No chance in hell on the 2.5 drive bays. Probably not on the second CPU either.
If your perception is that Apple doesn't care about OpenGL or graphics, that wouldn't be correct.
As I've had it explained to me (from Apple), Apple wants both good OpenCL and OpenGL. OpenGL and OpenCL are not replacements for one another, and Apple's pro apps especially make strong use of both.
The new Mac Pro is basically built for real time editing. That requires strong OpenGL and OpenCL. The configuration is built so that under OS X one card is dedicated to OpenCL and one card is dedicated to OpenGL. Something like FCPX needs strong OpenGL performance.
That's why the second CPU is being thrown under the bus. It's just not as important as OpenGL and OpenCL for apps like FCPX. If anything is over, it's Apple caring about CPU performance.
Wow
I guess you do not care about storage and BR burning.
What if you have a drive issue?
with the old macs you throw a new drive in it and reload the system load staff from time machine and you are up and running, with the new mac you are stuck, they will be so many nMP minis for sale after first wave you will see
it will either kill MP line and will let apply rethink its aproch
Neither are important for real time editing (well, storage is but the speed is the most important aspect there.) But that's what Thunderbolt is for, eh? But Bluray especially is not important for real time editing. That's for the compressing/burning workflow, which you can do on these machines with Thunderbolt, but is being de-emphasized.
I don't think this has anything to do with what I said. And the drive is user replaceable anyway. So you can "throw a new drive in."
So you are trusting 3rd party drive for all your work
Wow
what if the cable brakes or drive freezes and your speed still will be slower what an internal drive will be
yes TB is fast but the drive will be the same speed in and out so why add extra components on your desk and extra power consumption ?
I have a NAS. Nothing is on my desk. And all drives are third party drives. All Apple drives are Samsung or Western Digital (and my NAS is full of Western Digital drives.)
And yes, speed is slower than an internal Apple/Samsung SSD drive. I COULD put SSDs in there if I cared about that problem, which I currently do not.
So what will happen if your has files?
can you just add drive in it?
There's speculation on if the Mac Pro will support multiple internal SSDs. But in my case, my NAS has a Time Machine backup in case the drive fails anyway, so I'd just need to restore to the new drive.