When will the new Mac Pro be next updated?

[reco2011]

You can continue to discuss this question forever if you feel it enjoyable.
This forum is (thanks God) not situated in North Korea and you are free to do what you like, but IMHO it is a total waste of time and thoughts which could be used for much more productive uses.

How is this thread detracting from "much more productive uses"?

Other threads bring readers often true advantages, solution to problems they have, tips for places where to buy things, price information about components, experience positive and negative with hardware and software, etc.
This kind of hypothetical questions nobody can answer is exactly the opposite.

I agree. It is merely speculation. No one really knows when Apple will, or if, they'll update the Mac Pro. But I see absolutely no harm in speculating.

Nobody has any benefit at all from it.
As far as I am concerned I leave this thread for those enjoying it...

These two sentence are at odds with one another. How can there be no benefit if people are enjoying it? The benefit is people enjoy speculating about a possible update.

 

[fabric17]

If you need it now, buy it now, the 2014/2015 Mac Pro will only be 25% to 50% faster maybe. The current Mac Pro is already quite powerful.

In my personal experience (25 years):

-15% (more or less) is what you can expect in 1 year from a new CPU ,
-SSD should remain the same speed,
-RAM more or less 15% faster (IF apple upgrade it)
from the GPU it is more complicated ... (but I don't bet on a +50% upgrade...)
so....

 

[richwoodrocket]

6 years

 

[Umbongo]

In my personal experience (25 years):

-15% (more or less) is what you can expect in 1 year from a new CPU ,
-SSD should remain the same speed,
-RAM more or less 15% faster (IF apple upgrade it)
from the GPU it is more complicated ... (but I don't bet on a +50% upgrade...)
so....

The CPU thing changes slightly if Intel up the cores from 4 to 6, makes it more desirable to wait especially if buying a system to last 4-5 years as many will. The 8-core option might also drop by $800, plus Haswell architecture makes it interesting. Not sure I'd wait up to 9 months for any of that though. Could be they just have a cheaper, suitable, 4-core though.

With RAM Apple will upgrade to DDR4 2133MHz, but real world will be no different even then from what's been shown

I can't imagine a massive upgrade to GPU performance either. We can already see what is available and what would likely go in too. Really it is all kinda predictable cause the technology is already out there.

 

[bxs]

Maybe we see a price drop across all MP6,1 models, or some lowering of current upgrade prices might happen early 2015. This might spur additional sales and tempt those waiting and hoping during 2014.

 

[fuchsdh]

Maybe we see a price drop across all MP6,1 models, or some lowering of current upgrade prices might happen early 2015. This might spur additional sales and tempt those waiting and hoping during 2014.

That'd be pretty un-Apple like

Now, a lower-priced entry model at $2499 or such? That I could see, but only if it were primarily this gen internals or such.

 

[Riwam]

The CPU thing changes slightly if Intel up the cores from 4 to 6, makes it more desirable to wait especially if buying a system to last 4-5 years as many will.

This is a never ending matter.
Even if a new nMP might appear within a certain time, people might at that moment AGAIN ask themselves if in a further time period an even NEWER new new nMP might not come.
So one should NEVER buy any model always waiting for a NEXT, even more up to date model.
Therefore I believe that the best moment to buy any device is the time you need it assuming you can afford it.
There will ALWAYS be in the future new models (!) and waiting for the "perfect", "100% modern and up to date", "final" one...is waiting forever and NEVER actually having and using one...
If dreams are enough to satisfy someone, well, that person will continue to dream and enjoy it...