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New Mac Pros... NEW MAC PROS!!
Posted by: Chakravartin
Date: February 27, 2012 07:11PM
[micgadget.com]

Rumored.

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Apple is close to finally updating the Mac Pro. The previous issues we mentioned will be fixed by major changes that suppliers are introducing. What changes are they? What is the expected timeframe? Read on to find out!

You will remember we covered the Mac Pro story some months previous here, telling you guys the new Mac Pro will use a new processor, but there are issues that were holding it back from fulltime production.

Well, we have some good news, Intel will be moving to its Ivy Bridge platform in April, and this will solve heating issues.

...Nvidia has their “Kepler” platform due out around the same time as Intel is making their changes, and our sources within the company indicate that they have chosen to have Nvidia lead the charge so to speak on the graphics front.

Not the greatest site to break it, but ZDnet is taking it seriously.
[www.zdnet.com]
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Re: New Mac Pros... NEW MAC PROS!!
Posted by: Filliam H. Muffman
Date: February 27, 2012 07:16PM
Intel Executive Further Confuses Ivy Bridge Situation
"Sean Maloney, executive vice president of Intel and chairman of Intel China, has apparently confirmed Ivy Bridge is being delayed until June, the Financial Times reports."


in tha 510.
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Re: New Mac Pros... NEW MAC PROS!!
Posted by: IronMac
Date: February 27, 2012 07:21PM
It will apparently be in June, I just heard from another executive who is an Intel customer.
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Re: New Mac Pros... NEW MAC PROS!!
Posted by: MGS_forgot_password
Date: February 27, 2012 07:24PM
Call me superficial, but I wish they'd put some effort in a new case design. Didn't the current look come out in 2003?
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Re: New Mac Pros... NEW MAC PROS!!
Posted by: clay
Date: February 27, 2012 07:28PM
I'll believe it when I see it.
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Re: New Mac Pros... NEW MAC PROS!!
Posted by: Spock
Date: February 27, 2012 07:29PM
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MGS_forgot_password
Call me superficial, but I wish they'd put some effort in a new case design. Didn't the current look come out in 2003?

If it ain't broke ...





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Re: New Mac Pros... NEW MAC PROS!!
Posted by: pRICE cUBE
Date: February 27, 2012 07:42PM
Chakravartin, I raced to the Apple page upon seeing your headline only to realize that they are not out yet. Thanks for that.




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Re: New Mac Pros... NEW MAC PROS!!
Posted by: Chakravartin
Date: February 27, 2012 07:46PM
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pRICE cUBE
Chakravartin, I raced to the Apple page upon seeing your headline only to realize that they are not out yet. Thanks for that.

You should have known better.

It's not Tuesday yet.
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Re: New Mac Pros... NEW MAC PROS!!
Posted by: ka jowct
Date: February 27, 2012 07:57PM
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MGS_forgot_password
Call me superficial, but I wish they'd put some effort in a new case design. Didn't the current look come out in 2003?

It will be tough to improve on what they have now. I love the way it looks. It's a beautiful tower. And the current iteration of the Mac Pro case is the nicest Mac case I've ever worked with, in terms of the ease with which drives and RAM can be added. Presumably cards are no big deal to add, either, I just haven't done that yet.

If that article can be believed, the new models should be great; I'd have preferred to wait, but I didn't want to be stuck with Lion.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/27/2012 08:02PM by ka jowct.
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Re: New Mac Pros... NEW MAC PROS!!
Posted by: LaserKun
Date: February 27, 2012 08:39PM
That would be great! Actually, I had kind of sworn off desktops until 4 years ago when I got a used MacPro G4 933 Mghz from my organization for $250. It is a 2002 year, and stuck on Leopard, but runs great - gave it to a friend a few months ago. Anyway, after using the desktop again, I really miss it now! Plus, I really like being able to have two or more drives inside, and all the other stuff you can do inside that big case. Now, if the "used to be rumored" mini MacPro came out... (I know, I know, Apple won't do that...).
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Re: New Mac Pros... NEW MAC PROS!!
Posted by: Buzz
Date: February 27, 2012 08:41PM
Ha ha, you made me look.
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Re: New Mac Pros... NEW MAC PROS!!
Posted by: mattkime
Date: February 27, 2012 08:44PM
>>Plus, I really like being able to have two or more drives inside, and all the other stuff you can do inside that big case.

you pay a fairly dear premium for that.
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Re: New Mac Pros... NEW MAC PROS!!
Posted by: LaserKun
Date: February 27, 2012 08:48PM
Yeah, I know it matt. That's why I only bought the $250 used one. In reality, I won't be buying a MacPro; I just did like the one I had. For me, ANY Mac made will do what I need.
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Re: New Mac Pros... NEW MAC PROS!!
Posted by: Bimwad
Date: February 27, 2012 09:16PM
I'd be more excited if there was news about a compact, expandable desktop.

Like the ones they used to make.

Not a expensive behemoth like the Pro.

Goldilocks cries at Apple's fail.
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Re: New Mac Pros... NEW MAC PROS!!
Posted by: ka jowct
Date: February 27, 2012 09:26PM
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LaserKun
Yeah, I know it matt. That's why I only bought the $250 used one. In reality, I won't be buying a MacPro; I just did like the one I had. For me, ANY Mac made will do what I need.

There were no Mac Pros in 2002, especially not G4s. Was it one of the MDD models? Or maybe the previous gen Quicksilver 933 MHz?
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Re: New Mac Pros... NEW MAC PROS!!
Posted by: Spock
Date: February 27, 2012 09:32PM
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Bimwad
I'd be more excited if there was news about a compact, expandable desktop.

Like the ones they used to make.

Not a expensive behemoth like the Pro.

Goldilocks cries at Apple's fail.

Build yourself a Hackintosh, ain't difficult.





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Re: New Mac Pros... NEW MAC PROS!!
Posted by: D. Lawson
Date: February 27, 2012 09:34PM
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Bimwad
I'd be more excited if there was news about a compact, expandable desktop.

Like the ones they used to make.

Not a expensive behemoth like the Pro.

Exactly why I have been making my own for the past few years. In fact, "a compact, expandable desktop" is probably the only desktop-related news that would excite me these days.
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Re: New Mac Pros... NEW MAC PROS!!
Posted by: Speedy
Date: February 28, 2012 01:07AM
And no doubt Ivy Bridge will go in an iMac and be almost as fast as in a Mac Pro.


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Re: New Mac Pros... NEW MAC PROS!!
Posted by: mikebw
Date: February 28, 2012 08:00AM
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ka jowct
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MGS_forgot_password
Call me superficial, but I wish they'd put some effort in a new case design. Didn't the current look come out in 2003?

It will be tough to improve on what they have now. I love the way it looks. It's a beautiful tower. And the current iteration of the Mac Pro case is the nicest Mac case I've ever worked with, in terms of the ease with which drives and RAM can be added. Presumably cards are no big deal to add, either, I just haven't done that yet.

Cards are super easy to add or remove as they use thumbscrews inside the case instead of phillips screws.

Sure you could pay extra for Apple to redesign the case but really there is not much to improve on. It's not like they are vying for the case-modder segment of the market. A MacPro is a MacPro. Not saying a new design wouldn't be nice; it might give everyone another reason to want to upgrade but for people who just put it under their desk and get to work, it doesn't matter what it looks like.
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Re: New Mac Pros... NEW MAC PROS!!
Posted by: Zoidberg
Date: February 28, 2012 09:24AM
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mikebw
Sure you could pay extra for Apple to redesign the case but really there is not much to improve on. It's not like they are vying for the case-modder segment of the market. A MacPro is a MacPro. Not saying a new design wouldn't be nice; it might give everyone another reason to want to upgrade but for people who just put it under their desk and get to work, it doesn't matter what it looks like.

Well said.


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Re: New Mac Pros... NEW MAC PROS!!
Posted by: ka jowct
Date: February 28, 2012 12:21PM
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ka jowct
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MGS_forgot_password
Call me superficial, but I wish they'd put some effort in a new case design. Didn't the current look come out in 2003?

It will be tough to improve on what they have now. I love the way it looks. It's a beautiful tower. And the current iteration of the Mac Pro case is the nicest Mac case I've ever worked with, in terms of the ease with which drives and RAM can be added. Presumably cards are no big deal to add, either, I just haven't done that yet.

Cards are super easy to add or remove as they use thumbscrews inside the case instead of phillips screws.

Sure you could pay extra for Apple to redesign the case but really there is not much to improve on. It's not like they are vying for the case-modder segment of the market. A MacPro is a MacPro. Not saying a new design wouldn't be nice; it might give everyone another reason to want to upgrade but for people who just put it under their desk and get to work, it doesn't matter what it looks like.

It matters to me what it looks like, but it wouldn't be a factor in whether I upgraded or not. Mine sits on the desk, not under it: too much dust and cat hair at floor level.

I'll have to check out those thumbscrews. I haven't often lost one of those Philips screws inside a computer, but on those few occasions, it has been beyond annoying trying to retrieve them (they are very good at scurrying way under the logic board or some other unreachable spot).

That little screw that secured the back drive cage in MDDs was prone to getting away from people.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/28/2012 12:22PM by ka jowct.
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Re: New Mac Pros... NEW MAC PROS!!
Posted by: bazookaman
Date: February 29, 2012 02:14PM
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ka jowct
I haven't often lost one of those Philips screws inside a computer, but on those few occasions, it has been beyond annoying trying to retrieve them (they are very good at scurrying way under the logic board or some other unreachable spot).

I lost the screw that secures the fan assembly to the mobo when I was replacing my processors. I had to pick up that beast and shake it around to get the screw to fall out. Those things are heavy.



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Re: New Mac Pros... NEW MAC PROS!!
Posted by: ka jowct
Date: March 04, 2012 07:58PM
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ka jowct
I haven't often lost one of those Philips screws inside a computer, but on those few occasions, it has been beyond annoying trying to retrieve them (they are very good at scurrying way under the logic board or some other unreachable spot).

I lost the screw that secures the fan assembly to the mobo when I was replacing my processors. I had to pick up that beast and shake it around to get the screw to fall out. Those things are heavy.

I had to do that with a Smurf. I'd hate to try it with a heavier machine.
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