Mac Pro gets half-assed “update”
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Mac Pro gets half-assed “update”
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#2I don't get it. Why don't they just discontinue the Mac Pro?
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#3I don't get it. Why don't they just discontinue the Mac Pro?
Because there's still a handful of people willing to pay $5000 for an above average desktop computer.
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#4I do not understand. What is the appropriate use case for a Mac Pro where something equivalent and much cheaper cannot be used?
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#5I don't get it. Why don't they just discontinue the Mac Pro?
Probably because they want to clear out some parts, or finish up supply agreements as Marco suggested.
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#6I don't get it. Why don't they just discontinue the Mac Pro?
Because there are audio/video professionals who want a Mac that has hardware expandability similar to a PC. The market becomes more niche by the day, but it's there.
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#7I do not understand. What is the appropriate use case for a Mac Pro where something equivalent and much cheaper cannot be used?
PCIe cards. Multiple matte 30" monitors. Anything really CPU intensive.
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#8I wonder if this is a tacit acceptance of the DIY hackintosh. Has anyone seen hacintoshes used by audio/video pros for production work?
Everything I've read over the last year seems to imply that Apple is losing interest in the pro A/V market in favor of the profitable portable market, instead of keeping both going.
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#9I agree this is a lame "update"
But I don't think that means it's dead for certain. Maybe they are having a hard time figuring out if Thunderbolt will go on the gfx card or the motherboard...maybe they are still waiting for a usb 3.0/thunderbolt/ivy bridge chipset from inel?
In fact, I think a "lame" update is a good sign that Apple wants to keep it around, and for whatever reason doesn't have the tech yet to make it much better.
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#10This isn't surprising. Look at the product wikis and see the comparison of all the hardware. From the mac pro all the way down to the phone. They have been selling overpriced hardware for a very long time.
To be fair.. before the intel switch the hardware was theirs. Now, after the intel switch they're still selling over priced hardware except now it's cheaper for them because they're not using powerpc's anymore, and are now able to reap the benefits of using PC hardware.