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New Mac Pro Tech Specs

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Re: New Mac Pro Tech Specs

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Post by olliej »

kristianp wrote: post #2

Still no Nvidia cards?

It’s seems like they went all in on AMD a few years ago, so I assume they have a bunch of long term agreements that lower the price?

It’s more irksome to me that they don’t have a high spec non-pro desktop.

Eg I want high end consumer desktop GPUs, not high end mobile GPUs (afaict that’s essentially what iMacs use). But my alternative appears to be “pro” GPUs with their absurd - for a consumer at least - markups and Xeons, which no one really wants ;)

Re: New Mac Pro Tech Specs

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Post by proee »

This page would look better if they used high-quality 3d animated renders instead of the simplified 2D-graphics. Someone on the design team thought this was a great idea? It looks unpolished and out of place (in comparison to other well-done Apple product pages).

Re: New Mac Pro Tech Specs

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Post by gotoeleven »

olliej wrote: post #3
kristianp wrote: post #2

Still no Nvidia cards?

It’s seems like they went all in on AMD a few years ago, so I assume they have a bunch of long term agreements that lower the price? It’s more irksome to me that they don’t have a high spec non-pro desktop. Eg I want high end consumer desktop GPUs, not high end mobile GPUs (afaict that’s essentially what iMacs use). But my alternative appears to be “pro” GPUs with their absurd - for a consumer at least - markups and…

Mac Mini with an eGPU might be a decent option.

Re: New Mac Pro Tech Specs

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Post by baroffoos »

The only shocking things here are the lack of ports. Only 2 usb A and 2 usb c ports. Its basically required to use a usb hub on this device since once you plug in a proper mouse and keyboard you only have the usb c ports left

Re: New Mac Pro Tech Specs

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Post by mcbutterbunz »

baroffoos wrote: post #7

The only shocking things here are the lack of ports. Only 2 usb A and 2 usb c ports. Its basically required to use a usb hub on this device since once you plug in a proper mouse and keyboard you only have the usb c ports left

There are an additional 2 USB-C ports on top, if I'm reading it correctly. However, I agree, only 2 USB-A ports feels too few.
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