What makes you so sure that is all Apple is doing to the MacPro? I love the case, but one could argue that the designs stayed the same for all the products through the intel transition to help ease the transition. It may be time for updated looks for the intel Macs and Leopard.
Even though this thread is now dead, "tomorrow" has now been and gone, I agree with Onlooker. The current MacPro hardware doesn't look bad, but it is due a refresh and could be streamlined a fair bit. There have been reports of more efficient cooling with vertical venting ducts and a slimmer profile.
If we use the online Apple Store as any guide to updates as we have in the past, there will not be Mac Pros today. The general availability is 1-3 days... On everything ? Mac Pros, Mac minis, iMacs, MacBooks, and MacBook Pros.
It looks like a pretty silent upgrade to the Mac Pros to 8 cores. I wonder if this is a sign of things to come from Apple, as in updating the other models in a similar "quiet" fashion. I would have expected more of a fuss made over this Mac Pro upgrade than just updating the web site.
Now that the 'new' Mac Pro is out, we should discuss this in Current Hardware instead of Future Hardware, especially since people will probably want to start talking about the *next* Mac Pro upgrade right away.
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Okeeej, but you're sure that it's not just a 'rumor'?! Everybody can scream that it will be launched tomorrow! :S
Then scream away my friend. Did you read the link that I posted?
Okeeej, but you're sure that it's not just a 'rumor'?! Everybody can scream that it will be launched tomorrow! :S
It's from the Inquirer, which is a tongue in cheek publication.
In a shock to no one, the 2S four-core machines will be touted as the next great thing, during Tuesday's dog and pony show.
If you read what they say, you'll understand!
I just about took it as an April fool's prank, except that it's so badly written.
I'll tell you tomorrow.
I would be ecstatic if this were true, but I have a tendency to doubt things on April fools day even if that is the day Apple was founded.
I think the Enquirer may have been duped here.
It's unlike Jobs to do a Monday introduction of anything, and EMI practically apologized for having to send out the invites on April Fools Day.
Maybe Apple pushed EMI to do the event on Monday because they knew they had something else to announce on Tuesday?
The only reason anyone could give credence to this is the event Jobs attended with EMI today.
It's unlike Jobs to do a Monday introduction of anything, and EMI practically apologized for having to send out the invites on April Fools Day.
Maybe Apple pushed EMI to do the event on Monday because they knew they had something else to announce on Tuesday?
You know what. Now I really doubt it. There is no event, there is no SJ in the US, there is nothing.
I just don't think Apple is going to update the Mac Pro on the web Page alone. It is a Hoax.
You know what. Now I really doubt it. There is no event, there is no SJ in the US, there is nothing.
I just don't think Apple is going to update the Mac Pro on the web Page alone. It is a Hoax.
Why not? As we've said before, there isn't any huge benefit to 8 cores until Leopard rolls out.
It is just a reconfiguration of the existing Pro lineup.
That said, I do think we would have had other leaks if an update was imminent.
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