Supplies Mac Pro Constrained - New MacPro Coming??

[zephonic]

I would not necessarily agree that dumping the dual-CPU models would be akin to "dumbing down".

The dual-CPU model is a left-over from the G4/G5 days when Apple CPU's seriously underperformed compared to the Wintel competition.

Now that we get the same hardware, I'd argue most people would be better of a with a single hexacore than with the dual quads.

Furthermore, not a lot of software takes full advantage of multiple CPU's under OSX. At least, not that I'm aware of, the few real-world benchmarks out there seem to corroborate this.

 

[Topper]

No cigars, apparently:

https://www.macrumors.com/2011/07/1...-and-white-macbook-part-numbers-not-mac-pros/

I was very, very curious to see what kind of Mac Pro they could be bringing out on Thursday.
What cpu(s) they could conjure up?
Anything less than a Sandy Bridge E would be a huge disappointment.
Maybe they will still bring out some kind of Westmere upgrade Mac Pro on Thursday.
But with Sandy Bridge E right around the corner, who would want to buy an upgraded Westmere Mac Pro?
Me, I'm dreaming of Sandy Bridge E, TB, and HD 7970. Yum, yum, yum!
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[goMac]

Well, at the least the Mac Mini doomsayers have been proven wrong.

I would not necessarily agree that dumping the dual-CPU models would be akin to "dumbing down".

The dual-CPU model is a left-over from the G4/G5 days when Apple CPU's seriously underperformed compared to the Wintel competition.

Now that we get the same hardware, I'd argue most people would be better of a with a single hexacore than with the dual quads.

Furthermore, not a lot of software takes full advantage of multiple CPU's under OSX. At least, not that I'm aware of, the few real-world benchmarks out there seem to corroborate this.

I think Apple would keep the dual cpu high end. A lot of people in the pro community can use all those cores. Apple would just put more of the emphasis on single cpu configs instead of dual.