Posts by wizard69

People shouldn't get so worked up over these numbers, this is prerelease hardware on a prerelease operating system loaded with debug code. Intel probably doesn't even have stable silicon yet. The operating system is a key issue here as...

Quote:Originally Posted by chrisdf I'm waiting for a new MB Pro myself. Mine is a little old already. Hopefully, they will come out this year. I know nobody wants to hear this but I think they are waiting for TB2 and alternative...

Quote:Originally Posted by MacRonin Xeon E5 v2 4-core CPU 16GB ECC DDR3 RAM 256GB PCIe Flash SSD (2) ATI W5000 FirePro GPUs w/2GB GDDR5 RAM ;^p Honestly I'm expecting something like this. It would need a larger SSD in the base...

Quote:Originally Posted by mess It's really funny how one can take a statement and twist into something that is totally out of context isn't it?  As for your genuine question, what if it isn't just storage we're talking about or...

Quote:Originally Posted by mess Yes, it does depend on the industry the device is being used for -- I couldn't agree more.  It also depends on what direction the computing industry moves in…The way I see it this the whole point...

Quote:Originally Posted by Marvin I expect they'll allow you to choose the base GPUs and just increase the CPU to 12-core. Also Avid approved the PCIe expansion chassis: They have a video of it running here over optical Thunderbolt...

Thanks for the effort, I would never bother to do such detailed research. Quote:Originally Posted by Marvin Even if Apple gave them an average of $150 profit per GPU and managed to sell 250k units per quarter with 2 GPUs each,...

Quote:Originally Posted by Winter Bump! No one has any suggestions or news? Why wouldn't they use a chip with Iris or Iris Pro? As for your questions about specific chips, I'm just not that excited over Intels marketing the same...

Quote:Originally Posted by Commodification Well, about 4+ years ago Steve Jobs mentioned the future of displays going curved. I just wonder if Apple will be saving that cool 'one more thing' for when the Mac Pro actually gets closer...

Quote:Originally Posted by hmm You guys seem to run with these assertions without any data. The only reason I might be able to see Apple carrying a certain amount of volume is that NVidia typically dominates that segment. Even then...