not enough power for you? I own 2 of them and think they are great. Granted the GPU and CPU are a little outdated, but they are still very powerful.
They are powerful enough, but as you say, Apple have neglected them ..and the lure of amazing hardware, a lot cheaper is seducing me.
If however, Apple updates the MP in the coming months ..I will buy, buy, buy.
If however, Apple updates the MP in the coming months ..I will buy, buy, buy.
You must have loved the design and low carbon footprint, because these are the only two things the nMP has had to offer so far.
I don't agree with that at all. Yes, the specs are outdated, but it is still a very powerful machine. When it was first released it was VERY powerful. It is just lagging behind the times is all. Typical Apple.
Today new GeForce cards are going to be announced. I will make a prediction on a limb and say that they will work in the cMP with the web driver, but just like the 9 series it will not be native support. It will run in a compatibility mode (UDA) and that means not all the benefits will be seen and some quirks will still exist, especially if Nvidia doesn't fix all the glitches that have been appearing recently.
There will probably be a spec bump, expect new CPUs and probably new GPUs and thunderbolt 3.
Doubt the design will change though.
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if it doesn't happen at WWDC, it will be before the end of the year. Suspect an update will probably be announced at WWDC even if they have nothing to ship yet (i.e., new spec released with availability on X date).
Doubt the design will change though.
edit:
if it doesn't happen at WWDC, it will be before the end of the year. Suspect an update will probably be announced at WWDC even if they have nothing to ship yet (i.e., new spec released with availability on X date).
As a "new generation Mac" (back in 2013), I don't think so.
The Maxed out nMP CPU is more or less the same performance as the dual X5690 cMP. How can we call that powerful if it's performance is almost the same as the last generation Mac? And the performance that a 2009 Machine can achieve?
That dual D700 performance can also be matched by installing 2x 7970 in the cMP (6G VRAM 7970 exist back in 2012, and which is cheaper than the D700).
There was few posts back in 2013 about how they made a cMP that match the nMP's performance but with only 1/3 of the cost.
It's time for a case redesign. Tim, make America grate again!
