I think they will hold off on actually shipping the new Mac Pro until they can actually get all the parts they need, but there SHOULD be some announcement & preview of the machine at WWDC…
Just… as long as they actually allow PREORDERS in the three or so months it's off the market. My stars. They can't let another iMac fiasco happen.
Well, re the original post in this thread, it's now spring and no announcement on a new MacPro yet. If there is an announcement it'll probably be for a June 20 introduction with availability stating September 20.
Well, right now it looks like this post from April is either pretty much right on or way too optimistic.
Are you suggesting it might be TB 2, or TB 1 and stuck behind for a product generation? That would suck.
I'm saying the Pro will ship in the early fall with TB2
Apple will likely have early access to TB2 and Intel's announcement of the tech seems timed to allow for a WWDC intro.
The selling point of TB2 is 4K displays, H.265 has been finalized and a new version of Final Cut is due.
Video will be the killer app for the new Pro, with FCP users encouraged to get their 4K movies ready for another new Apple product coming this October.
Maybe with fire-breathing 4K crunching shiny new Mac Pros, Apple might announce some hot, Hot, HOT new software for the professional market…
Get Final Cut X & Motion optimized for a nVidia Maximus-ized Mac Pro…
Also, can we get a bootable version of the Fusion-io ioFX 1.6TB SSD PCIe card…?!?
Finally, Apple should buy Luxology/The Foundry… ;^p This would give Apple 3D software & allow the blending of Shake & Nuke to make an all-new compositing app…
Just psyched for Monday, hoping for a new Mac Pro reveal of some sort; a general overview, some specs, some sexy product shots…
Hardware Porn…!!!
Yes exciting.
Maybe they are getting another early availability deal from Intel on the new Xeon CPUs…
Actually early access to TB2 would be wonderful as that would permit supporting lots of new interesting features especially higher res displays. As for CPUs I'm actually hoping for something non mainstream. Even so they want gain much by gong to Haswell XEONs as there is not a vast amount of improvements to the cores computational wise. There is however significant power saving to be had in idle modes.
nVidia Tesla compatibility would be sweet as well; I could build a Macximus Pro workstation…!!!
Nope I don't see nVidia in this machine. They are nice at single precision but AMD does double precision much better and at a far lower cost. Plus AMD is hell bent on making heterogeneous computing work.
I'm saying the Pro will ship in the early fall with TB2
Apple will likely have early access to TB2 and Intel's announcement of the tech seems timed to allow for a WWDC intro.
The timing of that was very interesting indeed. However considering Apples partnership with Intel here I wouldn't be surprised if early release to Apple is possible. I could see a TB2 equipped Mac Pro shipping any time after WWDC.
The selling point of TB2 is 4K displays, H.265 has been finalized and a new version of Final Cut is due.
Which is another probable hardware announcement from Apple. A 4k display would make a lot of sense alongside a NEW Mac Pro. However I suspect that another selling point would be even faster connections to disk arrays.
Video will be the killer app for the new Pro, with FCP users encouraged to get their 4K movies ready for another new Apple product coming this October. ;)
Video has always been a killer app for the Mac Pro. However don't forget that many of use never use our Macs for video work, it isn't the only reason for a Mac Pro.
Maybe a nVidia TITAN card is a bit overkill for WoW, but maybe I want to hedge my bets and have an appropriately named card in place when Blizzard releases their Super Secret Skunkworks Next-Gen MMO Project, codenamed Titan…! ;^p
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Originally Posted by MacRonin
I think they will hold off on actually shipping the new Mac Pro until they can actually get all the parts they need, but there SHOULD be some announcement & preview of the machine at WWDC…
Just… as long as they actually allow PREORDERS in the three or so months it's off the market. My stars. They can't let another iMac fiasco happen.
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Originally Posted by OldCodger73
Well, re the original post in this thread, it's now spring and no announcement on a new MacPro yet. If there is an announcement it'll probably be for a June 20 introduction with availability stating September 20.
Well, right now it looks like this post from April is either pretty much right on or way too optimistic.
Just psyched for Monday, hoping for a new Mac Pro reveal of some sort; a general overview, some specs, some sexy product shots…
Hardware Porn…!!!
Maybe they are getting another early availability deal from Intel on the new Xeon CPUs…
nVidia Tesla compatibility would be sweet as well; I could build a Macximus Pro workstation…!!!
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Originally Posted by JeffDM
Are you suggesting it might be TB 2, or TB 1 and stuck behind for a product generation? That would suck.
I'm saying the Pro will ship in the early fall with TB2
Apple will likely have early access to TB2 and Intel's announcement of the tech seems timed to allow for a WWDC intro.
The selling point of TB2 is 4K displays, H.265 has been finalized and a new version of Final Cut is due.
Video will be the killer app for the new Pro, with FCP users encouraged to get their 4K movies ready for another new Apple product coming this October.
Maybe with fire-breathing 4K crunching shiny new Mac Pros, Apple might announce some hot, Hot, HOT new software for the professional market…
Get Final Cut X & Motion optimized for a nVidia Maximus-ized Mac Pro…
Also, can we get a bootable version of the Fusion-io ioFX 1.6TB SSD PCIe card…?!?
Finally, Apple should buy Luxology/The Foundry… ;^p This would give Apple 3D software & allow the blending of Shake & Nuke to make an all-new compositing app…
Time for a Phenomenon, anyone…!?! ;^p
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Originally Posted by Tallest Skil
Apple doesn't care at all about gaming. And a Titan for World of Warcraft? That's like bringing an M-1 Abrams to a knife fight.
You're sure to win.
I love an uneven fight, when I win.
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Originally Posted by MacRonin
Maybe a nVidia TITAN card is a bit overkill for WoW, but maybe I want to hedge my bets and have an appropriately named card in place when Blizzard releases their Super Secret Skunkworks Next-Gen MMO Project, codenamed Titan…! ;^p
Meh, they can't, CCP would sue them...